Cold War 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe Cold WarGCSEAQA Created by: scxrlettgraceCreated on: 15-04-19 12:52 What were the Red Scares? Fear of communism caused by Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 1 of 48 When was Yalta? February 4th - 11th 1945 2 of 48 Who was at Yalta? Rooservelt, Churchill, Stalin 3 of 48 What was the aim for Yalta? to develop a plan for Europe after WW2 4 of 48 What were the two achievements from Yalta? Russia joined the war and UN agreed to divide up Germany to share 5 of 48 When was Potsdam? July 17th - August 2nd 1945 6 of 48 Who was at Potsdam? Truman, Stalin, Churchill/Atlee 7 of 48 What was the aim of Potsdam? To finalise principals of post war peace 8 of 48 What were the achievements of Potsdam? Set up four zones in Germany, ban Nazi party and demilitarise Germany 9 of 48 When was VE day? May 1945 10 of 48 Which Japanese city was bombed on the 6th of August 1945? Hiroshima 11 of 48 Which Japanese city was bombed on the 9th of August 1945? Nagasaki 12 of 48 When was VJ day? 15th August 1945 13 of 48 When was Stalin's hostile speech? Feb 9th 1946 14 of 48 When was the iron curtain speech? March 5th 1946 15 of 48 When was the Truman Doctrine? March 12th 1946 16 of 48 When was the Marshall plan? June 1947 17 of 48 When did communists take over Czechoslovakia? Feb 1948 18 of 48 When did the Berlin Blockade begin? June 24th 1948 19 of 48 When did the Berlin Blockade end? May 12th 1949 20 of 48 When did the Korean War begin? June 1950 21 of 48 What was checkpoint charlie? the crossing point between East and West Berlin 22 of 48 When did the Korean war end? 1953 23 of 48 When was the Warsaw Pact formed? May 1955 24 of 48 When was the Hungarian Uprising? 23rd October 1956 25 of 48 When was the Suez Crisis? 1956 26 of 48 When was Sputnik launched into orbit? October 4th 1957 27 of 48 What was the name of the dog launched into Space? laika 28 of 48 When was NASA created? July 29th 1958 29 of 48 When and Who took over Cuba? Fidel Castro in Jan 1959 30 of 48 When was U2 shot down by Soviets? May 1960 31 of 48 Who was the pilot shot down by the Soviets? Gary Powers 32 of 48 Who was President of USA during U2 crisis? Eisenhower 33 of 48 Who walks out of the Paris Peace Summit and why? Krushchev because Eisenhower refuses to cancel U2 spy planes 34 of 48 When was the stand off at Checkpoint Charlie? 22nd of October - 28th of October 1961 35 of 48 What caused the stand-off at Checkpoint Charlie? a dispute over whether german guards were allowed to check travel documents of US diplomat Allan Lightner who was passing into East Berlin 36 of 48 Who was the first man in space? Yuri Gagarin (USSR) 37 of 48 When did the first man go to space? 1961 38 of 48 Who was the first American man in space? Alan Sheppard 39 of 48 When did JFK become president of the USA? Jan 1961 40 of 48 When was the Bay of Pigs? April 1961 41 of 48 When was the Berlin Wall built? August 13th 1961 42 of 48 When was the Cuban Missile Crisis? 1962 43 of 48 When was the Czechoslovakia uprising? 1968 44 of 48 What was Salt 1? An agreement to reduce about of nuclear weapons between USA and USSR 45 of 48 When did the Vietnam war begin? 1955 46 of 48 When did the Vietnam war end? 1975 47 of 48 When was the Berlin wall demolished? 1989 48 of 48
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