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Saturday, September 20, 2014

TUESDAY'S Half-Test Study Guide


Cold War: Origins: Step 1
Tuesday's Half-Test Study Guide

Harry S. Truman and James Brynes, Truman's Sec. of State and anti-communist


  • On TUESDAY, I am giving your a "half-test," which means it is half the value of a regular test
  • This will NOT be an essay test.
  • It will consist of short answers, much like your quizzes have been so far this month.
The focus of the quiz in on Step 1 of the Eight Steps to the Division of Europe by 1949.

You should know:
  • Western military stragegy in Europe vs. Stalin's desire for Allied intervention
  • The main focuses of the three conferences (T / Y / P)
  • Priorities of each leader heading into Yalta/Potsdam
  • The Polish Question
  • Significance of events between Yalta and Potsdam (Death of FDR; Truman becomes U.S. president; Germany surrenders; Trinity Successful)
  • Attlee Replacing Churchill
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Stalin blocked?; Truman aggressive?)
Be able to identify the following people: (Hint: Remember the "Key Players" slide?)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Winston Churchill
  • Clement Attlee
  • Josef Stalin
  • V. Molotov
  • Henry Stimson
  • James L. Byrnes
  • Robert Oppenheimer