The U2 Crisis

History

Early causes of tension between the USA and the USSR

The impact of the atomic bomb

Soviet influence over Eastern Europe

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

The Berlin Crisis, 1948-9

The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58

The growth of communism in China

The ‘loss’ of China and the Cold War

Outbreak of the Korean War

Consequences of the Korean War

The collapse of French Indochina

US involvement in the Vietnam War

Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence

The nuclear arms race

The Space Race

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Hungary and Soviet power in Eastern Europe

Construction of the Berlin Wall

The Cuban Revolution and its consequences

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Initial stages of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Prague Spring

International responses to the Prague Spring

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Tensions between the superpowers by the late-1960s

The reasons for Détente

Détente and SALT 1

In this unit pupils undergo a wider depth study which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today: the Cold War. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the international relations in this Cold War period.

Wider Depth Study - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Write the missing word. {{}} is the act of spying and gaining secret information about another country.

Match each individual with the correct description of them.

Which countries were expected to attend the 1960 Paris Summit?

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

How did the US government respond to the shooting down of a U2 plane over the USSR?

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. {{}} refers to unfair treatment that limits people's freedom.

Which country followed a policy of containment?

Write the missing word. Imre {{}} led Hungary during most of the Hungarian Uprising.

Which organisation did Hungary announce its intention to leave in 1956?

Nikita Khrushchev supported none of Nagy's reforms.

Nikita Khrushchev supported some of Nagy's reforms.

Nikita Khrushchev supported all of Nagy's reforms.

Plans for Hungary to leave the Warsaw Pact announced.

The U2 Crisis

Lesson outcome

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