History Superpowers key dates/ numbers

Question 1

When was the Teran conference

Answer 1

Novemeber 1943

Question 2

When was the first Un meeting

Answer 2

25th April 1945

Question 3

When was the Yalta conference

Answer 3

• February 1945

Question 4

When was the Potsdam

Answer 4

-July/August 1945

Question 5

What happened in San franssco 1945

Answer 5

The formation of the UN
26th June

Question 6

What was the alluid alliance

Answer 6

-The alliance between France and Spain

Question 7

When did England originally hold the Calais port till

Answer 7

1347-1559

Question 8

When did MQOS husband Francis II take the French throne

Answer 8

• 1559 and Mary became queen of France.

Question 9

When were the atomic bombs first used and where

Answer 9

Hiroshima - 6th August 1945
Nagasaki 9th August 1945

Question 10

How many japanise people were killed

Answer 10

120,000

Question 11

When did the soviets develop their A-BOMB

Answer 11

29th August 1949 - 4 Years post USA

Question 12

When did France China and Britain all have there A-BOMBS

Answer 12

• 1964

Question 15

When was the long telegram written

Answer 15

• 22nd February 1946

Question 16

Quote from the long telegram

Answer 16

• “its is desireable and nessasary that … our traditional belief be destroyed”
  “the problem is within our power to resolve without militarty power”

Question 17

Quote from the Novikov Telegram

Answer 17

“intended only to prepair conditions to win world domination”

Question 18

When was the Truman doctrine announced

Answer 18

12th March 1947

Question 19

When was Cominform established

Answer 19

22nd September 1947

Question 20

Why was Cominform important in Cold War developments?

Answer 20

Marked a clear ideological divide between East and West.

Helped Stalin control satellite states politically and ideologically.

Contributed to tension as it was seen by the West as part of a Soviet plan to spread communism.

Foreshadowed Soviet suppression of uprisings (e.g. Hungary 1956).

Question 21

When was the Berlin Blockade

Answer 21

• June 1948

Question 22

When did opperation Vittles begin

Answer 22

• 28th June 1948

Question 23

How many causalties were there in the Opperation Vittles

Answer 23

• None

Question 24

How may tonnes of supplies were being flown in a day to berlin by just the americans

Answer 24

1,000 a day

Question 25

How many tonnes were flown in during the peak month

Answer 25

Jan 1949 - 170,000 tonnes flew in in 1 month

Question 26

When did starlin lift the blockade

Answer 26

- 9th May 1949

Question 27

What did starlin offer to West berliners and how many took it

Answer 27

Offered them to move into Germany and only 3 % of West Berliners took it.

Question 28

What date was the federal republic of Germany formed

Answer 28

23rd May 1949

Question 29

When did the first democraticaly elected chancellor take office and who was he

Answer 29

- 15th September 1949 Konrad adenauer

Question 30

When was NATO founded

Answer 30

April 1949

Question 31

When was the warsaw pact founded

Answer 31

1955 (6 Years post NATO)

Question 32

When was the Hydrogen bomb developed and by who

Answer 32

- 1952 by USA

Question 33

When did the soviets have the H bomb

Answer 33

- 1953

Question 34

When did eisenhower become president

Answer 34

Jan 1953

Question 35

When did Kruschev become president

Answer 35

-1953

Question 36

When did Starlin die

Answer 36

5th march 1953

Question 37

When was Naggys appointment to be priminsiter of hungry

Answer 37

-24th october 1956

Question 38

When did Nagy announce that he was leabing the Warsaw pact

Answer 38

1st November 1956

Question 39

What was the Geniva summit became known as in terms of IR

Answer 39

the "Thaw" in international relations.

Question 40

When did Castro become the leader of Cuba

Answer 40

January 1959

Question 41

When did Castro sign the Agreement with Khrushchev

Answer 41

February 1960

Question 42

When did Castro Nationalise all Cuban land that belonged to foreign nationals

Answer 42

- May 1959

Question 43

When did the USA cut of diplomatic relations with Cuba

Answer 43

January 1961

Question 44

When did the USA stop all trade with Cuba

Answer 44

-October 1960

Question 45

When did the USA reduce the sugar trade with Cuba

Answer 45

- July 1960

Question 46

When was the Bay of pigs

Answer 46

- 17 April 1961

Question 47

How many troops invaded Cuba

Answer 47

1,400

Question 48

Where did the troops invade for the Anti Castro plan

Answer 48

"the bay of pigs " in Cuba

Question 49

When did the soiviet union agree to supply arms to Cuba

Answer 49

September 1961

Question 50

When did the 13 days begin

Answer 50

- 16th October 1962

Question 51

when was A direct phone line set up between the white house and the kremlin

Answer 51

June 1963

Question 52

When was the test ban treaty signed

Answer 52

- august 1963

Question 53

When was the outer space treaty signed

Answer 53

1976

Question 54

When was the non-proliferation treaty signed

Answer 54

-1968

Question 55

When was the prague spring

Answer 55

- 1968

Question 56

Who was in effect the head of the czech goverment

Answer 56

Dubeck

Question 57

When was dubeck arrested

Answer 57

August 1968,

Question 58

when was Dubeck dismissed from office

Answer 58

- 1969

Question 59

Who was dubeck replaced by and what was he like

Answer 59

- Gustav Husak communist hardliner and very loyal to Moscow

Question 60

What did Husak cause

Answer 60

next 20 years of contry under soviet control

Question 62

When was the brezhnev doctrine announced

Answer 62

- 26nd September 1968