the cold war 1960s

• Sino-Soviet split


  1960
• Sino-Soviet split details


  *A rift in the 1960s between the communist powers of the Soviet Union and china

  *Fuelled by China's opposition to Soviet moves toward peaceful coexistence with the US

  *End of USSR and China's Treaty of Friendship
• Discovery XIV


  1960
• Discovery XIV details


  *USA satellite

  *First satellite equipped with a spy camera
• U2 crisis


  1960
• U2 crisis details


  *USA U2 spy plane flown by Gary Powers crashed into Soviet territory, thus revealing that America was spying on USSR.

  *America lied and said that it was a weather plane

  *Resulted in Khrushchev calling off the Paris Summit Treaty.
• Paris Summit Treaty


  1960
• Paris Summit Treaty details

  *Agreement covering climate issues surrounding nuclear weapons

  *Test Ban Treaty

  *Deals covering problems with Cuba and East Berlin
• Tsar Bomba


  1961
• Tsar Bomba details


  *USSR bomb

  *Produced the largest man-made explosion ever
• Yuri Gagarin in space

  1961
• Yuri Gagarin in space details

  *Person from USSR

  *First human in space
• Kennedy in power


  1961
• Kennedy in power details

  *Promised an uncompromising attitude towards the Soviet Union and international communism
• Berlin Wall


  1961
• Berlin Wall details


  *A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany

  *Prevented citizens (mainly educated/skilled people/workers) from escaping to the West

  *3 million people defected before the wall was made, number reduced drastically
• Stand off at Checkpoint Charlie

  1961
• Stand off at Checkpoint Charlie details

  *USA and USSR tanks faced each other for 18 hours

  *No shots fired
• Bay of Pigs


  1961
• Bay of Pigs detail

  • unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States
  • its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
• Cuban Missile Crisis


  1962
• Cuban Missile Crisis details

  *The 1962 confrontation between USA and USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba

  *USA imposes a a naval blockade (illegal) over Cuba, stopping USSR ships from entering

  *Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev stating that Soviet ships will force their way through

  *Another letter is sent where Khrushchev promises to remove the launch sites if Cuba is not invaded and USA missile bases are removed in Turkey
• Khrushchev out of power

  1964
• Khrushchev out of power details

  *Voted out and replaced with Brezhnev

  *Blamed for economic failures and for being too lenient
• Anti-Ballistic Missile system


  1968
• Anti-Ballistic Missile system details

  *USSR development

  *Designed to counter ballistic missiles (a missile for missile defense).
• MIRV technology


  1968
• MIRV technology details


  *USA development

  *Allows missile warheads to hit multiple targets from one missile
• Prague Spring


  1968
• Prague Spring details


  *Started from peaceful protests in 1967

  *Attempted liberation of Czechoslovakia (Socialism with a human face)

  *500,000 USSR tanks entered, Czechs again protested peacefully

  *Brezhnev Doctrine formed

  *No more than 100 deaths

  *Dubcek (Czechoslovakia leader) arrested, taken to Moscow and replaced
• Brezhnev Doctrine


  1968
• Brezhnev Doctrine details


  *USSR and its allies would not allow the countries of Eastern Europe to reject communism 'even if it meant a third World War
• NPT


  1968
• NPT details


  *(Nuclear) Non-Prolific Treaty

  *International agreement intended to prevent the spread of nuclear technology

  *Prevented other countries from sharing their nuclear information
• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon

  1969
• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon details


  *First humans to walk on the moon