War and Revolution Flashcards
What was the Warsaw pact?
Military alliance with the Eastern European allies in retaliation to west Germany joining NATO
What were some examples of using peaceful coexistence?
• Geneva summit (1955) - meeting of the “big 4”
• Khrushchev visiting the US in 1959 - agreed to pull away from his “Berlin ultimatum”
What event caused tensions at the Paris summit?
Soviet missile brought down U2 plane that was spying over the USSR
Eisenhower claimed it wasn’t his
What triggered the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961?
20,000 people a month were migrating from east to west Germany
What was JFK’s response to Khrushchev placing missiles in Cuba?
Naval blockade from Cuba
Put US forces on a nuclear war alert
How was the Cuba missile crisis resolved in 1962?
Khrushchev and JFK compromised over a phone call.
Agreed to take missiles out of Cuba if JFK agreed to reduce his US bases in Turkey
