USA

Question 1

When was the Warsaw pact

Answer 1

1955

Question 2

Why was the Warsaw Pact put in place?

Answer 2

To counter the treat of NATO

Question 3

When was NATO established?

Answer 3

April 1949

Question 4

Which countries were involved in NATO?

Answer 4

USA, and Western Europe

Question 5

Which country was involved in the Warsaw Pact ?

Answer 5

the USSR

Question 6

When was the Berlin crisis?

Answer 6

1961

Question 7

By 1961 how many people were leaving East Berlin to West Berlin each month

Answer 7

20,000

Question 8

Who was the soviet leader in 1961?

Answer 8

Khrushchev

Question 9

When was the Berlin Crisis?

Answer 9

1948-49

Question 10

Why did Stalin see the western allies as a threat?

Answer 10

He feared that the western ideas would spread to the soviet zone

Question 11

How did Stalin block out the allies from Berlin

Answer 11

They cut off roads, rail and canals

Question 12

How many children were arrested in the Birmingham March?

Answer 12

1300 children were arrested

Question 13

When was the Birmingham march

Answer 13

1963

Question 14

What were the results of the Birmingham March?

Answer 14

-Birmingham, Alabama was ordered to desegregate within 90days
- the events were broadcasted globally (so people witnessed the violence of the authority figures in reaction to the peaceful protesters)
- however it was only local level success there were still many places that were still segregated

Question 15

What was the population of Birmingham, Alabama and how many people were black?

Answer 15

350000 people of which 150000 were black

Question 16

What was the reaction of the Supreme Court towards the new deal?

Answer 16

They opposed the new deal at first but eventually the supported the second new deal, especially the social security act.

Question 17

When was the March on Washington?

Answer 17

1963

Question 18

What was achieved due to the March on selma

Answer 18

The voting rights act

Question 19

When was the sick chickens case

Answer 19

1935

Question 20

What was sick chickens case

Answer 20

4 brothers were taken to court by the NRA (an alphabet agency) for selling a batch of diseased chickens. The brothers appealed the the Supreme Court, it declared that the NIRA was unconstitutional because it gave the federal government power over state affairs, this lead to 750 of the NRA codes of practice being scrapped.

Question 21

How many NRA codes of practice were scrapped because of the sick chickens case?

Answer 21

750 codes of practice

Question 22

What was the NRA?

Answer 22

They were an alphabet agency set up by NIRA. They set fair prices, wages and working conditions. It was removed by the Supreme Court in 1935.

Question 23

What was the AAA?

Answer 23

It was an alphabet agency, the agricultural adjustment act was set up to increase farmers prices and incomes.

Question 24

Which president was in office during the gulf war?

Answer 24

George Bush

Question 25

When was the gulf war?

Answer 25

1990-1991

Question 26

Sum up the Iran and Iraq and Gulf Wars?

Answer 26

• Reza Pahlavi forced to abdicate in Jan 1979
• Vital oil interests in Gulf & Iran
• Iran under control of fundamentalist religious
  leaders Khomeini – called USA ‘Great Satan’
• Nov 1979 – 66 Americans taken hostage at
  US Embassy in Tehran
• Hostage takers demanded extradition of
  Shah. Carter refused
• Rescue attempt failed in April 1980
• 20min after Reagan became President, 52
  American hostages released
• Iraq leader = Saddam Hussein – invaded
  Kuwait in August 1990
• USA – military action to remove Iraqis from
  Kuwait successful by Feb 1991.

Question 27

Who was Gorbachev?

Answer 27

He was the last leader of the ussr, he recognised the limitations of communism. He relaxed censorship and encouraged economic activity with the rest of the world.

Question 28

Sum up the ‘second Cold War’

Answer 28

• 1978 = Communist revolution in Afghanistan
• Mujahdeen (guerrilla army) declared jihad
  (holy war) on Amin’s government
• 1979 – 50,000 troops from USSR invaded
  Afghanistan = relationship deteriorates again!
• USA concerned about potential Soviet control of oil supplies
• President Carter adopted firm approach towards the USSR
• Carter Doctrine promised military aid to all nations bordering Afghanistan
• US companies forbidden to trade high tech goods with USSR
• Carter pressured US Olympic team to boycott 1980 Moscow Olympics
• Reagan adopted even firmer approach – called USSR ‘Evil Empire’
• Star Wars initiative – ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ = lasers in space intercept missiles
• USSR couldn’t compete with USA

Question 29

What was Detente?

Answer 29

Reduction in tension

Question 30

Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam?

Answer 30

Because of the domino theory. They believed that if Vietnam fell to communism then so would all of the neighbouring countries.

Question 31

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 31

October 1962

Question 32

What was the impact of the Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 32

A hotline was set up between Moscow and the White House and a partial test ban treaty was put in place that agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons.

Question 33

What was the Marshall plan?

Answer 33

it was financial aid given to Eastern Europe in order to stop them from restoring to communism.

Question 34

What happened at yalta?

Answer 34

It was agreed that Germany would be split into four zones

Question 35

What happened at Potsdam?

Answer 35

At Potsdam it was agreed that each sector
would be administered by one of the allies. Potsdam = agreed USSR to receive bulk of
reparations as Russia had highest casualties

Question 36

Who was Stokely Carmichael

Answer 36

He was the chairman of the SNCC, he was inspired by Malcolm x