Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ refers to unfair treatment that limits people's freedom.
- 'oppression' ✓
- Which country followed a policy of containment?
- France
- Hungary
- USA ✓
- USSR
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- Write the missing word. Imre ______ led Hungary during most of the Hungarian Uprising.
- 'Nagy' ✓
- Which organisation did Hungary announce its intention to leave in 1956?
- NATO
- United Nations
- Warsaw Pact ✓
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- Nikita Khrushchev supported none of Nagy's reforms.
- Nikita Khrushchev supported some of Nagy's reforms. ✓
- Nikita Khrushchev supported all of Nagy's reforms.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Large scale protests began in Hungary.
- 2⇔Nagy appointed as prime minister.
- 3⇔Plans for Hungary to leave the Warsaw Pact announced.
- 4⇔The USSR invaded Hungary.
- 5⇔200 000 Hungarians fled the country.
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ is the act of spying and gaining secret information about another country.
- 'espionage' ✓
- What were U2s?
- anti-aircraft missiles
- nuclear submarines
- spy planes ✓
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- Match each individual with the correct description of them.
- Dwight D Eisenhower⇔US President ✓
- Gary Powers⇔U2 pilot ✓
- Nikita Khrushchev⇔Soviet leader ✓
- Which countries were expected to attend the 1960 Paris Summit?
- Britain ✓
- China
- France ✓
- USA ✓
- USSR ✓
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- How did the US government respond to the shooting down of a U2 plane over the USSR?
- accepted that they had been spying and apologised for conducting espionage
- accepted that they had been spying but declared war against the USSR
- initially denied spying and then refused to apologise ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Potsdam Conference
- 2⇔Geneva Conference
- 3⇔Camp David Summit
- 4⇔U2 plan shot down over the USSR
- 5⇔Paris Summit began
- 6⇔Khrushchev walked out of the summit
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Key learning points
- US and Soviet relations showed signs of improvement at the end of the 1950s.
- The 1960 Paris Summit was scheduled to try and resolve issues such as Berlin, Cuba and nuclear testing.
- In May 1960, a US U2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR.
- The U2 Crisis helped trigger the collapse of the Paris Summit.
- Tensions between the US and USSR increased as a result of the U2 Crisis.
Common misconception
The USSR immediately refused to cooperate with the USA after a U2 was show down in May 1960.
The USSR still attended the Paris Summit but walked out when the US refused to apologise for spying on it.
Keywords
Peaceful coexistence - the belief that conflict between the USA and USSR could be avoided
Treaty - a written agreement between two or more countries
Espionage - the act of spying and gaining secret information about another country
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