Cold War Flashcards

1
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When was Khrushchev’s Berlin ultimatum issued?

A

1958

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2
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When was the Paris Summit?

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1960

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3
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When was the Berlin Wall built?

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1961

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4
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When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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1962

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5
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When did Kennedy visit West Berlin?

A

1963

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6
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When was a hotline set up for Washington and Moscow?

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1963

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7
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When was the Limited Test Ban Treaty declared?

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1963

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8
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When was the six day war?

A

1967

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9
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When was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty declared?

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1968

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10
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When was the Prague Spring?

A

1968

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11
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When did Jan Palach set fire to himself in Prague?

A

1969

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12
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When was Nikita Khrushchev leader of the USSR?

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1953-1964

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13
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When was President Dwight D. Eisenhower in power?

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1953-1961

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14
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When was President John F Kennedy in power?

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1961-1963

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15
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When was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

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1961

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16
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When were the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences?

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Tehran in 1943, Yalta and Potsdam in 1945.

17
Q

What was agreed in the Tehran conference?

A

Little was agreed in Tehran, except that a second front should be opened against Nazi Germany.

18
Q

What was agreed in the Yalta conference?

A

That the Soviets would allow free and fair elections in countries liberated from Germany.

19
Q

What was agreed in the Potsdam conference?

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Germany was to be completely disarmed and demilitarized, and would be split into 4 zones.

20
Q

What was the Long Telegram?

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A telegram written in 1946 by George Kennan stating that the Soviets could not peacefully coexist with the capitalist world, and that the best solution was to contain communism.

21
Q

What was Novikov’s telegram?

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A telegram written in 1964 by Nikolai Novikov stating that the USA had emerged from WW2 as a world power bent on world domination.

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