Exam technique:
2 Consequences Question
(repeat structure for both 2 consequences)
(4 sentences for each paragraph)
1. Name the consequence
2. Explain how the named factor in the question caused the consequence
3. Events of the consequence (using specific info)
4. What the consequence led to
Narrative Account Question
If on a time period and how it affected development of Cold War/ US-Soviet relations:
(3 paragraphs) (must be in chronological order)
1. Causes
2. Event (using specific detail)
3. How this affected development of Cold War / US-Soviet relations (negatively or
positively)
4. Consequence
5. Link to the next event you will talk about
If on an event, (e.g, 2020 paper on the Cuban Missile Crisis):
(3 paragraphs)
1. Causes
2. Events
3. Consequences
The Importance of (event) for (relations/tensions/development of the cold war) question:
Do one opening sentence saying the event was important for
(relations/tensions/development of the cold war) as it led to (consequence 1) and
(consequence 2).
(2 main paragraphs)
1. Explain how the event led to the consequence
2. Events of the consequence (using specific info)
3. This worsened/bettered (relations/tensions/development of the cold war)
4. What it led to
5. This worsened/bettered (relations/tensions/development of the cold war)
,Timeline of events (Years)
Grand Alliance - 1941
Tehran Conference - 1943
Yalta Conference - 1945
Nazi Germany defeated - 1945
Potsdam Conference - 1945
Soviet Expansion - 1945-48
Long & Novikov Telegrams - 1946
Churchills Iron curtain speech - 1946
Truman Doctrine - 1947
Marshall Plan - 1947
Cominform - 1947
Berlin Crisis / Blockade / Airlift - 1948
Comecon - 1949
Formation of NATO - 1949
Stalin dies - 1953
Warsaw Pact - 1955
Hungarian Uprising - 1956
Soviet Invasion of Hungary - 1956
Berlin Ultimatum - 1958
Cuban Revolution - 1959
Bay of Pigs Invasion - 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962
Prague Spring - 1968
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia - 1968
Brezhnev Doctrine - 1968
Détente - 1970’s
SALT I -1972
Helsinki Accords - 1975
SALT 2 - 1979
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - 1979
Carter Doctrine - 1980
US Boycott of Moscow Olympics - 1980
Reagan to power - 1981
SDI (star wars) - 1983
USSR Boycott of LA Olympics - 1984
Gorbachev to power / Gorbachev's ‘new thinking’ - 1985
INF Treaty - 1987
Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1987
Brezhnev Doctrine dissolved - 1988
Gorbachev resigns - 1991
USSR / Warsaw Pact dissolved - 1991
,Grand Alliance
Causes:
-to defeat Nazi Germany & Japan
-to unite the allies against their common enemy
Events:
-consisted of the ‘Big 3’, UK, USSR, USA
-leaders were: Churchill (UK), Stalin (USSR), Roosevelt (USA)
-they aimed to end WW2
Consequences:
-met at 3 conferences to discuss how to defeat Germany, and what to do after defeating
them
-Tehran Conference - November 1945
➢ USA & USSR would invade France and open a 2nd front
➢ Once Germany was defeated, USSR would declare war on Japan
-Yalta Conference - February 1945
➢ UN (United Nations) to be established
➢ Poland to be in Soviet Sphere of influence, but still have free elections
-Nazi Germany defeated
-Potsdam Conference - July-August 1945
➢ Nazi war criminals to be prosecuted
➢ Berlin to be divided into 4
➢ UN established
-Improved relations between the allies despite their contrasting ideological views (Capitalism
& Communism) - united allies
, Tehran Conference
Causes:
-WW2
-Grand Alliance
➢ as they had to meet at a conference to discuss how to defeat Nazi Germany
Events:
-Happened on November 1943
-USA & USSR would invade France and open a 2nd front
-The USSR would declare war on Japan after Germany was defeated
Leader: Uk - Churchill, USSR - Stalin, USA - Roosevelt
Consequences:
-Good relations
➢ Hardly disagreed and made many agreements as Roosevelt himself was
open-minded to other ideologies (Communism)
-Yalta Conference - February 1945
➢ They needed to discuss further on war against Germany as in Tehran, they hadn’t
talked about everything
➢ So in February 1945, they discussed setting up the UN after defeating Germany, and
that Poland would be part of the Soviet sphere of influence but still have free
elections
2 Consequences Question
(repeat structure for both 2 consequences)
(4 sentences for each paragraph)
1. Name the consequence
2. Explain how the named factor in the question caused the consequence
3. Events of the consequence (using specific info)
4. What the consequence led to
Narrative Account Question
If on a time period and how it affected development of Cold War/ US-Soviet relations:
(3 paragraphs) (must be in chronological order)
1. Causes
2. Event (using specific detail)
3. How this affected development of Cold War / US-Soviet relations (negatively or
positively)
4. Consequence
5. Link to the next event you will talk about
If on an event, (e.g, 2020 paper on the Cuban Missile Crisis):
(3 paragraphs)
1. Causes
2. Events
3. Consequences
The Importance of (event) for (relations/tensions/development of the cold war) question:
Do one opening sentence saying the event was important for
(relations/tensions/development of the cold war) as it led to (consequence 1) and
(consequence 2).
