Confrontations

Question 1

1961: bay of pigs

Answer 1

• president kennedy authorizes invasion of cuba
• wanted to remove fidel castro from power (communist dictator)
• ex-cubans are trained by the CIA
• ex-cubans will remove Castro
• horrible failure - catro knew they were coming
• JFK looks weak/USSR upset we would try to remove castro

Question 2

1961: berlin wall

Answer 2

• USSR builds the wall to separate communist and capitalist Berlin
• communist Berlin is kept from leaving
• JFK is upset - but cannot do anything about it

Question 3

1962: cuban missile crisis

Answer 3

• USSR puts nuclear missiles in cuba (90 miles from us)
• 13 day struggle - US would not allow missiles that close
• bombing the missile site would cause wwiii
• secret agreement made: US would take missiles out of cuba
• US agrees never to go after fidel castro again
• nuclear war averted

Question 4

hot line

Answer 4

• created after the cuban missile crisis
• phone line created between US and USSR
• leaders can now talk to each other in a crisis
• make sure the soviet union and the US had a direct line of contact

Question 5

vietnam

Answer 5

• north vietnam (communist) vs. south vietnam (non-communist)
• US sends troops to aid the South
• USSR will send supplies to the north

Question 6

nixon

Answer 6

• detente
• easing of tensions between US and communist nations
• nixon visits china (1972)
• nixon makes the sail I treaty (1972) with the USSR

Question 7

remember this…

Answer 7

the 1960s bring several conflicts to the cold war. the good news? neither side wanted a nuclear exchange, so having nuclear weapons actually deterred both sides from wanting to use them