Eastern bloc
countries/buffer
zone/satellite
states
The USA's use of
an atomic bomb
Truman
Doctrine and
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain Speech
Demise of
common
enemy (Hitler)
USA was
to blame
1947 - Truman
Doctrine
Truman said he would
protect countries under
the threat of communism
by sending money (i.e. "the
richer they become, the more
they will favor capitalism")
Co-operated with
Russia during
WWII rather than
taking a stand
1945 - Atomic
bombs were a
statement of
power
1918-1921 - US and British
troops sent in to contain
communism in Russian Civil War
Created tensions
Roosevelt died and was
replaced by Truman, who
was less experienced had
a different approach to
problem-solving
Should have been more
understanding that Stalin
wanted the Bloc countries to
protect Russia - 1/6th of their
population had been lost
Truman allowed
Iron Curtain
speech to be
delivered
USSR was to blame
1947 - Stalin gave BLOC
countries official
independence yet controlled
and chose leaders
Claimed they were his only
protection against Germany
Trying to impose
communism -
America was acting
on self-defence
Wouldn't stop until a new
leader came, which
eventually happened
USSR and US
1945 - Yalta conference:
Roosevelt and Stalin couldn't
come to a compromise
Stalin lied
about giving
the BLOC
countries a
democratic
vote
1945 - agreements between
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
as to what to do about Nazis
and Germany
America testing
nuclear bombs
So is Russia,
just not as fast
Stalin lied
about
government
he said he'd
set up in
Poland with
communists
and
capitallists
1946 - Stalin and Truman
suspicious of each other
Hired spies from
their embassies in
each other's
countries
Truman allegedly planning
world domination
US preparing for war
Actions of defence
misinterpreted as
ones of aggression
Britain was
to blame
1946 - Iron Curtain
speech depicting Russia
and communism as evil