The Development Of The Cold War

Question 1

Which decade did the Chinese civil war begin in?

Answer 1

1920s

Question 2

Who fought in the Chinese civil war?

Answer 2

Communists vs nationalists

Question 3

Who led the communist revolution in China (leader of communist party)?

Answer 3

Mao Zedong

Question 4

When did an alliance form between the 2 sides fighting in the Chinese civil war?

Answer 4

WW2

Question 5

When does the alliance end? And when does fighting start up again? (Chinese civil war)

Answer 5

After WW2

By 1946, the 2 sides are fighting a civil war again

Question 6

By when are the Chinese nationalists looking to retreat? But what happens instead?

Answer 6

Early 1947 looking to retreat but USA keeps supplying military + financial aid

Question 7

After a string of military victories in 1949, what does Mao do?

Answer 7

Proclaims the establishment of the PRC (people’s republic of china) - a communist China

Question 8

When does Mao proclaim the establishment of the PRC (a communist China)?

Answer 8

October 1949

Question 9

Who was the Treaty of Friendship between?

Answer 9

PRC + USSR

Question 10

When was the Treaty of Friendship signed?

Answer 10

February 1950

Question 11

Did the West acknowledge the establishment of the PRC?

Answer 11

No - they refused to accept the new Chinese gov

Question 12

Who occupied Korea before WW2 + why did they withdraw?

Answer 12

Korea was occupied by Japan but they had to withdraw after ww2 defeat

Question 13

What happened in June 1950 (Korean War)?

Answer 13

Stalin sent aid + resources to help the leader of the north + the north invaded the south in a bid to unite the country under communism

Question 14

How were the USA + USSR involved the Korean War?

Answer 14

Stalin sent aid + resources to support North Korea

USA sent troops to defend South Korea

Question 15

When did the conflict in Korea reach a stalemate?

Answer 15

1951

Question 16

When and how did the stalemate in Korea end?

Answer 16

Eisenhower signed an agreement to end the conflict in (January) 1953

Question 17

Who controlled Vietnam after WW2? Were Vietnamese people happy with this?

Answer 17

After ww2, Vietnam was returned to French control but many Vietnamese people wanted independence

Question 18

Who were the Viet Minh?

Answer 18

A communist guerrilla organisation fighting the war against the French for independence

Question 19

How were the USA involved in the Vietnam War?

Answer 19

They financially supported the French war effort

Question 20

When were the French finally defeated by the Viet Minh? And at which battle?

Answer 20

1954 at the battle of Dien Bien Phu

Question 21

What happened after the French defeat in Vietnam was formalised?

Answer 21

Vietnam was temporarily split into 2 zones:

• northern zone governed by Viet Minh
• southern zone governed by anti-communist gov

Question 22

Where was the French defeat in Vietnam formalised? (+ year)

Answer 22

The Geneva Conference (in 1954)

Question 23

When did North Vietnam finally invade south + take control of whole country?

Answer 23

1975

Question 24

When was NATO formed?

Answer 24

April 1949

Question 25

What is NATO? (2)

Answer 25

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | Military alliance between North America + countries Europe (the West, capitalist countries)

Question 26

When was the Warsaw Pact formed?

Answer 26

1955

Question 27

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 27

Communist military alliance

Question 28

USA’s first atomic bomb - when?

Answer 28

1945

Question 29

USSR’s own atomic bomb - when?

Answer 29

1949

Question 30

USA’s 1st hydrogen bomb - when?

Answer 30

1952

Question 31

USSR’s own hydrogen bomb - when?

Answer 31

1953

Question 32

USSR developed 1st ICBM - when?

Answer 32

1957

Question 33

USSR 1st satellite into space - when?

Answer 33

1957

Question 34

USSR 1st satellite reaches the moon - when?

Answer 34

1959

Question 35

USSR achieve 1st space walk - when?

Answer 35

1965

Question 36

USA 1st man on the moon - when?

Answer 36

1969

Question 37

USA 1st exploration of the moon - when? (decade)

Answer 37

Early 1970s

Question 38

Khrushchev pursued a policy of...

Answer 38

De-Stalinisation

Question 39

What did Khrushchev call his theory about how communists and capitalists could live in peace?

Answer 39

Peaceful co-existence

Question 40

Why did the Hungarian Uprising happen? (4)

Answer 40

- lack of cultural freedom - poor standards of living - presence of Soviet troops - rule by fear

Question 41

Who was elected as PM after the demonstrations and protests in Budapest?

Answer 41

Imre Nagy

Question 42

When was Imre Nagy elected in Hungary?

Answer 42

October 1956

Question 43

When was the Hungarian Uprising?

Answer 43

1956

Question 44

What did Nagy announce upon his election as Hungarian PM? (2)

Answer 44

He announced a programme of reform and that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact

Question 45

What triggered the Soviets to invade Hungary?

Answer 45

When it was announced Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact

Question 46

What happened when the Soviets invaded Hungary? (to the Hungarians) (3)

Answer 46

- Nagy was arrested and later executed - protesters imprisoned - 30000 Hungarians killed

Question 47

Who was appointed as leader of Hungary after Nagy was arrested + killed?

Answer 47

Janos Kadar

Question 48

What did Janos Kadar’s hard line communist government do? (2) (about reforms + communism)

Answer 48

Abolished Nagy’s reforms | Returned Hungary to a pro-communist state

Question 49

When was the U2 plane shot down over the USSR?

Answer 49

1 May 1960

Question 50

Who was the pilot - U2 crisis?

Answer 50

Gary Powers

Question 51

What did the USA try to say their U2 spy plane was?

Answer 51

A weather plane

Question 52

Why did the USSR not believe the USA saying their U2 spy plane was a weather plane?

Answer 52

Gary Powers had been captured and had admitted to spying

Question 53

How many days before the Paris Summit was the U2 incident?

Answer 53

13 days

Question 54

What were the impacts of the U2 crisis?

Answer 54

- there was no Paris Summit meeting —> meant there were no peace agreements, no Test Ban Treaty on nuclear weapons —> neither side disarmed - no discussion on Berlin —> Berlin Wall

Question 55

U2 spy planes were ... and could fly at ...

Answer 55

Lightweight | 75000 feet