Why did the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union break down after 1945?

Because their opposite systems and deep distrust returned once Hitler was defeated

What did Stalin do in Eastern Europe that alarmed the West?

He installed communist governments instead of allowing free elections as promised

Trying to stop the spread of communism without going to war directly

A promise to help free peoples resist communism, starting with Greece and Turkey

A large programme of American economic aid to rebuild war-torn Europe

The Americans believed prosperous countries would be better able to resist communism

It saw the plan as a threat and forbade Eastern European states from taking part

To try to force the Western powers out of West Berlin, which lay deep inside the Soviet zone

They organised the Berlin Airlift, flying in supplies for almost a year

Stalin lifted the blockade in 1949 after the airlift kept the city supplied

It was the first major crisis of the Cold War and deepened the division of Germany and Europe

Because each move by one side, such as the Marshall Plan or the blockade, provoked a response from the other

Weighing the actions of both sides and the deeper causes, then reaching a justified judgement

13questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

Why did the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union break down after 1945?
What did Stalin do in Eastern Europe that alarmed the West?
What does the policy of 'containment' mean?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
What was the Marshall Plan?
How was the Marshall Plan linked to containment?
How did the Soviet Union respond to the Marshall Plan?
Why did Stalin blockade West Berlin in 1948?
How did the Western powers respond to the Berlin Blockade?
How did the Berlin crisis end?
Why was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift significant?
Why did the Cold War grow through a cycle of action and reaction?
In a 'who was to blame' essay on the Cold War, what earns the highest marks?