AMH2020 Final Exam Review pt. 1 Questions and Answers
a prolonged period of tension and competition
what was the opening of between the US and the Soviet Union
the cold war characterized
by?
direct fighting
there was no _____
______ between the US
and the Soviet Union
- global influence (who has more allies and influence
on developing nations)
- superiority (which is the better country, culture,
2 things that the Cold War standard of living, and more gold medals from the
was about: olympics)
what was the US's capitalist democratic republic (or capitalism)
ideology?
what was the USSR's communist, one part rule (gov has complete control
ideology? over society to create a classless system)
the US and Soviet Union allies
were _____ in WW2
when happened in the Yalta Conference
february 1945?
meeting between Churchill (Great Britain), FDR (US),
the Yalta Conference and Stalin (Russia)
- the allies were on the verge of taking Berlin,
meaning an allied victory
- Churchill and FDR were under the impression that
what was the status of the everyone would go home and Europe would have self
war by the time of the determination after the war
Yalta Conference? - Stalin still didn't want to give up Eastern Europe
Potsdam Conference
what happneed July-
August 1945?
, AMH2020 Final Exam Review pt. 1 Questions and Answers
the same disagreement was happening between the
US and Russia
- Truman kept a secret during this conference (the US
was prepared with a successful atomic weapon)
Potsdam Conference - Stalin secretly knew about the Manhattan Project
(making atomic bombs) because of spies
Stalin and Truman hated each other
what caused the
US/Soviet Union
relationship to break
down?
splitting it into 4 zones
what did the allies settle
on doing with Germany?
that they would be pieced back together when it
what was the thought became stable
process behind German
zones?
he disagreed with this approach
what was Stalin's attitudes
towards the German
zones?
- the west zones meshed to form West Germany
what was the result of - the soviet union took East Germany
German zones? - result: two separate Germany's
it created 2 separate spheres of influence in germany
what happened when until 1989
Berlin was divided among
these 2 new zones?
containment
what was the US foreign
policy during the Cold
War?
an american diplomat working in west germany
during the end of WW2
who was George Kennan? - he watched the cold war emerge and sent
reccomendations for US foreign policy
a prolonged period of tension and competition
what was the opening of between the US and the Soviet Union
the cold war characterized
by?
direct fighting
there was no _____
______ between the US
and the Soviet Union
- global influence (who has more allies and influence
on developing nations)
- superiority (which is the better country, culture,
2 things that the Cold War standard of living, and more gold medals from the
was about: olympics)
what was the US's capitalist democratic republic (or capitalism)
ideology?
what was the USSR's communist, one part rule (gov has complete control
ideology? over society to create a classless system)
the US and Soviet Union allies
were _____ in WW2
when happened in the Yalta Conference
february 1945?
meeting between Churchill (Great Britain), FDR (US),
the Yalta Conference and Stalin (Russia)
- the allies were on the verge of taking Berlin,
meaning an allied victory
- Churchill and FDR were under the impression that
what was the status of the everyone would go home and Europe would have self
war by the time of the determination after the war
Yalta Conference? - Stalin still didn't want to give up Eastern Europe
Potsdam Conference
what happneed July-
August 1945?
, AMH2020 Final Exam Review pt. 1 Questions and Answers
the same disagreement was happening between the
US and Russia
- Truman kept a secret during this conference (the US
was prepared with a successful atomic weapon)
Potsdam Conference - Stalin secretly knew about the Manhattan Project
(making atomic bombs) because of spies
Stalin and Truman hated each other
what caused the
US/Soviet Union
relationship to break
down?
splitting it into 4 zones
what did the allies settle
on doing with Germany?
that they would be pieced back together when it
what was the thought became stable
process behind German
zones?
he disagreed with this approach
what was Stalin's attitudes
towards the German
zones?
- the west zones meshed to form West Germany
what was the result of - the soviet union took East Germany
German zones? - result: two separate Germany's
it created 2 separate spheres of influence in germany
what happened when until 1989
Berlin was divided among
these 2 new zones?
containment
what was the US foreign
policy during the Cold
War?
an american diplomat working in west germany
during the end of WW2
who was George Kennan? - he watched the cold war emerge and sent
reccomendations for US foreign policy
