Causes of Cold War
Which of the three wartime conferences (from 1943-45) came first?
Tehran
What was the name of Churchill's speech delivered in March 1946?
Iron Curtain Speech
What was the name that North and South Korea was divided along?
38th parallel
In what year did the U-2 incident take place?
1960
What was set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis to improve communication between the USA and USSR?
The hotline
What three key world leaders were present at Potsdam?
What was the name of Kennan's telegram?
The Long Telegram
Dwight D. Eisenhower
By 1953 what number of East Germans had crossed over to the West?
3 million
What is the name given to the Chinese-US relations that improved during the thaw because of one particular sport?
Ping pong diplomacy
Are workers more important under capitalism or communism?
Communism
1947
In what year did Stalin die?
1953
What was the name given to the space between East and West Germany after the Wall was built?
No Man's Land
What treaty was signed in 1967 that dealt with nuclear weapons being used/tested in space?
Outer Space Treaty
What did Britain and the USA delay until 1944?
Opening a second front in Europe
What was the name of the body Stalin set up that gave him a way to direct and control the governments of the satellite states?
Cominform
Who became leader of Hungary in 1956?
Imre Nagy
In what year was the Berlin Wall built?
1961
Who was elected US President in 1968?
Richard Nixon
On what date (day, month and year) did the Americans explode an atomic bomb over Hiroshima?
6th August 1945
When did Hungary have an election that was heavily influenced by the USSR?
1947
Who became leader of Hungary after the Hungarian Uprising?
Janos Kadar
What US/Soviet leaders were present at the Vienna Summit in June 1961?
Khrushchev and John F Kennedy
As part of SALT 1, the Interim Treaty placed limitations on the number of....?
ICBMs