The U2 Crisis

History

Pupils have context to understand why tensions increased to the brink of nuclear war

Pupils know about the policies of the superpowers in Asia

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.