Superpowers

Question 1

What happend in 1961?

Answer 1

• Bay of pigs

- Construction of the berlin wall begins

Question 2

What happend in 1962?

Answer 2

• Cuban missile crisis

Question 3

What happend in august 1963?

Answer 3

• The first hotline was set up between the USA and the USSR

Question 4

What hapend in April 1968?

Answer 4

• The prauge spring began

Question 5

What happend in August 1968?

Answer 5

• The USSR invaded Czechoslovakia

Question 6

What is the narritive of the bay of pigs?

Answer 6

Beginning :

• Following the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Cuba had become a very close ally of the USSR.
• The USSR had given Cuba resources eg technology

Middle:

• The USA discovered Missiles on Cuba on the 14th of October 1962
• Kennedy made Ex-comm to help with decideing what happend to Cuba.

End:

• Kennedy decided to blockade the island of Cuba. They drew an invisible line around Cuba and said if the USSR crosses this line we will take it as an act of war.
• The USSR turend around “The other guy blinked”