Chapter 8 - Cold War

Question 1

What did Eisenhower promise as well as containment?

Answer 1

rollback

Question 2

When did the USSR agree to give defense related technology to China?

Answer 2

May 1953

Question 3

What policy did Eisenhower introduce in October 1953 and what was it’s aims?

Answer 3

New Look Policy - Aimed at tacking communism head on and using covert operations to reduce communist presence and threat

Question 4

What was Brinkmanship?

Answer 4

the idea of being so close to war that the opposition negotiate with you

Question 5

What year was the US-Soviet Summit in Geneva?

Answer 5

1955 - No agreement reached but started better dialogue and communication between both the USSR and the USA

Question 6

What year did Khrushchev visit the USA?

Answer 6

1959

Question 7

When was the Paris Summit and what happened?

Answer 7

1960 - talks ended up not getting out of the early phases due to the U2 Spy plane saga

Question 8

When was the U2 spy plane incident and what was it?

Answer 8

1st May 1960 - US aircraft shot down in USSR airspace as it was on an espionage mission

Question 9

What year did Dulles meet the Chinese Minister over Vietnam?

Answer 9

1954

Question 10

What did Eisenhower focus on more so at the start of his presidency?

Answer 10

Massive retaliation - focused on nuclear weapons as they were cheaper and more cost efficient then conventional forces

Question 11

Describe the situation in Indochina by 1950?

Answer 11

USA supported independence from France

Question 12

What was General Matthew Ridgeways view on the situation in Vietnam?

Answer 12

A war would absorb the troops by divisions

Question 13

How much of the USA were paying in the Indochina independence war with France?

Answer 13

75%

Question 14

Who were the leaders of North and South Vietnam?

Answer 14

North was Ho Chi Minh and the South was Diem

Question 15

What did the Geneva conference of July 1954 decide about Vietnam?

Answer 15

2 zones divided temporarily by the 17th parallel and promise of elections in 1956 to decide the fate of Vietnam as a whole

Question 16

How did Eisenhower sum up the US position about Vietnam?

Answer 16

Supported the existence of a pro-American non - communist government in Vietnam and aiding such a government to eliminate pro-communist subversion