The cold war intensifies

Question 1

Warsaw pact & its significance

Answer 1

-collective defence treaty= similar to NATO
significance:
-both alliances= military action against the other
-Warsaw pact= gave USSR more control

Question 2

Arms race

Answer 2

1945= USA drops 2 atomic bombs on Japan
1949= USSR tests first bomb
1952= USA develops H bomb
1953= USSR develops H bomb

Question 3

Significance of arms race

Answer 3

-USA= thought it could use nuclear power to stop soviet attack
-Soviet developed their own nuclear forces
-War= escalates rapidly if to occur
-USA & USSR= need other ways to stop each other

Question 4

Impact of soviet rule

Answer 4

-Hungary= suffers under USSR control
-communists= unpopular
-any opposition was wiped out

Question 5

Destalinisation

Answer 5

• stalin died at this point
  Khrushchev= secret speech leads to communism taking a relax
  USSR= not a dictatorship but a one party state
  khrushchev appoints Imre nagy as Hungary PM

Question 6

Reasons for Hungarian uprising

Answer 6

Nagy wanted to:
-leave Warsaw pact
-Hold free elections leading to no single party gov
-UN protection from the soviet
problem for USSR= encourages others to leave

Question 7

Hungarian uprising 1956

Answer 7

-disapporved of Nagy’s reforms
200,000 USSR troops= entered Hungary
-5000 Hungarians died aswell as 1000 troops
-Imre= arrested tried & executed

Question 8

International reaction to Uprising

Answer 8

-USA= condemned actions of USSr
boycotted at olympics
-Hungary = asked for aid
USA= unable to help as it would initiate war
Left all other satellite states helpless under USSR control