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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
The USSR was highly suspicious of what Pre World War Two
Respuesta
  • The build up of the US army
  • An anti Russian make up of the US congress
  • Chamberlain's appeasement, most notably Czechoslovakia, believing it was designed to shift Hitler's focus to the East rather than the West
  • British and French expansionism in W Europe

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
When was the Nazi Soviet Pact
Respuesta
  • January 1939
  • June 1939
  • April 1939
  • August 1939

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Harry S Truman said which of the following?
Respuesta
  • "If we see that Germany is winning the war we ought to help Russia but if Russia is winning the war we ought to help Germany, and that way we reduce the amount of casualties in the war on all sides"
  • "If we see that Germany is winning the war we ought to help Russia but if Russia is winning the war we ought to help Germany, and that way we let them kill as many as possible"
  • "If we see that Germany is winning the war we ought to help Russia but if Russia is winning the war we ought to help Russia because they are our ally and we must stand up to fascism "
  • "If we see that Germany is winning the war we ought to help Russia but if we are winning the war we ought to help Germany, and that way we let them kill as many as possible"

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
When did Harry Truman say the quote "If we see that Germany is winning..."
Respuesta
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1942

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
This view reflected the opinion of who?
Respuesta
  • Roosevelt and the US senate
  • Roosevelt and the US public
  • Just Roosevelt
  • Just the US public

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
When was Nazi Germany defeated?
Respuesta
  • 30th May 1945
  • 30th April 1945
  • 30th June 1945
  • 30th July 1945

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
When was the Tehran conference?
Respuesta
  • November 1943
  • November 1944
  • June 1944
  • June 1943

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
What is true of the Tehran conference?
Respuesta
  • Gave the chance of potential agreement, showed it was possible. Second front not agreed but broad agreement over Poland and Germany.
  • Gave no indication that there would be any agreement. No agreements made.
  • The Second front date was agreed along with broad agreement over Poland and Germany. Showed that agreement was possible
  • Demonstrated that neither side would make concessions over Poland and Germany. But did agree second front.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
When was the Yalta Conference
Respuesta
  • Poland and Germany were real issues but democratic elections were agreed in Poland by Stalin. Roosevelt accepted the need for reparations and assistance was offered in the war against Japan.
  • Poland and Germany were neigh on agreed on. Democratic elections in Poland were promised. Reparations payments were acknowledged as necessary by the US.
  • Poland and Germany were not agreed but agreement came close. No agreements made over reparations or over the war against Japan.
  • Poland and Germany were fully agreed over. There was no need for further discussion on other issues as they had been previously settled.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Just three weeks after Yalta what happened?
Respuesta
  • Stalin declared that elections in Poland were impossible
  • Stalin declared that he would not assist the US against Japan
  • Stalin ordered the arrest of Polish officials and intellectual and accused the west of preparing separate peace with Nazi high command
  • Stalin ordered the arrest of Polish officials and intellectual and accused the west of deliberately sabotaging any deal

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
When did Roosevelt die?
Respuesta
  • 12th May 1945
  • 12th April 1945
  • 12th June 1945
  • 12th July 1945

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Truman insisted what about any agreement
Respuesta
  • They would be based around the Yalta accords
  • They would be based around the Atlantic charter (1941). Based on ideals of self determination and free elections
  • There would be little unless Russia accepted US demands over Poland and Germany
  • That the US would not be involved with a communist enemy

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
When was the Potsdam conference?
Respuesta
  • January 1945
  • March 1945
  • August 1945
  • July 1945

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Which of the following is accurate?
Respuesta
  • Churchill sent a telegram to Truman indicating an iron curtain on 12th May 1945 & this was echoed in his speech in Missouri on 5th March 1946
  • Churchill sent a telegram to Truman indicating an iron curtain on 12th August 1945 & this was echoed in his speech in Missouri on 5th March 1946
  • Churchill sent a telegram to Truman indicating an iron curtain on 12th May 1945 & this was echoed in his speech in Missouri on 5th April 1946
  • Churchill sent a telegram to Truman indicating an iron curtain on 12th May 1945 & this was echoed in his speech in Michigan on 5th March 1946

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
In April 1950 the National Security Agency said what?
Respuesta
  • " there is no threat posed by the USSR"
  • "the USSR's aim is nothing less than absolute authority over the rest of the World"
  • "the USSR want to destroy the US"
  • "we cannot make concessions against Soviet aggression"

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
Events that caused tension including the Spanish Civil War & Soviet invasion of Finland
Respuesta
  • 1935 & 1940
  • 1936 & 1940
  • 1937 & 1941
  • 1937 & 1940

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
The Soviet Union rejected what in 1946
Respuesta
  • Baruch proposals to limit nuclear weapons
  • Baruch proposals to limit conventional arms
  • US cooperation treaty
  • Chinese mutual defence treaty

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
However Stalin's belief in "Socialism in one country" showed...
Respuesta
  • A desire to expand
  • A commitment to World revolutoon
  • A lack of expansionist intent
  • A desire to cooperate with other communists countries

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
When was the Comintern disbanded?
Respuesta
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
Stalin said "we do this or they crush us" when and in relation to what
Respuesta
  • 1931 & 5yr plans
  • 1941 & 5yr plans
  • 1940 & the commencement of a nuclear weapon
  • 1945 & the commencement of a nuclear weapon
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