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Flashcards by Adam Collinge, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Adam Collinge
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Give the four summits between the USSR and USA. | 1) May 1959- Geneva 2) September 1959- Eisenhower met Khrushchev in the USA 3) May 1960- Second E.-K. meeting- Paris 4) June 1961- Meeting between Khrushchev and Kennedy in Vienna |
| Why did Khrushchev deliver his Ultimatum? | Because Germans could not be allowed to escape to the West through Berlin |
| What was Khrushchev's ultimatum? | November 1958- Berlin was East German and any Western powers must leave the city within 6 months |
| How did the USA try to solve the Berlin crisis? | To set up conferences |
| Why did the USA not want to leave Berlin? | It would have been humiliating |
| Why did the USA not want to aggravate K.? | It may have resulted in war |
| Why was the May 1960 Summit a disaster? | A US Spy plane had been shot down within Russia and Eisenhower refused to appologise |
| Why was the final summit only agreed upon? | As there was a new president but neither side were willing to back down |
| What did Kennedy do after the final conference? | Preparing his people for war |
| Why did JFK's visit to West Berlin in 1963 have a huge impact? | His speech made West Berlin into a symbol of freedom |
| Why did Khrushchev not want a nuclear war? | He knew the USSR could not win it |
| What happend to the West in Berlin? | They stayed there |
| What was Khrushchev's alternative to conflict? | He built the Berlin wall in August 1961 |
| Why was the Berlin wall terrifying? | Anyone trying to escape was shot. Guards and dogs patrolled the wall etc. |
| Why did the Wall benefit K.? | He avoided war but still looked strong |
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