Unit 8 Review

What caused the rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

• It was a friendly competition between super powers

• They were both large in size & close to one another

• Deep political ideological differences

• Churchill did not trust the Soviets

Why was the United States angered at Stalin at the start of the Cold War?

• Stalin developed an atomic bomb without telling anyone

• Stalin was allies with Hitler for a time

• Stalin promised to turn the Soviet Union democratic but lied

• He demanded Germany was divided into occupation zones

Why was Stalin angered at the United States at the start of the Cold War?

• Truman developed an atomic bomb without telling him

• The U.S. demanded the Soviets leave the Pacific after asking for help

• Truman personally insulted Stalin while in Britain

• The U.S. vowed to never be allies with the Soviets again

What did Stalin agree to do at the Yalta Conference?

• Back off his demand that Germany be divided

• Step down as leader of the Soviet Union

• Never to go to war with the U.S. or its allies

• Allow free elections in Poland & Eastern Europe

How did Stalin anger the Allies at the Potsdam Conference?

• He began a blockade of West Berlin

• He demanded the whole of Germany belong to the Soviet Union

• He backed off his promise to allow free elections

• He ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall

Along with spreading democracy, why else did the U.S. want to be involved in Eastern Europe?

• They were concerned about another Nazi uprising

• The potential for new markets & raw materials

• They wanted to make sure those countries paid back their war debt

• Stalin was threatening to annex more countries

Countries dependent upon and dominated by the Soviet Union

• Protectorates

• Territories

• Colonies

• Satellites

What did Winston Churchill describe as having fallen over Europe during this time?

• A red flag

• An iron curtain

• Darkness

• Democracy

How did U.S.-Soviet tensions impact the United Nations?

• Stalin did not want to allow western allies into the group

• It severely impacted the group's ability to get anything done

• The U.S. refused to join because the Soviet Union was in the group

• Countries did not want to join the group

Conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union in which neither nation directly confronted the either on the battlefield

• Korean War

• Chinese Revolution

• Cold War

• Vietnam War