Cold War Mini Projects Flashcards
Q: Where did the Allied powers meet to discuss post-war Germany?
A: Potsdam Germany.
Q: How was Germany divided after WWII?
A: Into four sectors controlled by the US UK France and USSR creating east/west Germany
Q: Why did the US lack access to Berlin?
A: Stalin controlled East Germany where Berlin was located.
Q: What was the Long Telegram and who wrote it?
A: A document by George F. Kennan that demonized communism.
Q: What was the goal of the Containment policy?
who was “flirting” with communism?
A: To stop the spread of communism through military or economic assistance.
Greece/Turkey
Q: Why did the Truman Doctrine come into existence?
A: Britain could no longer support Greece and Turkey risking communist takeover.
Q: What did the Truman Doctrine provide?
A: Military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey.
Q: What was the Marshall Plan?
What did it create in the EU?
Who gets wealther?
A: A program providing economic aid to 16 European countries over 4 years.
Creates EU markets for American products and alliances
Makes EU wealthier so they can buy our goods and we look good too
Who didn’t take Marshall Plan?
Spain, East G, Finland
Q: Why didn’t Eastern European countries accept the Marshall Plan?
A: The USSR blocked them from participating.
Q: What was the Berlin Blockade?
A: The USSR stopped food and supplies to West Berlin to force submission.
“What happens to berlin happens to germany, what happens to germany happens to all of europe”
- Molotov
How does the US try to revive the Berlin economy?
By Introducing new currency
Deutsche Mark (DM)
Q: How did the US respond to the Berlin Blockade?
A: With the Berlin Airlift flying in supplies every 3 minutes for 15 months.
Which side of Berlin is blocked off to starve the city into submission?
West Berlin
Q: How much aid was delivered during the Berlin Airlift?
A: 2 million tons of supplies.
What does Truman say after the Berlin Blockade
“We are going to stay”
What is the Berlin Airlift similar to today?
Gaza
Q: What was NATO and why was it significant?
A: A military alliance between the US, 10 Western EU countries, and Canada
Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, UK
Q: Why did the USSR create the Warsaw Pact?
A: In response to NATO and West Germany’s inclusion.
After Stalin dies, what does NATO do?
NATO invited W germany to join NATO. USSR doesnt like it, so they make warsaw pact.
Which countries join NATO 3 years after it is established?
Turkey and Greece
Q: Who were the two leaders in the Chinese Civil War?
A:
Chiang Kai-shek (Nationalist) from the South
Mao Zedong (Communist) in. the North
Q: Who won the Chinese Civil War?
A: Mao Zedong, creating Peoples republic of china
Q: Where did Chiang Kai-shek flee?
A: Taiwan creating the Republic of China.
Q: Who invaded South Korea in 1950?
A: North Korea supported by the USSR.
Q: How did the US respond to the North Korean invasion?
A: By sending troops to assist South Korea.
Q: Why was General MacArthur fired?
A: He wanted to use nuclear weapons against China defying Truman’s containment policy.
Who was the leader of North Korea and South Korea?
Kim sung (North & Communist)
Syngman Rhee (South)
Q: What was the result of the Korean War? Why did it end?
A: A ceasefire leaving North Korea isolated and poor
Soviet union unexpectedly wanted seise fire
U-2 Incident
Where was the Korean attack?
US + South Korea surprise landing in Inchon
Q: What was the U-2 Incident?
A: A US spy plane was shot down over the USSR damaging US-Soviet relations.
Q: How did the US initially explain the U-2 Incident?
A: They claimed it was a weather plane with an unconscious pilot.
What did Khrushchev see that made him want peace?
Khrushchev- saw hollywood and wanted peace.
Q: What was the outcome for the U-2 pilot?
A: He was imprisoned but later exchanged for a Soviet spy.
Where did the U2 plane take off/ (attempt) to land?
Plane left from pakistan to norway
Name of U2 flight
Operation Grandslam
Q: What were the US’s response options to Soviet missiles in Cuba?
A: Airstrikes or diplomacy
ended up as naval blockade (middle ground)
Q: What was the final deal that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A: The USSR removed missiles from Cuba; the US publicly agreed not to invade Cuba and privately removed missiles from Turkey.
Which Soviet diplomat evaded questions, refusing to confirm or deny the presence of Soviet missiles
Zorin
Q: Why was the Berlin Wall built?
A: To prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin.
What % of people move from east to west berlin
20% move from east to west berlin
Q: How long did the Berlin Wall stand?A: 28 years.
What pact fails that caused the contruction of the berlin wall?
Vienna pact
Q: What event led to the fall of the Berlin Wall?A: Gorbachev withdrew troops from satellite nations
leading to political change.
How many cross the berlin wall? how many die?
5000
200 die
Who is the new Russian leader that removes troops from satalite nations after Krushkev
Gorbachev
Q: What was Sputnik and why did it alarm the US?
A: The first satellite “sputnik mania”
Q: Who was the first person in space?
A: Yuri Gagarin (USSR).
US spends_____ to get _______into space.
$20 Billion
Alan Shepard
Q: What was Kennedy’s space challenge?
A: To land a man on the moon within a decade.
Q: What mission landed on the moon
and who were the astronauts?A: Apollo 11; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
“not because they are easy,
…but because they are hard”
JF Kennedy
Q: What did Neil Armstrong say upon stepping onto the moon?
A: “One small step for man one giant leap for mankind.”
Name of ship that goes to moon
Apollo 11
What does Nixon say the proudest day in America is?
putting a man on the moon
