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Significance & Factors of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences

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Year 9 / GCSE / Grade 8
8 questions
~16 mins
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This worksheet explores the significance of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences and the key factors that influenced their outcomes. It encourages students to categorize, rank, and justify the importance of different factors.

Topics covered:

#Significance & Factors
#Justify their rankings with evidence and reasoning
#Categorize factors into Political, Social, Economic, and Religious groups
#Identify key factors influencing the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
#History
#Rank the significance of different factors
#Standard
#Yalta/Potsdam
#Origins

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Significance & Factors of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences

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Grade Year 9 / GCSE / Grade 8
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Introduction to the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences

The Yalta Conference took place in February 1945, where Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe. The Potsdam Conference occurred in July 1945, after Germany's surrender, with new leaders Harry Truman, Winston Churchill (later replaced by Clement Attlee), and Joseph Stalin. These conferences were crucial in shaping the post-war world order, affecting Europe’s borders, the division of Germany, and the onset of the Cold War.

Source A: Excerpt from a historian

'The conferences reflected both cooperation and underlying tensions among the Allies. While agreements were made, disagreements over the future of Eastern Europe and reparations sowed seeds for future conflict.' Provenance: Modern history textbook, 2010.

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Factors Influencing the Conferences

1.
Categorize the following factors into Political, Social, Economic, or Religious. **Factor A:** The desire to prevent future German aggression. **Factor B:** The need to rebuild European economies after WWII. **Factor C:** Ideological differences between capitalism and communism. **Factor D:** Religious differences affecting Eastern European borders.
[4 marks]
2.
Compare the significance of political and economic factors in shaping the outcomes of the conferences. Which was MORE important? Justify your answer with evidence.
[6 marks]
3.
Explain how the differing goals of the Allied leaders affected the agreements at Yalta and Potsdam.
[4 marks]
4.
Outline the main outcomes of the Potsdam Conference and their significance.
[4 marks]
5.
Compare the main differences between the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences in terms of their goals and outcomes.
[6 marks]
6.
Explain why the agreements made at Yalta and Potsdam are considered significant for the development of the Cold War.
[4 marks]
7.
Analyse the importance of economic factors in shaping the post-war world as discussed in the conferences.
[6 marks]
8.
Outline the role of ideological differences in shaping the negotiations and outcomes of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences.
[4 marks]

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