Areas Of Conflict And Competition Between The Superpowers In The Cold War Flashcards
Define humiliated
Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
When did the Germans surrender in ww2
May 1945
Who were the Western allies
USA, Britain and France
How many people emigrated from east to west during 1946 and 1961
Over 3 million
What was the capital city
Berlin
What section was berlin located in
The east
What happened to Berlin in 1961
The ussr ordered the blocking off of East Berlin from West Berlin
Who was the president of America in 1961
John Kennedy
Who was the leader of the ussr in 1961
Nikita khrushchev
Who took the lead in rocket technology
Russia
What are the two functions of a rocket
Carry bombs across the world, could also carry people into outer space
When and who put the first satellite into space
The soviet union in 1957
What was the Nuclear arms race
Was a competition in which two countries, the United States and the ussr tried to build up the most nuclear weapons during the cold war
What did the arms race become known as
MAD ( mutually assured destruction)
Wht does MAD mean
If one side attacked the other with nuclear weapons, then the other side would respond with a nuclear attack too
What is Cuba
An island off of the coast of America state or florida
Describe general Batista
Capitalist, oppressive and corrupt person
What was Cuba regarded as innthe 1950s
A playground of the rich who travelled there from the usa
Describe ordinary cubans
Poor and had few human rights
What happened in 1959
Cubans were very unhappy with the batista government and fought against it. The Revolutionaries, led by Fidel Castro and che Guevara, toppled the batista regime
Where did the rich Cubans go
America
What are some reforms Fidel introduced
Land redistribution from the rich to the poor
Nationalization of american-owned businesses
How did the usa respond to fidel
They were alarmed
What happened during the bay of pigs invasion
The American government decided to try to overthrow Castro. An army of Cuban exiles trained by the US army invaded Cuba at the bay of pigs
Who won the bay of pigs invasion
Cuba
What did the bay of pigs invasion encourage Cuba to do
Led Castro to ask the Russians for help.
How did the Russians help Cuba
The Russian leader, khrushchev, offered economic aid and weapons to Cuba.
What event led the world to be close to a nuclear world war
The Cuban missile crisis
What was the Cuban missile crisis
Castro feared another armed attack on Cuba, and agreed to Russian military assistance
Why did the Russians help Cuba in the Cuban missile crisis
Khrushchev wanted to have the United States within their range of fire. This would reduce the risk of a potential attack on Russia
Where did America have missile sites in Europe
Turkey
When did the ussr start building missile Installations in cuba
1962
How did America find out about the missile installations
American spy ships photographed the construction sites in cuba
How did the American government react to this
Used its navy warships to blockage the seas around Cuba. Jfk demanded the removal of the soviet missile bases
What decision did khrushchev and jfk come to
Khrushchev would remove the missiles based in cuba, and in return the US guaranteed it would not attack Cuba
When was the first dog sent into space
1957
What was the dog’s name
Laika
How did Laika’s mission help scientists
Provided scientists with the first information on the behavior of of living creature in space.
What happened to laika in space
She died after a few hours in space from overheating and stress
When was the first man sent into space
1961
Who was the first man in space
The Russian astronaut, Yuri gagarin
What was America’s goal in the space race
Landing a man on the moon before the russians
When was jkf president of america
1961 until 1963
Who were the three astronauts to make it to the moon
Armstrong, aldrin, and Collins
Who “won” the space race
America
What was the arms race
A rivalry between the usa and the soviet union, and their respective allies, during the cold war to see who could have the most weapons and supremacy in nuclear warfare
Why did they use spies
To keep up to date with their latest inventions
What was the belief behind the arms race
The more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you would be
When was the first bomb dropped
6 August 1945
What element did the ussr discover in Europe
Uranium
When did the soviet union test its first atomic bomb
August 1949
Describe the b52 bomber
It could fly 9800 km and deliver a nuclear bomb
Why couldn’t the ussr make the b52 bomber
It required massive financial backing from the government.the USA could afford this but the usssr could not
When was the hydrogen bomb created
1952
How was it different from the atomic bomb
1000 times stronger than the atomic bomb
When did the ussr build the hydrogen bomb
1953
Give the full name for icbm
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
What could the icbm do
Could be launched without using a bomber. Could go to different continents
Who developed the icbm and when
The soviets in 1957
When did America build their icbm
1958
What does mad mean
That both sides had enough ammunition to blow up the world six times over
Define civil defense
Both superpowers built radar arrays ro detect bombers and missiles
Define détente
Easing of tension
When did the arms control arrangement take place
1973 and 1979
What lead to the arms control agreement
Economic problems
What was the arms control talks called
SALT 1 AND SALT 2
Give the full name for SALT
Strategic arms limitations talk
What did the treaties say or promse
Tried to limit the expansion of the arms race by awning nuclear technology, anti-ballistic missile systems and weapons in space
