50s

Question 1

Korean War

Answer 1

Communist China sent troops to fight
US sent troops to fight - Approved by UN, 90% of military power
First time a proxy war had occurred - first spike in tensions

Question 2

Arms Race

Answer 2

Idea of nuclear deterrence + MAD
1945 US first atomic bomb, 1949 USSR first atomic bomb
1952 US first H bomb, 1953 USSR first H bomb
H bomb 2500 times more powerful than atomic bomb

Question 3

Space race

Answer 3

1957 SPUTNIK launched, same rocket they used to propel SPUTNIK could carry nuclear warheads, created first ICBM
1960 US launch first satellite
1961 USSR first man into space - Yuri Gagarin
1969 USA first man on moon

Question 4

NATO + Warsaw pact

Answer 4

NATO - 1949 to defend any attacks from USSR
Warsaw Pact - 1955 to resist attack from NATO
World divided between ideological lines

Question 5

Hungarian Uprising

Answer 5

Idea of destalinisation
Imre Nagy introduced reforms for freedom from the soviet oppression e.g. withdrawal from Warsaw Pact, removal of Soviet troops, people violently protested, destroying statues of Stalin. Khrushchev disallowed these demands, and invaded Hungary, killing around 3000 people and executing Nagy