1. Cold War under Khrushchev
14.2

2. A Post-Stalin Russia Agriculture was in bad shape
Lack of consumer goods
Values of hard work and initiative had declined

3. Nikita Khrushchev and De-Stalinization
Khrushchev sought to move away from Stalin’s policies to help USSR/communism
Criticized Stalin’s policies
Gosplan – resources moved from industry/military toward consumer goods and agriculture
“We will bury you”

5. Effects of De-Stalinization
People sought greater liberty…allows for anti-Stalin feeling in art and literature
Hungarian Uprising of 1956
New liberal movement led by Imre Nagy
Armed movement crushed by Soviet tanks/troops

6. Khruschev’s Cold War

7. Space Race Soviet Union launches Sputnik into space in 1957
Seen as Russian victory and triggers start of “space race” between USA and Soviet Union

8. Cold War Heats Up U-2 Plane Berlin Wall (1961)
American spy plane shot down over USSR
Scheduled peace summit in Paris is canceled
Berlin Wall (1961)
East Germans escaping to WB due to capitalism and democracy
EG built wall around WB to keep capitalism and democracy contained

12. Friday Bracket – Peter the Great vs. Isaac Newton Finish 14.2 NOTES
Unit 14 PETS due May 1st
Chronology Quiz next Monday OR Tuesday
Random Fact of the Day
The world's oldest hotel has been operating since 705 AD.

13. Cuban Missile Crisis – 10/62
Cuba goes communist in 1959, survives invasion by USA in 1961
USA discovers Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962
America throws up a blockade of Cuba
Tense diplomacy led to removal of missiles in strategic places
Leads to Test Ban treaty the next year

14. Fall of Khruschev Cold War policies were ultimately unsuccessful
Space race took funds away from consumer goods
Agricultural projects backfired
Conservative Stalinists return by 1964