60s

Question 1

U2 Crisis

Answer 1

May 1960 U2 spy plane shot down over USSR
At Paris Peace summit, couldn’t resolve issues that needed to be resolved
America lied and failed to apologise
Khrushchev walked out

Question 1

Vietnam War

Answer 1

Americas policy of containment caused them to interfere
Total of 550,000 troops
Many American failures due to Vietnamese guerrilla warfare - knowledge of the jungle
Huge public criticism - financial cost
Eventually ceasefire was agreed in 1975
Huge failure for containment, politically, militarily, financially, many lives lost, 58,000 Americans 1-4 million Vietnamese

Question 2

Berlin Wall

Answer 2

1961 Wall that sealed off East Berlin
Brain Drain
Deutschmark

Question 3

Berlin Wall Standoff

Answer 3

Foreigners could cross at Checkpoint Charlie
Red Tanks came and disallowed the crossing
Tanks and artillery pointed at each other in tense standoff lasting 18 hours until there was a diplomatic resolution

Question 4

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 4

1962 spy plane discovered missile sites
DEFCON 2 announced

Question 5

Bay of Pigs

Answer 5

1961 1400 Cuban exiles landed on southern coast of Cuba with aims of an anti-communist uprising, Kennedy prevented and pulled out air support in the last minute

Question 6

Naval Blockade

Answer 6

Blocks all boats coming in and out of Cuba
Height of tensions

Question 7

Prague Spring

Answer 7

Students began to peacefully protest against Novotny’s rule
Dubcek announced plan of ‘Socialism with a Human face’ - removing state control of economy and allowing freedom of speech - bargained he would stay in Warsaw pact
500,000 troops invaded, shut down the uprising.

Question 8

Detente

Answer 8

Humiliation of Vietnam War - US efforts to improve relations with USSR
SALT conferences - SALT 1 restricted number of ICBMS
Superpowers stopped spending so much on nuclear weapons