1954-1964

Question 1

Warsaw pact 1955

Answer 1

USSR’s equivalent of NATO in response to West Germany joining NATO – worsened relations further, increased division

Question 2

Hungary 1956

Answer 2

Hungarian Revolution – Imre Nagy becomes new leader and introduced changes. Announces withdrawal from Warsaw Pact. Ruthless response from USSR, many killed, Nagy executed.

Question 3

Sputnik 1 1957

Answer 3

USSR launched the first man-made satellite

Question 4

Cuban revolution 1959

Answer 4

Cuba’s pro-American government overthrown by left wing revolution led by Fidel Castro.

Question 5

Geneva summit 1959

Answer 5

USA and USSR met to discuss Berlin’s future but no solution agreed.

Question 6

Paris confernece 1960

Answer 6

Khrushchev stormed out of Paris meeting after Eisenhower refused to apologise for the U2 spy plane incident.

Question 7

Vienna confernec 1961

Answer 7

Khrushchev and Kennedy met to discuss Berlin further but neither appeared willing to back down over the US presence there.

Question 8

Berlin wall 1961

Answer 8

Khrushchev ordered the building of a barbed wire fence around W Berlin, eventually reinforced to become the Berlin Wall.

Question 9

Bay of pigs 1961

Answer 9

CIA supported attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro fails – invasion pushed Castro closer to USSR and embarrassed the US

Question 10

Cuban missles crisis 1962

Answer 10

October 1962 – US spy planes discover Soviet nuclear bases on Cuba. Despite enormous tension, crisis eventually ends peacefully.

Question 11

JFK visits berlin 1963

Answer 11

Kennedy famously toured West Berlin to show support for its people. “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech.

Question 12

Hotline set up 1963

Answer 12

Direct communications link set up between Washington and Moscow to avoid communication problems of Cuban crisis.

Question 13

Test ban treaty 1963

Answer 13

Stopped nuclear tests above ground. Some agreement made between superpowers