Cold War Mini Projects

Question 1

Q: Where did the Allied powers meet to discuss post-war Germany?

Answer 1

A: Potsdam Germany.

Question 2

Q: How was Germany divided after WWII?

Answer 2

A: Into four sectors controlled by the US UK France and USSR creating east/west Germany

Question 3

Q: Why did the US lack access to Berlin?

Answer 3

A: Stalin controlled East Germany where Berlin was located.

Question 4

Q: What was the Long Telegram and who wrote it?

Answer 4

A: A document by George F. Kennan that demonized communism.

Question 5

Q: What was the goal of the Containment policy?

who was “flirting” with communism?

Answer 5

A: To stop the spread of communism through military or economic assistance.

Greece/Turkey

Question 6

Q: Why did the Truman Doctrine come into existence?

Answer 6

A: Britain could no longer support Greece and Turkey risking communist takeover.

Question 7

Q: What did the Truman Doctrine provide?

Answer 7

A: Military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey.

Question 8

Q: What was the Marshall Plan?

What did it create in the EU?

Who gets wealther?

Answer 8

A: A program providing economic aid to 16 European countries over 4 years.

Creates EU markets for American products and alliances

Makes EU wealthier so they can buy our goods and we look good too

Question 9

Who didn’t take Marshall Plan?

Answer 9

Spain, East G, Finland

Question 10

Q: Why didn’t Eastern European countries accept the Marshall Plan?

Answer 10

A: The USSR blocked them from participating.

Question 11

Q: What was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 11

A: The USSR stopped food and supplies to West Berlin to force submission.

Question 12

“What happens to berlin happens to germany, what happens to germany happens to all of europe”

Answer 12

• Molotov

Question 13

How does the US try to revive the Berlin economy?

Answer 13

By Introducing new currency
Deutsche Mark (DM)

Question 14

Q: How did the US respond to the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 14

A: With the Berlin Airlift flying in supplies every 3 minutes for 15 months.

Question 15

Which side of Berlin is blocked off to starve the city into submission?

Answer 15

West Berlin

Question 16

Q: How much aid was delivered during the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 16

A: 2 million tons of supplies.

Question 17

What does Truman say after the Berlin Blockade

Answer 17

“We are going to stay”

Question 18

What is the Berlin Airlift similar to today?

Answer 18

Gaza

Question 19

Q: What was NATO and why was it significant?

Answer 19

A: A military alliance between the US, 10 Western EU countries, and Canada

Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, UK

Question 20

Q: Why did the USSR create the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 20

A: In response to NATO and West Germany’s inclusion.

Question 21

After Stalin dies, what does NATO do?

Answer 21

NATO invited W germany to join NATO. USSR doesnt like it, so they make warsaw pact.

Question 22

Which countries join NATO 3 years after it is established?

Answer 22

Turkey and Greece

Question 23

Q: Who were the two leaders in the Chinese Civil War?

Answer 23

A:

Chiang Kai-shek (Nationalist) from the South

Mao Zedong (Communist) in. the North

Question 24

Q: Who won the Chinese Civil War?

Answer 24

A: Mao Zedong, creating Peoples republic of china

Question 25

Q: Where did Chiang Kai-shek flee?

Answer 25

A: Taiwan creating the Republic of China.

Question 26

Q: Who invaded South Korea in 1950?

Answer 26

A: North Korea supported by the USSR.

Question 27

Q: How did the US respond to the North Korean invasion?

Answer 27

A: By sending troops to assist South Korea.

Question 28

Q: Why was General MacArthur fired?

Answer 28

A: He wanted to use nuclear weapons against China defying Truman’s containment policy.

Question 29

Who was the leader of North Korea and South Korea?

Answer 29

Kim sung (North & Communist) Syngman Rhee (South)

Question 30

Q: What was the result of the Korean War? Why did it end?

Answer 30

A: A ceasefire leaving North Korea isolated and poor Soviet union unexpectedly wanted seise fire

Question 31

U-2 Incident

Question 32

Where was the Korean attack?

Answer 32

US + South Korea surprise landing in Inchon

Question 33

Q: What was the U-2 Incident?

Answer 33

A: A US spy plane was shot down over the USSR damaging US-Soviet relations.

Question 34

Q: How did the US initially explain the U-2 Incident?

Answer 34

A: They claimed it was a weather plane with an unconscious pilot.

Question 35

What did Khrushchev see that made him want peace?

Answer 35

Khrushchev- saw hollywood and wanted peace.

Question 36

Q: What was the outcome for the U-2 pilot?

Answer 36

A: He was imprisoned but later exchanged for a Soviet spy.

Question 37

Where did the U2 plane take off/ (attempt) to land?

Answer 37

Plane left from pakistan to norway

Question 38

Name of U2 flight

Answer 38

Operation Grandslam

Question 39

Q: What were the US’s response options to Soviet missiles in Cuba?

Answer 39

A: Airstrikes or diplomacy ended up as naval blockade (middle ground)

Question 40

Q: What was the final deal that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 40

A: The USSR removed missiles from Cuba; the US publicly agreed not to invade Cuba and privately removed missiles from Turkey.

Question 41

Which Soviet diplomat evaded questions, refusing to confirm or deny the presence of Soviet missiles

Answer 41

Zorin

Question 42

Q: Why was the Berlin Wall built?

Answer 42

A: To prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin.

Question 43

What % of people move from east to west berlin

Answer 43

20% move from east to west berlin

Question 44

Q: How long did the Berlin Wall stand?A: 28 years.

Question 45

What pact fails that caused the contruction of the berlin wall?

Answer 45

Vienna pact

Question 46

Q: What event led to the fall of the Berlin Wall?A: Gorbachev withdrew troops from satellite nations

Answer 46

leading to political change.

Question 47

How many cross the berlin wall? how many die?

Answer 47

5000 200 die

Question 48

Who is the new Russian leader that removes troops from satalite nations after Krushkev

Answer 48

Gorbachev

Question 49

Q: What was Sputnik and why did it alarm the US?

Answer 49

A: The first satellite "sputnik mania"

Question 50

Q: Who was the first person in space?

Answer 50

A: Yuri Gagarin (USSR).

Question 51

US spends_____ to get _______into space.

Answer 51

$20 Billion Alan Shepard

Question 52

Q: What was Kennedy’s space challenge?

Answer 52

A: To land a man on the moon within a decade.

Question 54

Q: What mission landed on the moon

Answer 54

and who were the astronauts?A: Apollo 11; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Question 55

“not because they are easy,

Answer 55

...but because they are hard" JF Kennedy

Question 56

Q: What did Neil Armstrong say upon stepping onto the moon?

Answer 56

A: “One small step for man one giant leap for mankind.”

Question 57

Name of ship that goes to moon

Answer 57

Apollo 11

Question 58

What does Nixon say the proudest day in America is?

Answer 58

putting a man on the moon