Cold War Crises

Question 1

What was Krushchev’s berlin ultimatum

Answer 1

Krushchev’s berlin ultimatum was when on November 27th 1958 Krushchev demanded that Berlin should be demilitarised and that it should become a free city in order to make it harder for east germans to flee to west germany though Berlin

Question 2

What was the consequences of the Berlin ultimatum

Answer 2

This event resulted in the west refusing leading to the construction of the berlin wall in order to stop east germans moving to west germany

Question 3

What was the Geneva summit

Answer 3

The Geneva summit was a meeting between krushchev and Eisenhower on the issue of Berlin and it happened in the neutral country of switzerland in May 1959

Question 4

What were the consequences of the Geneva summit

Answer 4

The consequences of the Geneva summit was that despite an agreement not being reached this summit is seem as one of the first steps towards easing cold war tentions

Question 5

What was the Camp david summit

Answer 5

The camp david summit was a meeting in september 1959 between Krushchev and Eisenhower who were seeking a new agreement on Berlin but at the summit no agreement was signed

Question 6

What was the consequences of the Camp david summit

Question 7

What was the Paris summit

Answer 7

The paris summit was a meeting between Krushchev and Eisenhower in may 1960 which was about disarmament but it failed due to the U-2 crises where an american spy plane was shot down over the ussr

Question 8

What were the consequences of the Paris summit

Question 9

What was the Vienna summit in june 1961

Answer 9

The vienna summit was a meeting between JFK and Krushchev

Question 10

What were the consequences of the Vienna summit

Question 11

What was the berlin wall

Question 12

What were the consequences of the berlin wall

Question 13

What was the ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech

Answer 13

The ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ (I am a Berliner) speech was a famous adress done by JFK in west berlin to show americas support for west germany and its opposition to the berlin wall

Question 14

What were the consequences of the ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech

Question 15

When did Castro take over cuba

Answer 15

Castro took over cuba in 1959 in the cuban revolution after the privious ruler Batista was overthrown and replaced by a communist government

Question 16

What were the consequences of Castros takeover of cuba

Question 17

What was the bay of pigs invasion

Question 18

What were the consequences of the bay of pigs invasion

Question 19

What was the cuban missile crises

Question 20

What were the consequenes of the cuban missile crises

Question 21

What was the prague spring

Question 22

What was the consequences of the prague spring

Question 23

Timeline of the prague spring

Question 24

What was the Brezhnev doctrine

Question 25

What were the consequences of the Brezhnev doctrine