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7 - Nature and impact of Crises
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Cold War Crises
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1
How old is Fidel today, hint - he was born in '26
89
90
88
91
2
Who in a speech to West Berlin said "I am a jelly doughnut"?
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
JFK
Fidel
3
After the "theft" of US companies, what was the first thing that the US did to Cuba?
Attempted to assassinate Fidel
Economic blockade
Bay of PIgs
Told the IMF not to lend Cuba money
4
What was "Operation Anadyr”
The code name for Sputnik
The US attempt to destabilise the Castro regime
The Soviet plan to place missiles in Cuba
The Soviet plan to put man in space
5
How did the USSR end the Prague Spring?
The watering down of reforms
Tanks
Permanent positioning of troops in Prague
All of the above
6
“Cuba looked like an unsinkable aircraft carrier with the potential to join thesocialist camp”
LaFeber
Gaddis
Volkogonov
Dallek
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What was the name of the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia who implemented the Prague Spring?
Cernik
Svoboda
Brezhnev
Dubcek
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What does “Ichbin ein Berliner” mean?
I am king of the world
I am proud to be a Berliner
I am a donut
To be the best you gotta beat the best
9
How Did Fidel Castro first anger the US?
Aligning with the USSR
Agrarian reform with no compensation
Talking to the IMF
Freedom through the Pencil
10
Who said “This provocativeand unjustified change in the status quo cannot be accepted”
RFK Cuban Missile Crisis
Brezhnev Prague Spring
JFK Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev Bay of Pigs
11
In regards to the Berlin Wall, who said “A wall is a hell of a lot betterthan a war.”
JFK
LBJ
Khrushchev
Churchill
12
Who said the purpose of the wall was as much to avoid confrontation as to create it?
JFK
Walter Cronkite
Nikita Khrushchev
George Kennan
13
What happened on the same day as the Bay of Pigs?
Che went to Bolivia
Khrushchev came into office
Kennedy was assassinated
Yuri Gagarin went into space
14
What percentage of the US population supported JFK's handling of the Bay of Pigs?
61%
73%
86%
43%
15
What historian said whywould Khrushchev put up a wall if he intended 2 seize West Berlin?
Deutscher
Gaddis
Dallek
LaFeber
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What were some of Dubcek's reforms?
Revival of the Czech parliament
All of the above
Making the Communist Party more democratic
Freedom of speech and press
17
Name the student who burnt themselves in retaliation to the USSR's involvement in Prague?
Eldwardo Corrochio
Jan Pallach
18
Instead of a "blockade" what did JFK place around Cuba?
Embargo
No fly zone
Quarantine
Blockade
19
What happened in 1968?
Hungarian Uprising
Prague Spring
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What did Khrushchev refer to the Berlin wall as?
policy of containment
border control
anti-brain drain
Khrushchev doctrine
21
Who said “There is no better way togive solidarity to a revolution like a US backed invasion”
Fidel
Khrushchev
Che
Raul
22
From 1960 - 1965, how many times did the US try to assassinate Fidel?
6
8
7
5
23
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?
Truman Doctrine in reverse
Prevention of Socialist states becoming capitalist
Both answers are correct
24
What type of gift was the Berlin Wall seen as being for the west?
Birthday
Christmas
Propaganda
Containment
25
What was the word that the US used to describe Cuba's "communistic" practices?
Revolutionary
Socialist
Communist
Nationalist
26
Who warned the US public about the "military industrial complex"?
Eisenhower
Nixon
Khrushchev
JFK
27
What did Eisenhower break off between the US and Cuba just before he left office?
the sale of Guantanamo Bay
The cigar trade
Diplomatic relations
The embargo
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What was the "military industrial complex"?
The spread of Capitalism into South America
US military establishment and corporations developing arms
The influence of Congress on the policy making
The stockpiling of nuclear weapons
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What did the US believe the Bay of Pigs would achieve?
Spark civil unrest and bring Batista back into power
Lead to the exiles gaining control of the Cuban economy
Create a positive relationship between Cuba and the USA
spark civil unrest in Cuba and overthrow Fidel
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What happened in 1962?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
JFK was assassinated
Khrushchev was elected as Premier of the USSR