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22 Cards in this Set
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When did Stalin announce that the USSR had developed its own atomic bomb?
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1949
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When did Communist forces under Mao Zedong take control of China?
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1949
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What was the Missile Gap?
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This was a fear that the USA or USSR had more nuclear missiles than the other - so they both began stockpiling weapons
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When did the USSR test its first ICBM which could hit any US target?
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1957
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When did the USA develop the ICBMs called Atlas and Minuteman which could hit the USSR?
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1959
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What were Polaris Missiles?
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Missiles that could be launched from submarines underwater and were undetectable
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Where did the USA keep medium-range missiles which could hit the USSR?
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Turkey and Europe
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What was the impact of the Cuban Revolution 1959?
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Cuba was just of the coast of Florida and the USA helped a dictator called Batista come to power there in the 1950s.
Batista was hated by many Cubans, after much fighting Fidel Castro took over. Thousands of Cubans fled to the USA |
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Why did Kennedy attempt the Bay of Pigs invasion, April 1961? |
1) USA helped Cuba gain independence 2) Alliance between Cuba and USSR since 1960 worried USA 3) Cuba had adopted communist policies & were given $100m in aid and weapons 4) Kennedy was a new and young president - felt he needed to prove himself |
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Why did the Big of Pigs invasion fail?
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A force of 1,400 exiles landed in Cuba but faced over 20,000 Cuban troops.
There was no popular uprising against Castro and exiles who weren't killer were imprisoned. Kennedy was humiliated |
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Name some of the things Khrushchev armed Castro with |
Thousands of: Soviet missiles Patrol boats Tanks Radar vans Jet bombers & fighters 5000 soviet technicians |
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What were the outcomes of the Cuban missile crisis for the USSR? |
Khrushchev got the USA to withdraw its missiles from Turkey but had to keep it secret
Cuba was a valuable ally and a powerful base
Khrushchev's actions in Cuba made no impact on the missile gap |
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How did Khrushchev's reputation change? |
In 1964 Khrushchev was removed from power by his enemies inside the USSR
The soviets were forced to put their missiles on the decks of their ships so that the Americans could count them as they left Cuba, this was humiliating
The crisis exposed the USA to criticism |
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When did Kennedy's advisors say they did not believe Khrushchev would send nuclear weapons to Cuba?
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September 1962
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What did Kennedy say to warn Khrushchev on September the 11th 1962?
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That he would prevent by any means necessary Cuba becoming a Soviet nuclear missile base
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What was the October Crisis in 1962?
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When an American spy plane flew over Cuba and took detailed photographs of missile sites in Cuba
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Most of the developed sites spotted during the October crisis would be ready to fire a missile in how many days?
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7
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How many soviet ships were spotted on their way to Cuba? And what were they carrying?
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US spy planes spotted 20 soviet ships on their way to Cuba, carrying missiles
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Why did Khrushchev put missiles on Cuba? |
1) To test Kennedy 2) To bargain with the USA 3) Arms race 4) Cuba's defence 5) Own position in the USSR needed strengthening 6) Nuclear weapons could only be launched from a base near to the USA |
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What were Kennedy's options regarding the missiles on Cuba? |
Warn then launch air strike
Open negotiations
Make a blockade around Cuba
Air strike with no warning
Do nothing |
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What were the outcomes of the Cuban missile crisis for the USA? |
Kennedy had to accept Cuba would remain a communist state in the USA's backyard
Kennedy had stood up to the people in his government who wanted to invade Cuba
Kennedy did have to removed missiles from Turkey |
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How did Kennedy's reputation change?
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Kennedy came out of the crisis with a greatly improved reputation in his own country and throughout the west. He had stood up to Khrushchev and made him back down
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