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10 Cards in this Set
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Peaceful Co-existence
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-Khrushchev said he wanted peaceful co-existence with the west but he actually meant peaceful competition
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The Arms Race
1045-55 |
-MAD- Mutually Assured Destruction
- both sides were developing their weapons - they believed whoever had the most powerful weapon was the superpower |
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The Berlin Crisis
1949-61 |
-the Brain Drain- all highly educated and wealthy people wanted to flee to west Berlin
-2.7 million east Germans fled to west Berlin for: a better way of life, to reunite with their families -The people who were leaving were the most skilled people so east Berlin was becoming less efficient -The SU looked weak because they couldn't maintain peace in their own land |
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Khrushchev's Ultimatum
1958 |
-Refugee crisis was a problem for Khrushchev. Proofed that capitalism was more popular.
- November 1958, Khrushchev declared the whole of Berlin belonged to East Germany so the SU. -US troops had 6months to withdraw or they would be at war |
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Khrushchev's Ultimatum
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-Eisenhower did not want to remove troops
-Geneva Summit May 1959 No solution made -Camp David September 1959 Khrushchev agreed to withdraw ultimatum -Vienna Conference 1961 John F. Kennedy became president Khrushchev saw his inexperience as weakness to be exploited Gave ultimatum again |
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Kennedy Prepares for War
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-spent $3.2 billion on defences
-$207million on building nuclear fallout shelters |
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The Berlin Wall
1961 |
-Kennedy would not withdraw troops
-Khrushchev built a barbed wire fence later made to concrete. No access apart from chackpoint Charlie -Brought international relief. Wall is better then war -Important symbol for Cold War. a physical symbol showing there was a divide between east and west. War was nowhere near ending |
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The Cuban Revolution
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-Castro (communist) takes over Cuba and annoys them
-The Cuban people revoulted |
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The Bay of Pigs
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-CIA funded, trained, armed and transported 1,300 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba
-The invasion was a disaster and Kennedy was humiliated -Castro asked Khrushchev for help. Castro was vulnerable and feared another American attack |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 |
- Kennedy announces naval blockade
-Khrushchev says missiles are to defend Cuba8 |