Chapter 2- Cold War

Question 1

What are salami tactics?

Answer 1

Communist parties gradually weakening non communist parties by forming alliances

Question 2

When and what was the percentages agreement

Answer 2

Signed in 1944, decided fate of countries like Greece and Bulgaria

Question 3

How did the Soviet’s expand their influence to Poland

Answer 3

They used a pro Stalin government with the use of salami tactics and popularity of the communist party

Question 4

How did the soviets expand their influence into Hungary

Answer 4

The use of executions like rask and salami tactics

Question 5

How did the soviets expand their influence into Romania

Answer 5

The use of the red army and pure popularity made it easy for the communists to

Question 6

How did the soviets expand their influence into czechoslovakia

Answer 6

They used the national front government to establish popularity

Question 7

How did the Soviets expand their influence into Bulgaria

Answer 7

Rigged elections and salami tactics

Question 8

How did the Soviets expand their influence into Yugoslavia

Answer 8

The use of tito and rigged elections to maintain popularity

Question 9

When and what is Kennans long telegram?

Answer 9

February 1946
George Kennan, an expert in Moscow, wrote to president truman that the USA needed to be proactive in Europe and the call for systematic containment of communism

Question 10

When and what was the novikov telegram

Answer 10

September 1946
Novikov, soviet embassdor to the USA, wrote that the Soviets needed to be more assertive and that the Truman administration were bent on political dominance

Question 11

When and what is the iron curtain speech

Answer 11

March 1946
Former prime minister Churchill in Fulton missiouri, said that the US people had to ‘sound the alarm’

Question 12

When and what was stalins response in Pravda

Answer 12

March 1946
Stalin said that he justified his actions in light of soviet suffering

Question 13

When and what was the Greek civil war

Answer 13

March 1947-1949
Greek government forces vs communist forces in Greece, the British exited due to financial issues and the USA took over

Question 14

How much interest did Stalin have In Greece

Answer 14

None

Question 15

When and what is the Truman doctrine

Answer 15

March 1947
A doctrine that the USA would defend any democratic government against communist forces trying to undermine them

Question 16

What and when was cominform

Answer 16

Set up by the USSR in 1947
Aimed to coordinate communist parties in Europe, controlled by Moscow and anti west

Question 17

What and when was the Zhandov doctrine

Answer 17

1947
The zhdanov doctrine believed the world was dividing into 2 camps