Origins
When did the Grand Alliance form?
1941
When was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
1961
When did Mikhail Gorbachev come into power
1985
Which president tackled the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F Kennedy
What was the reason for Detente
Both sides felt they needed to improve relations with each other, due to the Cuban Missile Crisis and other conflicts in the past. Also economic struggles and geopolitical issues needed to be resolved. All of these issues contribute to the threat of nuclear war.
When did they agree on the idea of splitting Germany into 4 zones?
Yalta conference
Why did the USSR invade Hungary in 1956
Hungary wanted to declare independence
What project did Reagan put into place that cost the US $3 trillion dollars
SDI, or Star Wars
Who introduced the idea of the Berlin Ultimatum
Nikita Khrushchev
Why was SALT II never signed?
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
How long did the Berlin Airlift last for?
11 months
What was Dubcek's reforms called?
Socialism with a Human face
Who had a rivalry with Gorbachev in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin
Who were the leaders that attended the Potsdam Conference
Clement Attlee, Harry S Truman, and Joseph Stalin
List the three treaties during Detente and the years
SALT I (1972)
Helsinki Accords (1975)
SALT II (1979)
Which two people wrote the Long Telegram and the Novikov Telegram
George Kennan and Nikolai Novikov
Which leader did Fidel Castro overthrow in the Cuban Revolution
Fulgencio Batista
What was the name of the revolution group in Poland
Solidarity
Who replaced Antonin Novotny in Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
What treaty was Reagan breaking when he launched the SDI program?
Outer Space Treaty (1967)
When did the US test their 1st nuclear bomb, and when did the USSR test their 1st nuclear bomb
US: August 1945
USSR: October 1949
List the summits:
Vienna, Paris, Geneva, Camp David
Geneva, Camp david, Paris, Vienna
Glasnost and Perestroika
Sinatra Doctrine
INF Treaty
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Put these US leaders in order:
Bush, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Ford, Reagan
Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Ford, Reagan, Bush
List the treaties signed in order:
SALT I, INF Treaty, Limited Test Ban Treaty, Helsinki Accords, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
SALT I
Helsinki Accords
INF Treaty