Arms race Flashcards
1
Q
Missile gap
A
1962 145 to 45 SLBMS
2
Q
H- bomb
A
1952 – USA tests H-bomb
1953 – USSR tests H-bomb
3
Q
Sputnik
A
october 1957
4
Q
US FIRST submarine to carry nuclear weapons
A
1959
5
Q
Fopnik
A
authorise $1 billion in 1958 but fails
6
Q
Brain drain
A
2 mllion had fled by 1958
7
Q
Berlin ultimatum
A
27th november 1958- gives 6 months to withdraw from berlin
8
Q
Vienna summit
A
June 1961
9
Q
Jfk increase defence budget
A
3.2 billion
10
Q
13 august 1961
A
Berlin wall
11
Q
60% of Cuban sugar industry was owned by the USA by 1926.
A
cuba
12
Q
cuban revolution
A
Jan 1959
13
Q
By October 1960 seized $1billion worth of US assets)
A
cubA
14
Q
USSR offered $100m in credit to establish a firm political and economic alliance with cuba
A
CUBA
