Don't Forget Friday's Quiz

A young man who had tried to escape to West Berlin and was shot.

Friday's QUIZ: There will be a document-based quiz on Friday regarding "Peaceful Co-existence," 1956 and the Berlin Crisis. Make sure you have questions 7-12 on  your homework as they will make up part of your quiz grade. The questions are:

Berlin Crisis, 1958

7. What was Khrushchev intending to achieve by triggering a crisis over Berlin? (pp. 116-117)

8. Summarize Khrushchev's "Berlin Ultimatum." (p. 117)

9. What was the Western reaction to the Berlin ultimatum? (p. 118)     

Berlin Wall Built

10. Key question Why did Khrushchev agree to the construction of the Berlin Wall? (pp. 119-120)     

11. How important was the construction of the Berlin Wall for the Soviet bloc? (p. 121)     

12. Why, despite the construction of the Berlin Wall, did tension remain high in Europe until 1963? (p. 122)