The Berlin Wall

Question 1

When did Khrushchev become leader?

Answer 1

1953

Question 2

When did Eisenhower become leader of America?

Answer 2

1953

Question 3

When did tensions flare up again?

Answer 3

1958

Question 4

Why were the Soviets concerned?

Answer 4

because people were leaving East Berlin to West Berlin

Question 5

How many east Germans left in the first 11 days of August?

Answer 5

16,000

Question 6

All the members of what department left on the 12th August?

Answer 6

Leipzig University Maths department

Question 7

How many refugees had left since 1948?

Answer 7

3 million

Question 8

When was the largest number of people to leave on one day and how many did?

Answer 8

August 12th 1948, 2,400

Question 9

Between 1949- 1961 how many east German refugees are there?

Answer 9

2.7 million

Question 10

When did Khrushchev demand for the USA to relinquish occupation?

Answer 10

10 November 1958

Question 11

What did Khrushchev declare in 1958?

Answer 11

that all of Berlin belongs to East Germany and that the USA troops had 6 months to leave

Question 12

What happened as result of Khrushchev’s request?

Answer 12

series of summits, conferences and other negotiations that had no resolution

Question 13

When was the Geneva summit?

Answer 13

May 1959

Question 14

Did the Geneva summit make progress?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

What happened when Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet for a 2nd time in the US?

Answer 15

Khrushchev withdraws his 6 month ultimatum

Question 16

Where and when do Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet for a 2nd time?

Answer 16

Paris, May 1960

Question 17

Why did Khrushchev storm out the Paris summit?

Answer 17

because he was told about an American spy plane over Russian soil

Question 18

When did JFK become leader of America?

Answer 18

1961

Question 19

What does Khrushchev do when JFK becomes president?

Answer 19

he gives a new 6 month ultimatum

Question 20

What did Kennedy make clear?

Answer 20

That the USA had free access to the city

Question 21

What does JFK do as a result of Khrushchev’s ultimatum?

Answer 21

he spends $3.2bn on defence and preparation for war

Question 22

What does Khrushchev do when he realises that Kennedy wont back down?

Answer 22

Builds the berlin wall

Question 23

When was the Berlin wall built?

Answer 23

12th August 1961

Question 24

How many people die trying to cross the wall?

Answer 24

136

Question 25

What was the wall made up of?

Answer 25

inner wall, death strip, barbed wire, watch towers, signal fence, steel spikes, the Berlin Wall

Question 26

Why were there weak points built into the Berlin wall?

Answer 26

So that tanks could break through

Question 27

When did the wall come down?

Answer 27

1989

Question 28

How many east Germans managed to cross the boarder

Answer 28

5,000

Question 29

Did the superpowers argue over Berlin again after the wall?

Answer 29

no