Cold Wsr Rivalry

Question 1

The USA feared a spread of what

Answer 1

Communism

Question 2

What had been agreed at yalta

Answer 2

Germany & Berlin would be divided into 4 zones

Question 3

What was agreed at Potsdam

Answer 3

Each sector would be administered by one of the allies

Question 4

What was agreed at Potsdam

Answer 4

USSR received bulk of the reparations as Russia had highest casualties

Question 5

What did secret telegrams show

Answer 5

Both nations wanted world domination

Question 6

USA moved away from policy of isolationism under what

Answer 6

The Truman doctrine

Question 7

What did the Marshall plan do

Answer 7

Provided financial aid

Question 8

What was the policy of containment based on

Answer 8

The domino theory

Question 9

How did Stalin respond to the plan to create west Germany it’s own state

Answer 9

Blockade - road, rail & canal traffic to starve allies out of West Berlin

Question 10

What was Truman’s response to the blockade

Answer 10

Airlift supplies

Question 11

Why couldn’t Stalin shoot down the planes

Answer 11

Risk of war

Question 12

Average of how many tons of supplies each day

Answer 12

4000s tons

Question 13

How long did airlifts last

Answer 13

10 months

Question 14

When did airlifts begin

Answer 14

June 1948

Question 15

Consequences of airlifts

Answer 15

Increased east/west rivalry

Question 16

What did the crisis lead to the creation of

Answer 16

NATO & Warsaw pact

Question 17

1961 Berlin crisis increased refugees leaving east to west to how many

Answer 17

20,000 a month

Question 18

What was the Khrushchev solution

Answer 18

Build Berlin Wall

Question 19

When was the brink of nuclear war

Answer 19

October 1962

Question 20

When was the revolution in Cuba

Answer 20

1959

Question 21

Who did the us support in the revolution

Answer 21

Batista overthrown by fidel Castro

Question 22

Why did USA refuse to buy sugar from Cuba

Answer 22

Castro ejected all us business

Question 23

What invasion did JFK authorise

Answer 23

Bay of pigs invasion

Question 24

Where did the ussr begin to install ballistic missiles

Answer 24

Cuba

Question 25

How long did the missile crisis last

Answer 25

13 days

Question 26

Between what dates was the crisis

Answer 26

16th October- 28th October

Question 27

What was the naval blockade

Answer 27

Imposed by JFK to prevent ussr missiles reaching Cuba

Question 28

What is brinkmanship

Answer 28

Pushing to the verge of war

Question 29

Hotline between who

Answer 29

Kremlin and White House

Question 30

What was the domino theory

Answer 30

If Vietnam fell to communism so would all of SE Asia

Question 31

Who was the northern leader of Vietnam

Answer 31

Hi chi minh Communist

Question 32

When was diem overthrown

Answer 32

November 1963

Question 33

Why did us popularity decrease in Vietnam

Answer 33

Strategic hamlet policy

Question 34

What was the gulf of Tonkin

Answer 34

Attack on us destroyer Maddox

Question 35

Give 3 methods used to destroy supply routes and jungle

Answer 35

Operation rolling thunder Agent orange Napalm

Question 36

Who were the Vietcong

Answer 36

Supporters of the north in the south

Question 37

What was search and destroy

Answer 37

Zippo raids - set fire to thatched houses and villages believed to be supporting the Vietcong

Question 38

Hi Pugh civilian casualties & media coverage of atrocities like what

Answer 38

My Lai Massacre

Question 39

Where were guerrilla tactics effective

Answer 39

The jungle

Question 40

What happened I’m jan 1973

Answer 40

Peace treaty Vietnam united