Cold War and USSR Collapse

Question 1

Duration

Between who

Answer 1

1947-1991

USA and Soviet Union (USSR and allies)

Question 2

Umbrella reason why USSR collapsed

Answer 2

Gorbachev’s reforms

Question 3

Platforms which caused USSR collapse

Answer 3

Freedom of speech

Restructuring

Question 4

Why did freedom of speech cause the collapse

Answer 4

Soviet states, e.g. Ukraine and Estonia, wanted independence and demanded freedom

Question 5

What happened to prevent the collapse

Answer 5

Soviet hardliners kidnapped Gorbachev and tried to take over, civilians protested, ordered military to shut them down but they refused, so it failed

Question 6

Why did the tension between USA and USSR start

Answer 6

Spread of communism, Stalin’s brutal leadership (tyranny)

Question 7

Ways tension was shown through indirect fighting

Answer 7

Space race
Arms race
Proxy wars, e.g. Soviet Afghanistan war

Question 8

What was the point of the races and the wars

Answer 8

Limit control and influence of the world by the opposition and increase their own