| When was the Berlin wall built? | 1st September 1961 |
| What were inter-continetal ballistic missiles? | The west saw the harsh power from Khrushchev, developed ICBM durig the amrs race. |
| What had the population drop to in 1961 in EE? | 17 million
Population was decreasing |
| Appoximatley how many people had escaped communist world in 1961? | 2.8 million |
| What did Khrushchev demand in 1958? | That Berlin evauated the frogein military powers within 6 months |
| How did Esenhower respond to Khrushchev's demand? | Berlin should be controlled by the UN and both sides should withdraw |
| How did Khrushchev respond to Eisenhower's demand? | Fly to paris to talk about it, thought it would stop the emigration to the west through Berlin |
| What was teh U2 flights | Spys from the west in planes |
| What happened in may 1960? | Soviet planes damaged a U2 plane and Gary Pwer's had to parachute to the ground and got captured |
| How did the west respond to Gary power's | Said they weren't a spy but Khruschev exposed the lie on national tv |
| When was the Vienna summit? | 1961 |
| What happened in Vienna? | Kennedy and Khruschev didn't get along, this cuased tensions to increase over Berlin and the city of West berlin recieved a lot more more people |
| What did Kennedy increase the Military spending to after the Vienna summit? | 3.25 Billon |
| When did the Berlin wall come up? | Sunday 18th August |
| What was the Berlin wall? | Cutting off the East Berlin from the West Berlin. Families were stranded and people visiting were stuck there. |
| How would the west get into the east? | Need special visa's pass through different checkpoints like checkpoint charlie, east could go to west but needed special permission |
| How long did the Wall run for? | 103 miles |
| What happened in Ocotber 1961? | US tnaks and Soviet tanks face each other on the street bit they do not shoot at each other bc that would be a risk of war. Pointed guns at eachother for 16 hours |
| How did the crisis end in ocotober? | Kennedy said that they would withdraw if the soviet's withdrew and they both agreeded and did |
| Who was Peter Flecher? | 18 year old, fist casulty who was shot trying to cross teh barbed wire. |
| What is the famou picture during the building of the wall? | East German soilder jumpung over the fence a day before teh construction of the wall began. |
