tension,crisis and reaction

Question 1

cause of berlin ultimatum

Answer 1

brain drian- 2.7 millon left for the west

Question 2

berlin ultimatum

Answer 2

nov 1958- the west had 6 months to leave berlin

Question 3

what were the four summits

Answer 3

geneva-59,camp david-59,paris-60,vienna-61

Question 4

what was the result of the summits

Answer 4

nothing agreed, and more tension after a u2 spy plane was shot down

Question 5

building of the berlin wall

Answer 5

aug 1961- barbed wire fence which became a guarded wall

Question 6

consqences of building the wall

Answer 6

solved refugee problem, us propaganda victory, us seemed weak

Question 7

kennedys visit to berlin

Answer 7

1963- solidarity ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’

Question 8

cuban revolution

Answer 8

1959- castro became leader and started making links with the SU

Question 9

why did the US invade the bay of pigs

Answer 9

they thought castro had weak control, and thought they could disguise themselves

Question 10

the bay of pigs invasion

Answer 10

april 61-castro met the troops with 20000 cubans and america looked stupid

Question 11

when did kennedy find out about missile sites

Answer 11

16 oct 1962

Question 12

the blockade

Answer 12

oct 1962- naval blockade to cuba,soviet union ignore and both sides prepare for nuclear war

Question 13

resolution of the cuban missile crisis

Answer 13

oct 1962- both agreed to remove missiles and promised not to attack cuba

Question 14

consequences of cuban missile crisis

Answer 14

detente, limited test ban treaty, hotline agreement

Question 15

dubceks reforms

Answer 15

1968-relaxed censorship, freedom of speech,other parties allowed, reduced secret police

Question 16

brezhnevs response to dubcek

Answer 16

aug 1968- tanks sent into prauge, dubcek was arrested

Question 17

consequences of the prauge spring

Answer 17

brezhnev doctrine, invasion was condemmed, but soviets had tighter control