Events
People
Dates
Terms
Consequences
100
What was the Nuclear Anxiety?
The dread of a nuclear war that pushed both sides toward diplomacy.
100
Who became the leader of the USSR after Stalin’s death?
Nikita Khrushchev
100
Mention any event that happened in 1956
The Hungarian Uprising / Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
100
What does De-Stalinization refer to?
The policy of removing Stalin’s influence.
100
Mention a temporary benefit of The Thaw
Intellectual freedom / détente / diplomacy
200
Why was Khrushchev’s secret speech important?
It marked the beginning of de-Stalinization.
200
This dictator’s death allowed a period of reform in the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
200
When did the Geneva Summit take place?
1955
200
Define Satellite States
Eastern European Countries under soviet control.
200
Mention any reform movement influenced by The Thaw
Prague Spring / Gorbachev’s glasnost
300
An important turning point that marked the collapse of the Thaw
The U-2 Incident
300
Who was the U.S. president during most of Khrushchev’s leadership?
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
300
What happened in 1959?
Khrushchev visited the US.
300
Define détente
An easing of tensions between countries.
300
What did The Thaw Reveal about the Soviet Union?
Its deep structural problems/ its fragility / the limits of reform and resistance
400
What was the Geneva Summit?
The first post-Stalin meeting between the U.S., the USSR, Britain, and France
400
Who was Francis Gary Powers?
The pilot that was shot down during the U-2 incident.
400
When did Joseph Stalin die?
1953
400
What was the U.S. strategy to stop the spread of communism?
Containment.
400
How did communist parties react to De-Stalinization?
They criticized the inconsistencies of the USSR and distanced.
500
This was an uprising that proved the limits of The Thaw.
The Hungarian Uprising.
500
This Hungarian leader wanted to pull Hungary out of the Warsaw Pact.
Imre Nagy
500
When did the U-2 incident occur?
1960
500
What was the Iron Curtain?
An ideological and physical division between Eastern and Western Europe.
500
What political ideology started to appear in the USSR during The Thaw
Socialism