cold war crises

Question 1

how many east germans fled to the west through berlin between 1949-1961

Answer 1

4 million
many were professionals seeiking higher paying work

Question 2

what was the berlin ultimatum and when was it

Answer 2

1958
khrushchev announced allies should leave berlin in 6 months

Question 3

when was the paris summit and who was there

Answer 3

1960
eisenhower and khrushchev
cancelled after u2 plane was shot down

Question 4

when was the vienna summit and who went

Answer 4

1961
khrushchev and kennedy - khrushchev dominated

Question 5

when was the berlin wall built

Answer 5

13th august 1961

Question 6

what was checkpoint charlie

Answer 6

crossing point - allies placed tanks here

Question 7

how high and wide was the berlin wall

Answer 7

3.6m high
1.2m wide

Question 8

what was at the berlin wall

Answer 8

floodlights
patrolling soldiers and dogs
minefields
trip wire machine guns

Question 9

consequences of the berlin wall

Answer 9

standoff at checkpoint charlie in october 1961
many people tried to escape and many families were split
JFK made many speeches to large crowds

Question 10

when did castro overthrow batista

Answer 10

1959

Question 11

what was the bay of pigs

Answer 11

kennedy used 4000 cuban exiles to invade - big disaster
1000 imprisoned

Question 12

what was the significance of the bay of pigs

Answer 12

kennedy appeared weak
led to operation mongoose
castro remained popular and moved closer towards the ussr for support

Question 13

when did ussr begin to install missiles in cuba

Answer 13

september 1962
this threatened the us

Question 14

when did the us u2 spy plane spot the missiles

Answer 14

october 14th 1962

Question 15

what did kennedy do in response to the missiles in cuba

Answer 15

formed a group of 12 advisers
placed cuba under quarantine and the ussr ships turned around
kennedy and khrushchev made a secret deal to remove the missiles in turkey and cuba

Question 16

consequences of the cuban missile crisis

Answer 16

khrushchev looks weak ( secret deal of removal of missiles not publicised)
removed as leader in 1964
hotline set up
treaties

Question 17

what treaties were set up as a result of cuban missile crisis

Answer 17

limited test ban treaty - 1963
outer space treaty - 1968
nuclear non- proliferation treaty - 1968

Question 18

who replaced novotny

Answer 18

dubcek

Question 19

what was the brezhnev’s reaction to dubcek introducing new reforms

Answer 19

feared he would leave the warsaw pact
invaded

Question 20

when did brezhnev invade czechoslovakia

Answer 20

august 20th 1968

Question 21

consequences of prague spring

Answer 21

brezhnev doctrine
west heavily critcised his actions

Question 22

what was the brezhnev doctrine

Answer 22

stated the ussr had the right to invade countries in the warsaw pact if they are threatening it