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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 |
| What was the Thirteen days? | A period during the Cuban missile crisis when the world was on the brink of nuclear warfare |
| What happened on the 16th October? | President Kennedy was informed that US spy planes had found missile sites on Cuba |
| What happened on the 20th October ,during the Cuban missile crisis? | Kennedy decided against an attack on Cuba, instead ordering a blockade of Cuba |
| What happened on the 24th October, during the Cuban missile crisis? | The USSR said the blockade was an act of aggression and its ships would ignore it |
| What happened on the 25th October 1962? | USA and USSR prepared for immediate nuclear attack |
| What four things happened on the 27th October 1962? | 1) Cuba prepared for invasion 2) K. offered to remove missiles if the USA did the same with Turkey and Italy 3) A US spy plane was shot down over Cuba and the 'hawks' demanded retaliation 4) Kennedy set up a deal where A. took missiles out of T. and I. |
| What happened on the 28th October 1962? | Khrushchev agreed to withdrawing his missiles from Cuba in return for USA never to attack Cuba and to withdraw its missiles from Italy and Turkey |
| Why did Cuba feel bitter about the crisis? | Although it came out OK, it felt let down by its Soviet allies |
| Why was the Cuban missile crisis bad for the USSR? | They looked weak as no one knew about the USA missile withdrawals |
| What did the Cuban missile crisis prove? | How easily a nuclear war could start |
| What did the Cuban missile crisis prompt the USA to do? | Move a detente- a less stressful, more informed relationship between the USA and USSR |
| What was the Hotline agreement? | This created a direct communication between Washington and Moscow |
| When was the Limited Test Ban Treaty and what was it? | August 1963. Both sides agreed to ban all nuclear weapon testings except for underground tests |
| When did the USSR catch up with the USA in the arms race? | 1965 |
| Why must MAD warfare be avoided at all costs? | It would be so terrible and destructive |
| What happened to Khrushchev in 1964? | He was forced from power |
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