Foreign Developments: Military in the 1950s, The Berlin Wall and Cuba

Question 1

What was the situation for America and nuclear weapons from 1945 to 1949?

Answer 1

America were the only nation with nuclear weapons

Question 2

What year did the USSR successfully test their own atomic bomb?

Answer 2

1949

Question 3

What year did the USA make their own hydrogen bomb?

Answer 3

1954

Question 4

What nuclear missile did America create in 1947?

Answer 4

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Question 4

What was the situation for USSR H-Bomb development by the time the USA had made a hydrogen bomb?

Answer 4

The USSR had made a hydrogen bomb before the USA

Question 5

How long before the USA had the USSR made their own ICBM’s?

Answer 5

1 month before

Question 6

How much money did the USA spend a year on their military in the 1950s?

Answer 6

$50 billion

Question 7

What percentage of foreign aid sent by America went to military spending?

Answer 7

90%

Question 8

Which computer company was created due to 1950s American defence spending?

Answer 8

IBM

Question 9

What did IBM make in 1953?

Answer 9

A computer

Question 10

What year did Khrushchev start to restrict Western access into East Berlin?

Answer 10

1958

Question 11

What year was the Berlin Wall made?

Answer 11

1961

Question 12

What percentage of the East Berlin population had left the region before the Berlin Wall was created?

Answer 12

20%

Question 13

How far away were Soviet and American tanks from each other at one point in 1961?

Answer 13

30 metres away from each other

Question 13

How did Khrushchev feel he could act with Kennedy?

Answer 13

Khrushchev felt he could bully Kennedy

Question 14

Who became the leader of Cuba in 1959?

Answer 14

Fidel Castro

Question 15

After the alliance between Cuba and the USSR was created, what did Khrushchev start putting into Cuba?

Answer 15

Intercontinental ballistic missiles

Question 15

How far off the south coast of Florida was Cuba?

Answer 15

90 miles

Question 16

How did America economically sanction Cuba in 1960 for their revolution?

Answer 16

America stopped importing Cuban sugar

Question 17

Which nation did Cuba look to for economic help after the American sugar sanction?

Answer 17

The USSR

Question 18

How many Cuban exiles did Kennedy get together to fight and try to reclaim Cuba?

Answer 18

1000 exiles

Question 19

How many troops did Castro have in his army?

Answer 19

20,000 troops

Question 20

What was the name for Kennedy’s attack on Cuba done by Cuban exiles?

Answer 20

Bay of Pigs

Question 21

What was the result of the Bay of Pigs for Kennedy?

Answer 21

It was a failure

Question 22

What year did the Bay of Pigs event happen?

Answer 22

1961

Question 23

What did Castro declare for Cuba in December 1961?

Answer 23

Castro declared that Cuba was a Communist nation

Question 24

What year did Khrushchev start to put ICBM's in Cuba?

Answer 24

1962

Question 25

What crisis was created after Khrushchev put missiles in Cuba?

Answer 25

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 26

Which Doctrine did Kennedy bring up with the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 26

Monroe Doctrine

Question 27

What did the Monroe Doctrine say?

Answer 27

No other nations were allowed to intervene in areas of American interest

Question 28

When did the Cuban Missile Crisis start? (To the month)

Answer 28

October 1962

Question 29

What did Kennedy do with some ships at the start of the Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 29

Make a blockade around Cuba

Question 30

What did some military officers advise Kennedy do during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 30

Bomb Cuban military bases

Question 31

What deal did Khrushchev make with Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 31

The USSR would remove missiles from Cuba if the USA removed missiles from Turkey

Question 32

What condition did Kennedy add to Khrushchev's ICBM withdrawal from Cuba?

Answer 32

America would covertly remove missiles from Turkey

Question 33

What was the result of the deal Khrushchev and Kennedy made to bring an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 33

They both agreed to it

Question 34

Why was a "hot line" created for the President and the leader of the USSR after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 34

To allow for quicker communication

Question 35

What did the USSR commit themselves to with the missile gap after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 35

They committed themselves to closing the missile gap

Question 35

What did the 1963 Test Ban Treaty do?

Answer 35

It banned the testing of nuclear weapons

Question 36

What did Khrushchev and Kennedy agree to with nuclear weapons in 1963?

Answer 36

Test Ban Treaty

Question 37

By what year had the USSR closed the missile gap?

Answer 37

1970

Question 38

What year did Johnson and Brezhnev have a meeting that started detente?

Answer 38

1967