Chapter 10-Cold War

Question 1

When was the trinity test

Answer 1

16th July 1945

Question 2

When was the first soviet nuke

Answer 2

29th August 1949

Question 3

When was the first hydrogen bomb by the USA and the first by the Soviet’s

Answer 3

1952 and 1953

Question 4

How many warheads did each side have in 1950

Answer 4

USA-299
USSR-5

Question 5

Why was 1957 a significant year in the arms race

Answer 5

• the first icbm by the ussr was made
  -the Bermuda conference which stationed USA IBRMS in the UK
  -the Gaither report

Question 6

How many warheads did each side have in 1955 approximately

Answer 6

USA-2400
USSR-200

Question 7

What happened in the 1960s that amped up the arms race

Answer 7

-The tsar bomb was created
-the Cuban missile crisis
- the hotline and nuclear test ban treaty

Question 8

How many warheads in 1960 did each side have

Answer 8

USA- 18,600
USSR-1,700

Question 9

How many warheads in 1963

Answer 9

USA-30,000
USSR-4,000

Question 10

When was Sputnik and flopnik and what was it

Answer 10

1957, ussr launches successful space satellite and USA fail theirs

Question 11

Why was 1958 a significant year for the space race

Answer 11

-Explorer launched
-NASA created

Question 12

Who was yuri gagairin and what did he accomplish

Answer 12

1961 he was first man in space

Question 13

Why was Berlin a dilemma for Khrushchev

Answer 13

Berlin had a brain drain where approximately 2.7 million skilled workers left to West Berlin

Question 14

How and when did Khrushchev try to negotiate

Answer 14

• the Geneva summit: no decision on Germany
• Paris conference: walked out due to the U2 affair
  -Vienna summit: failed with JFK

Question 15

What was the first ultimatum Khrushchev.

Answer 15

Sent in 1958, Khrushchev western troops out of West Berlin and to recognise GDRA

Question 16

What was the second ultimatum Khrushchev

Answer 16

1961 to JFK, reissued it with pressure from ulbritcht

Question 17

When was the wall installed on the e\w border

Answer 17

13th August 1961

Question 18

What standoff did the soviets and Americans have and when

Answer 18

27th October, a stand over at check point Charlie