Emergence of a Superpower and the Cold War

Economic, military and political superpowers.

Nato was created in ___, and since the USSR did not form the _____ ____ until ____, this significantly challenged soviet dominance in Europe

• 1949

• Warsaw Pact

• 1955

Workers in Leningrad had to contribute __ hours a month onto of their shifts to help rapidly industrialise.

30

In the Fourth five year lan (1946-50), heavy industry received __% of all spending.

85%

The USSR was technologically as advanced as the US as in ____, it tested its first nuclear weapon.

1949

In 1950, the USSR produced __ million tons of coal, compared to the USA, which produced only __ million tons.

• 50

• 46

Russian economic strength allowed it to force Eastern states to reject the _____ ____ in (___)

• Marshall Plan

• 1947

In (___), Stalin was forced to call off the Berlin Blockade after ___ days

• 1949

• 318

It can be argued that the USSR was not a superpower as it failed to meet the needs of its own people for example, ______ wasn’t allocated to peasants, and rationing only ended in ____

• electricity

• 1947

In ____, __ ______, the pro-western foreign minister of _____ was defenestrated in Prague

• 1948

• Jan Marasyk

• Czechoslovakia

Pro-soviet government gained power in Hungary in ____

1947

Moscow-trained communists had gained political control of East Germany by ____

1946

Beria ordered the Katyn Forest Massacre (___) to execute _______ polish officers and intelligentsia to try to prevent polish nationalism

• 1939

• 22,000

Soviet forces waited east of the Vistula for __ days for the Nazis to crush the nationalist __ army during the Warsaw uprising

• 63

• AK

Stalin did not hold a party conference until ___, further evidence of his absolute political control and authority.

1952

_____ ______ an anti-fascist war hero was shot as a leader of the Polish underground in ____

• Witold Pilecki

• 1948

In 1953, the USSR was one of only _ nations to have have nukes, which was obtained in ____

• 3

• 1949

In 1950, USSR was estimated to have an army of ___ ______ men, compared to the US __ _____ men

• 5.5 million

• 4.5 million

When the UN was established in ____, the USSR was made a permanent member of the security council

1945

The ___ _____ ( ___ ___) was sent by the American Ambassador Georges Kennan urging Truman to take action against the spread of communism in Europe.

• Long telegram

• Feb 1946

When did Churchill warn of an Iron Curtain?

March 1946

The _____ _____ in (____ ___) committed the US to a policy of containment

• Truman Doctrine

• March 1947

When was the Marshall Plan set out?

June 1947

Name the one eastern nation that broke away from Soviet control (____)

• Yugoslavia

• 1948