Cold War Crises 1958-70 ๐ฅต๐ฏ๐ธ๐๐ Flashcards
Pages 14-16 in purple book
What year did the cuban missile crisis take pace?๐๐ฅ๐
1962
How did the the USA find out about the missiles in Cuba?
A spy plane photographed them from the air ๐
What did the hawks believe? (Kennedyโs advisors)
They believed that Kennedy should take an aggressive aproach to Cuba and the USSR and respond with a nuclear strike.
What did the doves believe๐ (Kennedyโs advisors)
They believed that Kennedy should respond peacefully ๐๐ฝ
How did kennedy respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis?๐ฉ
He quarantined Cuba, stopping any more weapons being delivered by the USSR โญ
What year was the 1st Berlin Crisis?๐ณ
1948
What caused the 1st Berlin Crisis?
Stalin blockaded the city of Berlin, stopping all supplies entering into the western sectors, leading to shortages. He did this because the British, American and French sectors began using the same currency and therefore acted as one state violating the agreements made at Potsdam.๐ณ๐๐๐ฅ
How was the first Berlin Crisis resolved?๐
The western powers airdropped supplies for the people of Berlin at a rate of 13000 tonnes of aid per day ๐คฏ๐ค
What was contained in krushchevโs ultimatum?๐คช๐ค๐
All western powers get out of Berlin in 6 months ๐คฏ๐ฅถ๐๐๐งโโ๏ธ
What were the 4 conferences after the 2nd Berlin Crisis?๐ฅฐโ๐
Geneva, Camp Davidโบ, Vienna, Paris๐ผ
What was the checkpoint charlie standoff?๐๐คฏ
American and Soviet tanks faced each other at a border between east and west Berlin known as โcheckpoint charlieโ. For several hours they dtood ready to fire until the USSR backed down.