Khrushchev- FP overview

Question 1

What legacy had Stalin left in terms of a relationship with the west?

Answer 1

-high tensions after berlin blockage
-developed nukes at high cost
-1949- china communist (made relation with west worse).

Question 2

What was Khrushchev’s main policy toward the west?

Answer 2

‘peaceful coexistance’

Question 3

What were Khrushchev’s main foreign policy aims/

Answer 3

1. USSR undisputed leader of socialist countries
2. maintain grip on eastern europe
3. no germany rearming
4. defuse international tension
5. reduce millitary spending.

Question 4

How did Khruschev persue destalinisation?

Answer 4

-secret speech

Question 5

What did the Austrian state treaty 1955 ensure?

Answer 5

-Austria both neutral + both powers leave.

Question 6

What did the Geneva summit achieve?

Answer 6

‘open skies’

Question 7

What was the emphasis on during the arms race?

Answer 7

-long range missiles.

Question 8

When was Sputnik created?

Answer 8

1957

Question 9

What was the Warsaw pact?

Answer 9

• ## a treaty of mutual friendship with Eastern European states.

Question 10

What did Russian troops do in 1956 with hungary?

Answer 10

• sent troops in to end Hungarian revolution.

Question 11

When was the Berlin wall constructed?

Answer 11

1961- very poor relationship with JFK.

Question 12

What date did khrushchev put missiles on cuba?

Answer 12

-May 1962

Question 13

How many miles were the missiles from Florida (CMC)?

Answer 13

90 miles.

Question 14

When did the US discover the missiles in cuba?

Answer 14

1964