Tensions Over Cuba Ans Czechsolvia

Question 1

Cuban revolution ?

Answer 1

The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro’s revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. Wikipedia

Question 2

Bay of pigs ?

Answer 2

The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones located on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910, it was included in Santa Clara Province, and then instead to Las Villas Province by 1961

Question 3

The Cuban Missile Crisis ?

Answer 3

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.

Question 4

The consequences of the crisis ?

Answer 4

The consequences of the crisis were many and varied. Relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union were on shaky ground for some time after Khrushchev’s removal of the missiles, as Fidel Castro accused the Russians of backing down from the Americans and deserting the Cuban revolution.

Question 5

Prague spring movement ?

Answer 5

The Prague Spring reforms were a strong attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in an act of partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. The freedoms granted included a loosening of restrictions on the media, speech and travel.

Question 6

brezhnev doctrine ?

Answer 6

e doctrine expounded by Leonid Brezhnev in November 1968 affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.

Question 7

Reasons for détente ?

Answer 7

Nuclear issue
Economic issue
China-soviet split
Lessons of conflict