Cold War, the Cuba crisis

Question 1

Dates

Answer 1

1947-1991

Question 2

USA statements on economics, social, politics

Answer 2

Economic: capitalism and liberalism (no State interfering)
Social: individualism + several social classes (upper, middle, lower classes)
Political: democracy with (theoretically) a respect human rights, free elections with pluralism

Question 3

USSR statements on economics, politics and social life

Answer 3

Economics: communism State plans and controls the economy
Social: only one class
Political: a single party (CPSU = Communist Party of the Soviet Union) that leads the country with "terror" and "oppression" according to Truman

Question 4

How we called USA and USSR ?

Answer 4

Superpowers

Question 5

What trigger (déclencher) the Cold War ?

Answer 5

USSR didn’t respect the Yalta conference in occupying the Eastern countries. Americans think USSR could expand its grip on Western Europe => Domino theory

Question 6

What is the Domino theory?

Answer 6

USSR could “eat” Europe.

Question 7

Where come from the expression “the Iron curtain”?

Answer 7

Winston Churchill March 1946

Question 8

How do Americans perceive the spread of communism?

Answer 8

As a danger

Question 9

What was the relationship between Cuba and USA before 1959?

Answer 9

Allies politically and economically

Question 10

Who was Fidel Castro?

Answer 10

He led the communist guerilla in Cuba in the late 1950s. He took the power and established the Social Republic.

Question 11

How did Americans perceive Cuba turning communist in 1959?

Answer 11

As a threat.

Question 12

What did President Kennedy order in 1961 and at what aims?

Answer 12

Invade Cuba in the Bay of Pigs in order to overthrow Castro’s government.

Question 13

How did the Bay of Pig’s invasion turn into?

Answer 13

A disaster.

Question 14

To what led the Bay of Pig’s disaster?

Answer 14

The USA and some allies started an embargo.

Question 15

How the embargo didn’t work the way Kennedy wanted?

Answer 15

Castro approaches USSR and its leader Nikkita Khrushchev.

Question 16

Who was the American and Soviet leaders at the time?

Answer 16

JFK and Nikita Khrushchev

Question 17

What decided USSR after the several threats of American to do on Cuba ?

Answer 17

They decided after the Turkey missiles and the Cuba things to install their own long-range missile upon Cuba pointed at the USA.

Question 18

What’s the reaction of Kennedy after the installation of those missile?

Answer 18

He need to prove he is stronger than Khrushchev thinks. He reinforces the eco. and military sanctions against Cuba and warns that he would have to respond to any nuclear attack.

Question 19

When the world is holding its breath ?

Answer 19

October, November 1962

Question 20

Two words to describe JFK during the hot point

Answer 20

Firmness and Wisdom

Question 21

What’s the agreement?

Answer 21

USSR withdraw their missile from Cuba and American theirs from Turkey

Question 22

When and what for the Red telephone is set up?

Answer 22

August 1963 because they were concient that they was on the edge of a disastrous war so it’s to prevent any kind of futur nuclear war. It’s a hotline.

Question 23

What should nuclear weapons be used?

Answer 23

deterrent weapons (de dissuasion)