Cold War 1950s

What partially justified the USA’s actions in Vietnam?

SEATO

When was SEATO created?

1954

What was SEATO and what did it stand for?

• Collective defence treaty (like NATO)

• South East Asia Treaty Organisation

What triggered the creation of SEATO?

The Sino-Soviet alliance (made in 1950, strengthened in 1953)

Why couldn’t Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia join SEATO?

Because of the Geneva Accords in 1954

What treaty recognised the sovereignty of the FRG and when and where was it signed?

• General Treaty

• 1952 in Bonn

Who signed the General Treaty of 1952 and what did it do?

• Britain, USA, France

• Recognised the sovereignty of the FRG and ended the occupation

When was the Warsaw Pact created?

1955

What was the Warsaw Pact?

A collective defence treaty (like NATO and SEATO)

What triggered the creation of the Warsaw Pact?

The admission of the FRG to NATO

Who were the 8 members of the Warsaw Pact?

• Albania (left in 1968)

• Bulgaria

• Czechoslovakia

• GDR

• Hungary 

• Poland

• Romania

• USSR

When was Eisenhower’s term as President and what political party did he belong to?

• 1953-61

• Republican

When was Khrushchev the General Secretary of the USSR?

1953-1964

Who was Secretary of State under Eisenhower and when did he resign?

• John Foster Dulles

• 1959

What were 3 policies under Eisenhower and Dulles?

• Brinkmanship

• Massive retaliation

• The New Look Policy

When was Khrushchev’s ‘Secret Speech’?

1956

What was Khrushchev’s main policy?

De-stalinisation

What was Khrishchev’s more liberal stance on terror and supression of the arts called?

The ‘Khrushchev Thaw’

What brought peaceful coexistence to an end?

The U-2 spy plane incident in 1960 at the Paris Peace Conference