(2 main paragraphs)
1. Explain how the event led to the consequence
2. Events of the consequence (using specific info)
3. This worsened/bettered (relations/tensions/development of the cold war)
4. What it led to
5. This worsened/bettered (relations/tensions/development of the cold war)
,Timeline of events (Years)
Grand Alliance - 1941
Tehran Conference - 1943
Yalta Conference - 1945
Nazi Germany defeated - 1945
Potsdam Conference - 1945
Soviet Expansion - 1945-48
Long & Novikov Telegrams - 1946
Churchills Iron curtain speech - 1946
Truman Doctrine - 1947
Marshall Plan - 1947
Cominform - 1947
Berlin Crisis / Blockade / Airlift - 1948
Comecon - 1949
Formation of NATO - 1949
Stalin dies - 1953
Warsaw Pact - 1955
Hungarian Uprising - 1956
Soviet Invasion of Hungary - 1956
Berlin Ultimatum - 1958
Cuban Revolution - 1959
Bay of Pigs Invasion - 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962
Prague Spring - 1968
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia - 1968
Brezhnev Doctrine - 1968
Détente - 1970’s
SALT I -1972
Helsinki Accords - 1975
SALT 2 - 1979
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - 1979
Carter Doctrine - 1980
US Boycott of Moscow Olympics - 1980
Reagan to power - 1981
SDI (star wars) - 1983
USSR Boycott of LA Olympics - 1984
Gorbachev to power / Gorbachev's ‘new thinking’ - 1985
INF Treaty - 1987
Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1987
Brezhnev Doctrine dissolved - 1988
Gorbachev resigns - 1991
USSR / Warsaw Pact dissolved - 1991
,Grand Alliance
Causes:
-to defeat Nazi Germany & Japan
-to unite the allies against their common enemy
Events:
-consisted of the ‘Big 3’, UK, USSR, USA
-leaders were: Churchill (UK), Stalin (USSR), Roosevelt (USA)
-they aimed to end WW2
Consequences:
-met at 3 conferences to discuss how to defeat Germany, and what to do after defeating
them
-Tehran Conference - November 1945
➢ USA & USSR would invade France and open a 2nd front
➢ Once Germany was defeated, USSR would declare war on Japan
-Yalta Conference - February 1945
➢ UN (United Nations) to be established
➢ Poland to be in Soviet Sphere of influence, but still have free elections
-Nazi Germany defeated
-Potsdam Conference - July-August 1945
➢ Nazi war criminals to be prosecuted
➢ Berlin to be divided into 4
➢ UN established
-Improved relations between the allies despite their contrasting ideological views (Capitalism
& Communism) - united allies
, Tehran Conference
Causes:
-WW2
-Grand Alliance
➢ as they had to meet at a conference to discuss how to defeat Nazi Germany
Events:
-Happened on November 1943
-USA & USSR would invade France and open a 2nd front
-The USSR would declare war on Japan after Germany was defeated
Leader: Uk - Churchill, USSR - Stalin, USA - Roosevelt
Consequences:
-Good relations
➢ Hardly disagreed and made many agreements as Roosevelt himself was
open-minded to other ideologies (Communism)
-Yalta Conference - February 1945
➢ They needed to discuss further on war against Germany as in Tehran, they hadn’t
talked about everything
➢ So in February 1945, they discussed setting up the UN after defeating Germany, and
that Poland would be part of the Soviet sphere of influence but still have free
elections
