cold war crises 58-70

Question 1

narrative acct leading to bay of pigs

Answer 1

cuban rev 59
usa failed to acknowledge rev
cuba + ussr trade sugar and oil
kennedy misinformed by CIA that castro is unpopular and it would be possible to overthrow govt.
1400 cuban exiles trained to invade
castro heard in advance
- 20000 troops waiting for exiles
17 april 61
- public liked castro so didn’t help exiles

Question 2

2 consequences of berlin refugee crisis

Answer 2

led to berlin ultimatum (nov 58)
- 2.7 mil people left east for west berlin 49-61
summit meetings of 59-61
geneva, camp david, paris, vienna

Question 3

2 consequences of prague spring for relations

Answer 3

brezhnev doctrine (68)
- soviets have right to invade country if they are threatening security of eastern bloc as a whole
yugoslavia and romania declare independent from soviet communist party
- align with china
- western communist parties also cut ties with soviet union