Devastation, population faced difficult conditions
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Note and describe the policy Nikita Khrushchev was best known for
Destalinization- A movement to excise the Stalinist legacy from Soviet society
100
What were the leaders of satellite countries in Eastern Europe that were put into power by Stalin known as?
What is "Little Stalins"
100
Name the left-wing revolutionary who established a Soviet-supported totalitarian regime in 1959
What is Fidel Castro
100
What was later revealed about the Cuban Missile Crisis Revolution?
It was later revealed that the president also promised to dismantle US missiles in Turkey.
200
How did Stalin respond to post WW2 issues?
Extraction of development capital from Soviet labor
200
How did Khrushchev change his policies when he came into office?
Resumed Malenkov's efforts to reduce tensions with the West, boost standard of living of Russian people
200
What leader was put into power in Poland after widespread demonstrations in 1956?
Wladyslaw Gomulka
200
What was Kennedy's failed attempt to invade Cuba using anti-Castro exiles known as?
What is the Bay of Pigs
300
What was the impact of Stalin's plans?
Impressive economic recovery, growth in the heavy industries, consumer goods remain scarce, asked to sacrifice for a better tomorrow
300
How did Khrushchev denounce Stalin? What reasons did he give for a destalinization effort?
Abuse of power, oppressive leader, killed/tortured those against the Communist Party
300
What Hungarian leader came to power after student demonstrations and promised free elections? He was later tried, convicted, and executed by the Soviet Union.
What is Imre Nagy
300
What country did the US have missiles stationed in?
What is Turkey
400
How did Stalin enforce his rule? How did he respond to his competitors?
Exercised sole authority, pitted subordinates against one another, Zhdanov's mysterious death, placed Molotov in concentration camp
400
What inherently conservative instincts of the Soviet bureaucracy did Khrushchev have to overcome?
Agricultural schemes, industrial growth
400
What did the Soviet Union launch in 1957 which caused the US to fear a missile gap between the US and the Soviet Union?
What is the first intercontinentantal ballistic missile (ICBM)
400
How did Kennedy react when he learned that Castro sent a Soviet fleet carrying more missiles to Cuba?
He dispatched US warships into the Atlantic to prevent the fleet from reaching their destination.
500
Who succeeded Stalin, and what were his ideals as party leader?
Georgy Malenkov, hoped to ease cold war tensions and a decline in Stalinist methods of rule
500
Was his run a success? How did Soviet officials respond to Khrushchev?
Foreign policy failures, disapproval, ousted him in 1964
500
What group was founded in 1955 by neutral leaders like Tito in Yugoslavia? What was Krushchev's reaction?
What is the Noaligned Movement. Krushchev openly sought alliances with strategically important neutralist countries (like India, Indochina, and Egypt)
500
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
Krushchev sent a conciliatory letter agreeing to turn back if Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba.