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Crisis Of The Cold War Flashcards

1
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What is trizonia the name for?

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The UK usa’s and France’s sections of Germany combined

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What triggered the Berlin blockade

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Trizonia creating there own currency

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When did trizonia creat its own currency

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23rd of June 1948

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What did Stalin do during the Berlin blockade

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As Berlin was inside the soviet part of Germany he blocked off West Berlin which was trizonias section.

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What did Stalin want trizonia to do during the Berlin blockade

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Give up West Berlin

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6
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When was the Berlin blockade and airlift?

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1948

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7
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When did Stalin block off West Berlin

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24th June

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8
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How did trizonia overcome the Berlin blockade?

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By flying goods into West Berlin via aircraft

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9
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Name four results of the Berlin blockade

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Germany was now divide (with stronger boarders than before)
Iron curtain was permanent
Arms race began
In 1949 NATO was set up to resist communism

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10
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In Korea before the war which side was communist and which side was not communist

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North Korea was communist

South Korea was not communist (not really capitalist though)

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Who led the communist section of Korea

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Kim il sung

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12
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Who led the non communist side of Korea

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Synyman Rhee

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13
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When did Kim il sung invade South Korea

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1950

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14
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Which two countries backed North Korea

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Russia and China

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15
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Who won in the first battle of the Korean War

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North Korea whom pinned the south Koran forces into a tiny part of South Korea which was a fraction of what they had at first

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16
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How did the USA respond to North koreas attacks

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Asked the UN for troops

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17
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When did the UN troops land in Korea?

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September 1950

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18
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What effect did the UN troops have on the Korean War?

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It hey completely changed it they drove the North Korean troops back over their boarders

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19
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Who responded to the North Korean troops being pushed back by the UN troops

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China and they used their troops to push the South Koreans back this meant that Koreans boarders were replaced back to what they used to be.

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20
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When did president Eisenhower threaten China with nuclear weapons

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During the the Korean War in 1953

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21
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In 1953 Stalin died who followed him

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Khrushchev

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22
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What was kruschevs main main aim

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To prevent war

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Name two of kruschevs policies that were made to try and prevent war

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De-stalinisation

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24
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Name three reasons why peaceful co existence didn’t work (5 if you can)

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Spread hopewhich led to anti communist rebellions in hungry etc
Led to the arms race
Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955
Space race 
Spying was at an all time high
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25
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What two things started the Hungarian uprising

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Hope from de-stalinisation

Rakosi fell from power/ Nagy came into power

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26
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When did rakosi fall from power

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July 1956

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27
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When did the Hungarians start their uprising and how did they do so?

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October 1956 by attacking the secret police

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28
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On which day did Nagy become leader of Hungary

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October 24th 1956

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29
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How long was hungry free for

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Five days

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30
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What action that Nagy took lead to krushchevs invasion of Hungary in 1956

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Nagy said he would leave the Warsaw Pact

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Why was krushev so worried about Hungary leaving the Warsaw Pact

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He thought it would lead to a domino affect of other countries leaving

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32
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How many Hungarians died In the reveloution

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4000

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33
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How many Hungarians fled to Austria after the reveloution of 1956

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200,000

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34
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How did the ussr look after the Hungarian reveloution

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Evil and scary

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35
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How did the USA look after the Hungarian reveloution

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Bad along with the west as they didn’t help Hungary despite their pleads for help

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36
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What was it coming up to before the U2 crisis

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The Paris summit

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37
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When was the U2 plane shot down

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1st may 1960

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38
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What did Eisenhower tell the Russians the plane was

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A weather plane

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39
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What did the Russians do to Gary powers

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Tortured him and made him tell them it was a spy plane

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40
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What did krushev demand after the U2 crisis

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An apology from Eisenhower

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41
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What happend after Eisenhower refused to apologise for the U2 spy plane

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Krushev left the Paris summit

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42
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What happened to Eisenhower due to the U2 crisis

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Wasn’t re elected

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43
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What was a consequence of the fact that the Paris summit didn’t go ahead

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Berlin wasn’t talked about and therefore the Berlin Wall was built

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44
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Why did the USSR build the Berlin Wall

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Because 2000 people fled East Berlin every day

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45
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What did krushchev ask before he built the Berlin Wall

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That trizonia left West Berlin

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46
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What date was the wall built on

