Cold War

Question 1

Blame (Cold War) - Ideological differences

Answer 1

Tensions due to the opposing ideologies

Question 2

Blame (Cold War) - Wartime disagreements

Answer 2

Supplies went to the USSR during the war but sailors were distrusted
Enigma code withheld from USSR

Question 3

Blame (Cold War) - Yalta and Potsdam

Answer 3

Access to German industrial heartland
Foothold in Japan
Disagreement meant USSR continued running Poland

Question 4

Blame (Cold War) - Containment

Answer 4

Truman’s strategy to prevent Soviet expansion
(Greece got $400 million from Truman doctrine)
($13.3 billion from Marshall Aid to help European economy)

Question 5

Blame (Cold War) - Stalin’s response to containment

Answer 5

Cominform - Maintain unity of nations under Moscow’s control

Question 6

Blame (Cold War) - West vs East Germany

Answer 6

Introduction of Deutsche Mark in west but refused in East

Question 7

Blame (Cold War) - response to Deutsch Mark

Answer 7

Berlin Blockade - turn off gas supplies and forcing westerners out of Berlin

Question 8

Blame (Cold War) - response to Blockade

Answer 8

Operation Vittles - 2 million tons of cargo airlifted into West Berlin

Question 9

Consequences of Berlin Blockade

Answer 9

65 lives lost (blinding lights)
USA joins NATO

Question 10

What was Warsaw pact

Answer 10

Unity of 8 communist countries’ armed forces

Question 11

What was Comecon

Answer 11

Council for mutual economic assistance by USSR

Question 12

Korea - how did it start (1950)

Answer 12

Communists in North. Capitalists in South. North attacked troops confined to Pusan

Question 13

Korea - what was Inchon

Answer 13

part of American two pronged attack to relieve Seoul

Question 14

Korea - Why did UNO fail to reunite Korea

Answer 14

China launched attack pushing UNO to 37th parallel (January 1951)

Question 15

Korea - How did it end

Answer 15

Stalemate at 38th parallel leading to an armistice (July 1953)

Question 16

Korea - consequences

Answer 16

UNO proved to be purposeful
4 million Koreans killed

Question 17

CMC - why were Cubans unhappy

Answer 17

America had too much involvement in Cuba

Question 18

CMC - How did American corruption end

Answer 18

President Batista overthrown by Fidel Castro

Question 19

CMC - Eisenhower’s budget for Bay of Pigs

Answer 19

$13 million

Question 20

CMC - When were missile launchers photographed first

Answer 20

15th October 1962

Question 21

CMC - Where American missile placed

Answer 21

Turkey

Question 22

CMC - Why did CMC end

Answer 22

American naval blockade to cut off supply chains and stop missiles arriving - USA guaranteed not to invade Cuba

Question 23

Vietnam - Why did it fail

Answer 23

1. North Vietnamese had better tactics (guerilla warfare)
2. Decline in American war support after things such as Tet Offensive and increased media coverage - Alice Herz’s self immolation
3. Brutality - My Lai massacre meant Vietnamese supported Vietcong and Vietminh