3.1 From Korea to Hungary Flashcards
Korea was split down what parallel into North and South Korea?
38th Parallel.
What is the domino effect?
The USA thought that if a country like Korea fell to communism, then Vietnam would follow then Thailand, then India, and so on until the whole world would be communist, so they wanted to avoid communism spreading to other countries (containment).
Who lead the American and UN force in the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur.
When did North Korea invade South Korea?
June 1950
When did the Korean war finish?
July 1953
Who aided South Korea in the Korean War?
USA and troops from 16 countries from UN
Who aided North Korea in the Korean War?
USSR and China.
How many troops did China send to Korea?
300,000
What were some effects of the Korean war on relations?
USA tripled budget in military and committed to support countries in Asia against communism (creation of SEATO).
After this, USSR doubled their soldiers in the Red Army.
Soviet Union created Warsaw Pact, their version of NATO.
Nuclear arms race.
When did USA create first A bomb
1945
When did USSR create their first A bomb
1949
Who created the first hydrogen bomb in 1952?
USA
When did the USSR create their hydrogen bomb?
1953
How many times more powerful was the hydrogen bomb that the atomic bomb?
1000
Who created the first ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) in 1957?
USA
When did USSR created their second ICBM?
1957
When was Eisenhower elected president?
- Took office in January 1953.
When did Stalin die?
5th March 1953.
Who was Stalin replaced with?
Nikita Khrushchev.
Where and where did Khrushchev deliver his peaceful co-existence and de-salinization speech?
Secret meeting of the Communist Party Congress in 1956.
What was peaceful co-existance based on?
A growing belief in the Soviet Union that its communist philosophy was so much better, that capitalism would eventually collapse. So they thought that they could leave the West alone and eventually they will fall to Communism.
What was the USSR’s form of NATO called?
The Warsaw Pact.
When was the Warsaw Pact established?
May 1955
What were the members of the Warsaw Pact?
USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
