Berlin Wall
Why was President Kennedy ok with the building of the wall.
He said - it was better than starting a war.
How far is Cuba from the mainland U.S.
90 miles
Economic system in which most means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets.
Heilbroner, Robert L. and Boettke, Peter J.. "capitalism." Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Feb. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/money/capitalism. Accessed 10 March 2025.
Capitalism
Led Revolution in Cuba
Castro
What does Potpourri mean?
A mixture of things
Date when the wall was first constructed
1961
Why was the U.S. so interested in Cuba?
Close proximity to mainland and business interests
Peacekeeping and human rights organization developed after World War Two
United Nations
U.S. President who was a war hero in the pacific during World War Two
Kennedy
Name of U.S. Intelligence Agency
C.I.A.
What prompted the construction of the wall
Mass migration of people heading West/Communist influence
Former leader of Cuba overthrown by Castro?
Batista
East German Secret Police
Stasi
U.S. President who supported giving military aid to Greece/Turkey
Harry S. Truman
Name of the pilot shot down over Russia
Gary Powers
Name 2 ways that people tried to escape from East to West Germany
Balloon, Plane, Tunnel, Buildings, Run thru barb wire
Name one reason for the Bay of Pigs failure?
Cuba found out about the invasion, boats ran aground, no U.S. military support, poor communications
What was the name of the spy plane shot down over Russia
U2
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Kruschev
Date when Soviet Union first detonated the Atomic Bomb
1949
Visiting in 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy "spoke" to the Soviets on the other side, also reciting a infamous phrase that benefitted the needy Western Berliners
Ich bin ein Berliner
Time for a missile launched from Cuba to reach the U.S.
Approximately 5 minutes
political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.
Dagger, Richard, Ball, Terence. "communism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Jan. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/topic/communism. Accessed 10 March 2025.
Communism
U.S. President who served as head of all allied forces in Europe during World War Two
Dwight Eisenhower
After World War Two, Russia cut off access to Berlin causing the U.S. and its allies to do what?
Airlift supplies