The Potsdam Conference and the Origins of the Cold War Quiz

What was the main objective of the Potsdam Conference?

• To finalize a post-war settlement and implement Yalta agreements

• To declare war on Japan

• To divide Germany into two separate countries

• To establish the United Nations

Who replaced Franklin D. Roosevelt as the US President before the Potsdam Conference?

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What significant event occurred just before the Potsdam Conference?

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The first detonation of a nuclear weapon by the USA

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

What was Truman's attitude towards communism?

• He disliked communism and Stalin personally

• He wanted to maintain the alliance with the Soviet Union

• He was indifferent to communism

• He was happy for a Communist system to exist in Russia a the East

What was agreed upon regarding Germany at the Yalta Conference?

• Germany would be divided into two zones of occupation

• Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation

• Germany would be given to the Soviet Union

• Germany would be left to self-govern

What was a major source of disagreement at the Potsdam Conference?

• The future of the British Empire

• The location of the United Nations headquarters

• How to defeat the Nazis and end the war in Europe.

• The amount of reparations the USSR could take from Germany

Which country was in control of Poland at the time of the Potsdam Conference?

• France

• Soviet Union

• United Kingdom

• United States

What decision was made at the Potsdam Conference about political systems in Eastern Europe?

• Democratic governments were established immediately

• Stalin promised to allow democratic elections but the USA did not believe this.

• Stalin openly declared he would impose communist regimes in Eastern Europe.

• Only Czechoslovakia was allowed to have a democratic government

In what month of 1945 did the Potsdam Conference begin?

• April

• May

• June

• July

Which 2 new leaders were present at Potsdam who were not at Yalta or Tehran?

• Stalin and Truman

• Truman and Churchill

• Eisenhower and Atlee

• Atlee and Truman