Narrative account questions

Question 1

Write a narrative account of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.

Answer 1

Truman’s speech, Greece, ‘act of war’, Marshall Aid to Europe,

Question 2

Write a narrative account of the Berlin Crisis of 1948-49.

Answer 2

Blockade, Berlin aircraft, NATO, ended

Question 3

Write a narrative account of the Hungarian uprising of 1956

Answer 3

Rakosi removed, tanks invade then leave, Warsaw Pact comments, re-invade, Nagy replaced

Question 4

Write a narrative account of the Berlin Crisis of 1958-61.

Answer 4

Brain drain, Berlin ultimatum, conferences, Berlin Wall

Question 5

Write a narrative account of events in Cuba during 1959-62.

Answer 5

Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs, Missile Crisis

Question 6

Write a narrative account of the Prague Spring of 1968.

Answer 6

Student demonstrations, April Programme, Warsaw 5 met, invasion, peaceful resistance

Question 7

Write a narrative account of détente from 1962-79.

Answer 7

SALT 1, Helsinki, SALT 2

Question 8

Write a narrative account of events in Afghanistan in 1978

Answer 8

Amin, Babrak kamal ,olympic bocotts

Question 9

Write a narrative account of the ‘second Cold War’.

Answer 9

Invasion of Afghanistan, Olympic boycotts, SDI, arms race, collapse of communism