Superpowers 1960s and 1970s Flashcards
1
Q
- Why was the Paris Conference of 1960 a disaster?
A
U2 spy plane incident
2
Q
- How much extra money did Kennedy put into defence in 1961?
A
$3.2 billion
3
Q
- Give the exact date the Berlin Wall was built.
A
13 August 1961
4
Q
- Name the famous speech made by Kennedy in Berlin in 1963.
A
Ich bin ein Berliner
5
Q
- Name the dictator of Cuba liked by America.
A
Batista
6
Q
- Name the two men who led a revolution in Cuba in 1959.
A
Castro and Guevara
7
Q
- Explain why President Eisenhower stopped buying Cuban sugar.
A
Castro took back land and businesses in Cuba from American companies
8
Q
- How far away from America was the island of Cuba?
A
90 miles
9
Q
- How much money did Khrushchev give to Cuba in aid?
A
$100 million
10
Q
- How many Cuban exiles were trained by the CIA in the Bay of Pigs disaster?
A
1,300
11
Q
- Give the month and the year when Cuba became Communist.
A
May 1961
12
Q
- Give the exact date when the U2 spy plane spotted nuclear missile bases being built on Cuba.
A
14th October 1962
13
Q
- How many ships were involved in Kennedy’s blockade of Cuba?
A
180 ships
14
Q
- Give the date of Khrushchev’s second telegram and write what it said?
A
27th October 1962 and said America had to remove blockade and nuclear weapons in Turkey and Soviet Union would remove their missile bases from Cuba.
15
Q
- Give the year when Khrushchev was sacked.
A
1964
16
Q
- What French word was used to describe relations between the Superpowers after Cuba?
A
Detente
17
Q
- Name the treaty which stopped the selling of nuclear bombs to other countries.
A
Test Ban Treaty
18
Q
- Name the richest Soviet satellite state in Eastern Europe.
A
Czechoslovakia
19
Q
- Name the hated dictator of the richest Soviet satellite state in Europe.
A
Novotny
20
Q
- What were Dubcek’s reforms known as?
A
Prague Spring
21
Q
- Name the Soviet leader who ordered an invasion of this European country in 1968..
A
Brezhnev
22
Q
- How many Warsaw Pact troops invaded?
A
200,000 – 400,000
23
Q
- What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?
A
No country could leave the Warsaw Pact or have any political party other than the Communist party
24
Q
- Which 3 Communist countries did not approve of the invasion of 1968?
A
China/Romania/Albania
25
58. Name the treaty which agreed to a 5 year freeze on the production of ICBMs.
SALT 1
26
59. Name the agreement of 1975 where countries agreed to respect their basic human rights.
Helsinki Agreements
27
60. Why was SALT 2 never ratified?
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on Christmas Day 1979