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August 13th 1961

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47
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What happened to escapes of the Berlin Wall

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Shot immediately or imprisoned

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48
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Why was the Berlin Wall good for the USA

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They made a lot of propaganda from it for example kennedys “ich bin ein Berliner” speech

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49
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When did the USA position missiles in Turkey

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April 1962

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50
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When did fidel Castro take power of Cuba

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1959

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51
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How far is Cuba from USA

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90 miles

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52
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What did Castro stop in Cuba

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American businnses

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53
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What did the USA stop doing in retaliation to fidel castros stoping of American businnses

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Stop buying their sugar

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54
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Who did Cuba turn to when the USA stopped buying their sugar

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Ussr who promised to buy a million tons a year

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55
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When was the bay of pigs

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April 1961

56
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What was the bay of pigs

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When the USA invaded Cuba it failed badly

57
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When did Castro ask the ussr for weapons?

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September 1961

58
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When did Kennedy go on TV to talk of the threat

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22nd October 1962

59
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What did Kennedy do to stop the Russian ships giving weapons to Cuba

A

Put in place a naval blockade

60
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What did krushchev see the naval blockade as during the Cuban Missile crisis

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An act of war, both start to prepare

61
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What did Kennedy suggest to krushchev to stop the Cuban missile crisis

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USA to move weapons out of turkey if ussr moves out of Cuba

62
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How was Kennedy seen after the Cuban missile crisis

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A hero

63
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What happened to krushev in 1964 partially due to his involvement in Cuban missile crisis

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He stepped down

64
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What did china do in response to the Cuban missile crisis

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Brake off communication with ussr

65
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What was set up between the two leaders after the Cuban Missile crisis

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A hotline

66
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What treaty was set up after the Cuban missile crisis

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Nuclear test ban treaty

67
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Where is Prague?

A

Czechoslovakia

68
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What caused the Prague spring

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People were complaining
Brezhnev didn’t help novotny (Czech leader)
Dubcek came to power in 1968

69
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What were dubceks promises?

A

To allow freedom of speech

To allow free elections

70
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What did dubcek want to carry on doing

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Being a member of the Warsaw Pact

71
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Why did Brezhnev get suspicious of dubcek

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Because dubcek was having talks with general toto who was leader of Yugoslavia whom were free from Warsaw Pact

72
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How many troops invaded Czechoslovakia during Prague spring?

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500,000

73
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When was Czechoslovakia invaded during Prague spring?

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20 august 1968

74
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How did the Czechs fight back?

A

The used peaceful methods such as putting flowers in tanks

75
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What was the name of the man who set himself on fire in protest when Czechoslovakia was invaded

A

Jan palack

76
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How does Russia look after the Prague spring invasion

A

Ruthless

Cruel

77
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What was the period of dentente

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Where the super powers agreed to ease tensions

78
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When was the nuclear proliferation treaty formed

A

1968 part of the detente period

79
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What was significant about table tennis in 1971?

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The us team played the china team

80
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Who was allowed to join the UN during the detente period

A

China

81
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Who visited china during the time of detente

A

Nixon

82
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What does SALT stand for

A

Strategic arms limitations talks

83
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Which two space crafts docked during detente

A

A USA and ussr space ships

84
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What were the three causes of detente period?

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The Vietnam war
Expense of arms race
Oil

85
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Name four reasons why the detente wasn’t so effective

A

Neither side slowed nuclear weapon development
Neither side stuck to salt 1
Only propaganda
Fake

86
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When was the U2 plane crisis started

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1st of May (2weeks before the French summit)

87
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Who was flying the U2 plane over Russia

A

Gary powers

88
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What type,of missile shot down the U2 plane

A

A Sam 2 missile

89
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What did Khrushchev do in response to the U2 plane crisis

A

Refuse to attended the Paris summit without a U.S. Appology

90
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What policy was effectively ended by the U2 spy plane crisis

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Peaceful co existence

91
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What did Eisenhower say the U2 plane was

A

A weather plane

92
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What did the USA increase post U2 spy plane crisis

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Spying and military spending

93
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When was the CRUDE Berlin Wall built and what was it built of

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13th August 1961

94
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When was the Berlin Wall built up into a full on wall

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16th August 1961

95
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When did the U.S. And ussr have a tank stand off and? Where? And for how long

A

27th October 1961
Checkpoint Charlie
18 hours

96
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Give 4 reasons for the building of the Berlin Wall

