The Crises Of The Cold War Flashcards
When was the space race?
1960-1980
What was signed after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A ban on testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
What were both sides meant to do during Détente?
Limit their development of further nuclear arms
What did the space race prove?
Which country was the most advanced
Who had the lead in the space race at first?
The USSR
What did the USSR do in 1961?
Sent the first man into space
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
When was the first man sent into space?
1961
How did the USA win the space race?
Sent people to the moon
When were people first sent to the moon?
1969
When was the U2 Crisis?
1960
What was a U2?
Spy plane
What did Eisenhower order the U2 pilots to do?
Spy on the USSR
When did Eisenhower order the U2 spies to spy on the USSR?
1956
What did the USSR do in 1960?
Shot down a U2 plane which was flying above the USSR
What happened to the pilot of the captured U2 plane?
He was captured
When was the US pilot shot down during the U2 Crisis?
May 1960
What did the U2 Crisis mean for the USA?
It embarrassed them
What did the U2 Crisis ruin?
Paris Summit Conference
What was due to happen at the Paris Summit Conference?
The USA and the USSR were going to try to ease tensions
When was the Berlin Wall built?
1961
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
Many were using Berlin as a way to escape the harsh conditions in East Germany
Who decided to build the wall?
Khrushchev
Where was the Wall?
Around West Berlin
What did the wall do?
It stopped people from east Germany and East Berlin escaping through West Berlin
How many people died within the first year of the wall being built while trying to escape?
More than 40
How was the wall for the communists?
It was embarrassing
When was the Bay of Pigs?
1962
How far is the island of Cuba from the USA?
90 miles
Who took over control in Cuba which made the USA unhappy?
Fidel Castro
What was Castro?
A rebel
When did Fidel Castro take over Cuba?
1959
Who did Kennedy allow to try and get rid of Castro?
CIA
When did Kennedy allow the CIA to get rid of Castro?
1962
What did the CIA do?
Trained and armed 1300 Cuban exiles and sent them to Cuba
Where in Cuba did the CIA send the trained exiles to?
The Bay of Pigs
What did the exiles do at the Bay of Pigs?
Failed badly
What did Castro do to protect Cuba?
Became friends with the USSR
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1962
What did an American U2 plane discover?
The USSR was putting nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What did the USA do to Cuba to prevent more weapons arriving?
Blockaded it
What did the deal between Kennedy and Khrushchev mean?
Khrushchev removed the missiles
What did the USA secretly agree to do?
Remove missiles from turkey
When was the Prague Spring?
1968
Where was Dubcek leader of?
Czechoslovakia
What did Dubcek want?
Communism with a human face
