Cold War - Topic 2 (Cold War Crises)

When was the Berlin Ultimatum?

1958

How many refugees fled East Germany to West between 1949 and 1961?

4 million

What was the Berlin Ultimatum?

Khrushchev accused allies of breaking the Potsdam agreements and said that they had to leave Berlin within 6 months

Who was the POTUS in 1958?

Dwight Eisenhower

When did Khrushchev visit the USA?

September 1959

When was the Paris Summit meant to happen?

14th May 1960

Why did the Paris summit not happen?

9 days before an American U2 spy plane was shot down by Soviets

When was JFK made president?

1960

When was the Vienna Summit?

June 1961

What did Khrushchev want from the Vienna Summit?

Western forces to leave West Berlin

When did the Berlin Wall go up?

Night of 12th August 1961

When was the Geneva Summit?

May 1959

Who led the revolution in Cuba against General Batista?

Fidel Castro

When did Castro overthrow Batista?

1959

When was the Bay of Pigs?

17th April 1961

What happened 14th October 1962?

American U2 spy plane spots missile launch pads being built in Cuba

When do the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis begin?

16th October 1962

What were the terms of ending the Cuban Missile Crisis?

If USA would secretly remove NATO bombs from Turkey, then Khrushchev would remove weapons from Cuba

When did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

28th October 1962

When was the Limited Test Ban Treaty?

1963

When was the Outer Space treaty?

1967

When was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

1968

Who conducted the Prague Spring Reforms?

Alexander Dubcek

Who ousted Khrushchev?

Brezhnev

What happened on the 20th August 1968?

500,000 troops from Warsaw Pact countries invaded Czechoslovakia