History CW

• When was the Salt 1 treaty?


  1972
• What was agreed?


  Only allowed missiles at 2 sites and a maximum of 100 missiles
• What was agreed in 1975?


  Helenski accords
• Name of joint USA/USSR space mission 1975?


  Apollo-soyuz
• How many troops did the soviets first send into Afghanistan?


  50,000
• Carters proposal for the quick-strike military force that could intervene anywhere in the world with short notice?


  Rapid Deployment Force
• US strategy involved directing weapons at the opponents warheads, rather than their cities to destroy their nuclear weapons capabilities?


  NUTS
• American technology allowed them to place satellites in space with lasers that could shoot down soviet missiles?


  SDI
• What was different about the Reagan Doctrine?


  US would support anti-communist groups trying to overthrow communist governments
• In which year and month was the Reagan Doctrine announced?


  February 1985
• Which Carribbean Island did the US invade and topple the communist government ?


  Grenada in 1983
• Who became the soviet leader in March 1985?


  Gorbachev
• Typically, How many hour would housewifes in Moscow queue to buy bread?


  5 hours
• Gorbachev's overall aims with his reforms?


  to strengthen communism
• Under the INF treaty, nuclear and ground -launched balliustic and cruise missiles with what range were banned?


  500- 5,500km
• In which year did Gorbachecv reject the Brezhnev Doctrine?


  1988
• What day did over 1 million people demonstrate in East Berlin demanding democracy and free elections?


  4 November 1989
• Which country did Hungary open their border with in May 1989, creating a hole in the Iron curtain?


  Austria
• What month and year was the Warsaw Pact formally ended?


  July 1991
• Which satellite stated were the first to declare themselves independent?


  Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
• What was the name of Khrushchevs demands on 27 November 1858 when he ordered western troops be withdrawn from Berlin and it to become a free city?


  Berlin Ultimatum
• How many kilometres was the Berlin Wall in total?

  165km
• When was the Bay of Pigs?


  August 1961
• When did Krushchev publicly announce her would provide arms for Cuba?


  September 1961
• When did Krushchev agree to remove missiles?


  28 August 1962
• Up to what distance could intermediate range ballistic missile reach their target?

  3,500km
• In which month and year was Dubcek elected as First Secretary of the Czech Communist Party?

  January 1968
• On 20 August 1968, how manny Warsaw pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia?

  500,000
• Which three communist countries refused to send trrops into Czecho-Slovakia?

  Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia