When did the Hungarian Uprising take place?
1955
1956
1958
What were the Hungarian people unhappy with?
Food shortages
The Red Army in their country
NATO had attacked them
What did Nagy try to do?
He tried to become a dictator
He tried to defeat the Red Army
He tried to introduce democracy
When was the Berlin Wall built?
1960
1963
1961
Why did the East Germans build a wall in Berlin?
To keep the West Germans out
To keep the East Germans in East Germany
To stop trade
How did the West react to a wall being built?
The West sent in troops
They did nothing
They declared war on East Germany
Who went to West Berlin in 1963 to support West Berliners?
President Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Nikita Khrushchev
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
October 1961
October 1962
September 1962
What started the Cuban Crisis?
The Cuban Army threatened to attack the USA
Soviet missile launch sites were found on Cuba
The US wanted to take over Cuba
What did Kennedy decide during the Crisis?
To send in the US armed forces
To do nothing
To set up a blockade