A

East Berlin was embarrassing for ussr
2 million people left East Berlin since it was formed “brain drain”
Intimidate the USA
Soviets said Berlin Wall was a central hub of us espionage

97
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What were the success of the Berlin Wall

A

Improved the economy
East Germany’s economy improved
Reduced tensions

98
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What did the Berlin Wall make the USSR seem like

A

They had given up on Berlin

Brutal -41 people shot in first year for trying to escape

99
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Why was the Berlin Wall good for the USA

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Created a useful platform for propaganda eg “ Ich bin ein Berliner “

100
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How many nuclear war heads did the USA own by 1955

A

2000

101
Q

What are icbm’s

A

Intercontinental Ballistic missiles

102
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When was the nuclear test ban treaty signed

A

1963

103
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Give three reasons for the arms race

A

Each couldn’t be behind the other in case of war
Detterence
Superiority

104
Q

What was the first satellite in space

A

Sputnik

105
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How did a dog get to space

A

Sputnik 2

106
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When and who was the first man in space

A

12 th April yuri Gagarin

107
Q

What did Kennedy tell nasa they had to do

A

Put a man in the moon by the end of the 1960’s

108
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When did Neil Armstrong get on the moon

A

21st July 1969

109
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When did Fidel Castro overtake Cuba

A

1959

110
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Cuba started trading …. With ….. For …..

A

Sugar
USSR
Oil

111
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What was the USAs reaction to the Cubans trading with the Russians

A

They stopped trading with Cuba

112
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When was the bay of pigs

A

April 1961

113
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How many troops did the usa send to Cuba for the bay of pigs

A

1400

114
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Because the …. Won the bay of pigs …. Was …..

A

Cubans
Kennedy
Humiliated

115
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How far is Cuba from the USA

A

160km

116
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When did the USA put a naval blockade around Cuba

A

22nd October 1962

117
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Khrushchev offered to remove his nuclear weapons if…

A

Kennedy removed his from Turkey and promised not to invade Cuba

118
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When did Khrushchev agree to kennedys proposition to keep the removal of Turkish missiles secret

A

28th October 1962

119
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Why did the USSR put nuclear weapons in Cuba

A

To intimidate
Make new allies
As a bargaining chip
Khrushchev was accused of being weak

120
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Why was Kennedy seen as a hero after the Cuban missed crisis

A

People belived that he single handedly prevented a nuclear war

121
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What was improved after the Cuban missile crisis

A

Communication a hot line was put in place between the super powers

122
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Which side was relived that the Cuban missile crisis didn’t end in war

A

Both

123
Q

Who came to power in 1968 in Czechoslovakia

A

Alexander dubcek

124
Q

Name as many things as you can that dubcek wanted to change and improve

A 
Freedom of speech
Rescuing censorship 
Allow opposition parties 
Allow travel 
Improve trade with west 
Improve human rights
125
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What did dubcek tell Brezhnev he didn’t want to do

A

Leave the Warsaw Pact

126
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What did brehnev bring into action at the time of Prague spring

A

The Brezhnev doctrine

127
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Describe the Brezhnev doctrine

A

If one communist country starts to become capitalist all the other have the responsibility to prevent that from happening

128
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When was the Brezhnev docteine signed

A

3rd August 1968

129
Q

How many troops did Brezhnev send to Czechoslovakia

A

500,000

130
Q

Give the name and date of three events that showed detente

A 
SALT agreements (1 (1972)and 2)
Handshake in space (1975)
Helsinki conference (1975)
131
Q

Guven as many reasons as you can why detente came about

A

20% of soviet spending was on arms
Vietnam war crippled America
Vietnam humiliated America
Brezhnev wanted to improve peaceful coexistence
East was becoming poorer and needed to trade with the west
USSR fell out with China is needed new allies

132
Q

Give three reason why detente failed

A

Afhanistan
Salt 1 agreements ignored
Ronald Reagan became leader and was anti communist

133
Q

Why did the USSR invade afhanistan

A

Provided a land route to oil fields
To over take more Asian counties
Islamic Revolution threatened Afghanistan
USSR claimed the afghans asked for help

134
Q

How long did the afghan war last

A

10 years

135
Q

How did the USA respond to the afghan war

A

Boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980
Threat to international peace
Sent 1800 troops to Pete t Arbain oil

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