1. Key Questions for resource preperation
The Yalta and Potsdam Conferences:
1) When was each conference?
2) Who attended each conference?
3) What was discussed at each conference?
4) How successful was each conference?
The Marshall Plan, Domino Theory and Iron Curtain Speech:
1) What was each of these?
2) Who said/was responsible for each of these?
3) What was the impact?
The Berlin Blockade:
1) What caused the Berlin Blockade (both short and long term)?
2) What happened during the Berlin Blockade?
3) What was the outcome of the Berlin Blockade?
Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis:
1) Why did relations between America and Cuba deteriorate from 1959 onwards?
2) What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
3) Why did Khrushchev put missiles in Cuba (don’t forget Turkey)?
Results of the Crisis:
1) What were the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
2) Explain how Khrushchev could be seen to have ‘won’ the crisis.
3) Explain how Kennedy could be seen to have ‘won’ the crisis.
4) Who won the crisis overall?