The Cold War (incomplete)

Communism (8)

Helps workers, one political party, state owns all buisnesses, everyone works for communist party, no freedom of speech, equal salaries, no elections, no religion

Capitalism (7)

Helps the wealthy, many political parties, private buisnesses, freedom of speeach, salary depends on job, free elections, freedom of religion

Who led the three countries at the beginning?

UK - Churchill, USSR - Stalin, USA - Roosevelt

What was the West?

capitalist

What was the USSR?

communist

When was the Tehran conference?

November 1943

Who was at the Tehran conference?

Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt

What happened at the Tehran conference?

Stalin got support in WW2, planned to delcare war on Japan and got an area of Eastern Poland, Roosevelt planned to open a 2nd front in France with Churchill

What were the tensions a the Tehran conference?

moderate, Churchill was angry with how Roosevelt sided with Stalin

When was the Yalta conference?

February 1945

Who was at the Yalta conference?

Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt

What happened at the Yalta conference?

UN was set up to maintain peace, Germany was divided into 4 zones, spheres of influence (Stalin had USSR, Roosevelt and Churchill had Western Europe), free elections in liberated countries, Stalin wanted higher reparations and no democracy in Poland, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed on lower reparations and free elections

What were the tensions a the Yalta conference?

moderate, Churchill and Roosevelt agreed with each other more than Stalin

What happened between Feb and July 1945?

Roosevelt died, USA tested the atomic bomb, Churchill lost the election, Stalin arrested capitalists