Suez Crisis

Question 1

What did Nasser do in 1956?

Answer 1

Nationalised the Suez Canal

Question 2

What was nationalised in July 1956 by Nasser?

Answer 2

Suez Cannal

Question 3

Who nationalised the Suez Canal in July 1956?

Answer 3

Nasser

Question 4

When had Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal?

Answer 4

July 1956

Question 5

What was the plan of the Suez crisis?

Answer 5

Britain and France would construct a plan to remove Nasser through Proxy war (Israel would attack Egypt. Britain and France would act as peace keepers and depose Nasser)

Question 6

What happened in January 1957?

Answer 6

Prime minister Eden forced to resign

Question 7

When was Prime minister Eden forced to resign?

Answer 7

January 1957

Question 8

What was the impact of Prime minister Eden being forced to resign in January 1957?

Answer 8

Humiliating as downfall due to third world country and showed how they were dominated by USSR and USA

Question 9

What did Nasser offer to other African nationalist movements?

Answer 9

Support

Question 10

What happened in 1936?

Answer 10

Anglo-Egypt treaty

Question 11

When was the Anglo-Egyptian treaty?

Answer 11

1936

Question 12

What happened in the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty?

Answer 12

Keep 10,000 troops in the Suez Canal

Question 13

What allowed the British to keep 10,000 troops in Suez Canal?

Answer 13

Anglo-Egyptian treaty in 1936

Question 14

Why did the Arabs not want to cooperate with the British?

Answer 14

Whilst they maintained garrisons in the Suez, controlled Sudan (seen as an insult to Egyptians who were seen as the leaders of the Arab world)

Question 15

What happened in 1951?

Answer 15

King Farouk renounced the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty

Question 16

When had King Farouk renounced the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty?

Answer 16

1951

Question 17

Who renounced the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty?

Answer 17

King Farouk

Question 18

What title did King Farouk give himself?

Answer 18

King of Sudan

Question 19

Who referred to himself as the King of Sudan?

Answer 19

King Farouk

Question 20

What happened in January 1952?

Answer 20

King Farouk was overthrown

Question 21

When was King Farouk overthrown?

Answer 21

January 1952

Question 22

What happened in 1953?

Answer 22

Eden, foreign secretary in Churchill’s conservative government, made an agreement on stages towards Sudanese independence

Question 23

When was an agreement made by Eden to steps towards Sudanese independence?

Answer 23

1953

Question 24

What agreement was made in 1954?

Answer 24

Britain agreed a phased withdrawal of troops from the Suez Canal Zone within 20 months

Question 25

When had Britain agreed a phased withdrawal of troops from the Suez Canal Zone within 20 months?

Answer 25

1954

Question 26

In the 1954, how long did the British agree until their withdrawal?

Answer 26

20 months

Question 27

What was the impact of: 1953: Agreement where there was a staged movement towards Sudanese independence 1954: British phased withdrawal from Suez Canal within 20 months

Answer 27

Improve Anglo-Arab relations British would have access through the Suez Canal Maintenance of former British bases Respect for the independence of the Suez Canal Company

Question 28

Why did Britain want to improve Arab-Anglo relations?

Answer 28

Prevent them from turning to communism | Prevent national uprisings which would be costly

Question 29

What happened in 1955?

Answer 29

Baghdad Pact

Question 30

When was the Baghdad Pact?

Answer 30

1955

Question 31

What was the 1955 Baghdad Pact?

Answer 31

Agreement between Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Britain and Persia to repel any Soviet threat in the Middle East

Question 32

Who was in the 1955 Baghdad Pact?

Answer 32

``` Turkey Pakistan Iraq Britain Persia ```

Question 33

What was the name of the agreement between Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Britain and Persia to repel any Soviet threat in the Middle East?

Answer 33

1955: Baghdad Pact

Question 34

When had Eden became prime minister?

Answer 34

April 1955

Question 35

Why did Nasser turn to Czechoslovakia?

Answer 35

Felt as if their hegemony was being challenged in the Middle East

Question 36

What happened in June 1957?

Answer 36

Nasser made himself President in Egypt

Question 37

When had Nasser made himself President of Egypt?

Answer 37

June 1956

Question 38

Who made himself President of Egypt in June 1956?

Answer 38

Nasser

Question 39

What were Nasser’s aims as president of Egypt?

Answer 39

Construction of the Aswan High Dam (core programme of irrigation, flood control and electrification)

Question 40

What was Nasser promised in 1955?

Answer 40

Funds from both Russia and the West

Question 41

What happened in July 1956?

Answer 41

USA withdrew funds from Egypt as they believed of his association with communist powers Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal

Question 42

When had the USA withdrew funds from Egypt as they believed of his association with communist powers?

Answer 42

July 1956

Question 43

In July 1956, who withdrew funds from Egypt because of their association with communist powers?

Answer 43

USA

Question 44

What was the impact of the July 1956 nationalising of the Suez Canal?

Answer 44

Direct blow to the British government who had shares of 44% and threat to their position

Question 45

What did Eden say in 1956?

Answer 45

Outburst where he said he wanted Nasser destroyed (he may do said ‘murdered’) and compared him to Hitler

Question 46

When was there an outburst where Eden said he wanted Nasser destroyed (he may do said ‘murdered’) and compared him to Hitler?

Answer 46

1956

Question 47

Who said in an outburst he wanted Nasser destroyed (he may do said ‘murdered’) and compared him to Hitler?

Answer 47

1956

Question 48

What was the name of the plan hatched by Israel, France and Britain?

Answer 48

‘The protocol of Sèvres’

Question 49

What was the ‘The protocol of Sèvres’?

Answer 49

Israel would attack Egypt. France and Britain would demand the fighting to stop and as Egypt would deny, they would then invade them.

Question 50

How did the US react to the ‘The protocol of Sèvres’?

Answer 50

Condemned the attack | Refused to support sterling in the currency crisis

Question 51

How long did it take for the British to announce a ceasefire?

Answer 51

5 days

Question 52

Who refused to support sterling in the currency crisis as a result of the British attack?

Answer 52

USA

Question 53

Who did the British have to consult after the Suez crisis regarding imperial or international affairs?

Answer 53

USA

Question 54

What was the impact of the British government having to consult the USA regarding imperial or international policy?

Answer 54

Showed a loss power and influence

Question 55

How did the Suez crisis impact nationalist movements?

Answer 55

In order to achieve independence, they need to push harder so they could force them to surrender Showed that it would be best to accept the nationalists demands

Question 56

How did the Suez Control impact decolonisation?

Answer 56

Showed the Britain could not manage and control its retreat from Empire in ways that would preserve British power

Question 57

What did Holland, New Zealand Prime minister, hint at?

Answer 57

Send troops to assist Britain

Question 58

Who traveled to London in August 1956?

Answer 58

Menzies, Australian prime minister

Question 59

When had Menzies travelled to London?

Answer 59

August 1956

Question 60

What had Menzies done in August 1956?

Answer 60

Travelled to London, joined the cabinet discussions and spoke on the BBC. He led the discussions with Nasser in September 1956, which failed

Question 61

Who tried to lead discussions with Nasser in September 1956, that failed?

Answer 61

Menzies, Australian prime minister

Question 62

What was the long term impact of the Suez Crisis?

Answer 62

Symbolic of how Britain no longer had the power to maintain empire and therefore they had to accept the ‘winds of change’