Cuban Missile Crisis A Factor In Nikita Khrushchev As Leader Of The Soviet Union
To what extent was the Cuban missile crisis a factor in Nikita Khrushchev being deposed as leader of the Soviet Union?
1018-133
HL Contemporary History Word Count: 1978
Table of Contents
Criterion A: Plan of Investigation pg. 3
Criterion B: Summary of Evidence pg.4-5
Criterion C: Evaluation of Sources pg.6-7
Criterion D: Analysis pg.7-8
Criterion: E Conclusion pg.8
Works Cited pg. 9-10
A. Plan of investigation The Cuban missile crisis was one of the …show more content…
Other Failures by Khrushchev Khrushchev promised his people more than he could deliver. “He pledged in 1959 that in seven years the per capita real income of Soviet citizens would rise by 40%” and he also pledged that the minimum wage would be doubled (Whitman). Despite caring and working hard with agricultural and industry he was unable to meet his expectations and appeared like a failure to his people. He had to import large quantities of food after the disastrous harvest of 1963 in order to supply the Soviet Union with food (Kim). The American U-2 spy plane incident in 1960 caused an embarrassment to the U.S and the Soviet Union. After Khrushchev 's visit to the United States he shared that President Eisenhower was a fair man and for them to promote international amity (Whitman). However, when the U-2 was shot down over the Soviet Union, President Eisenhower took the responsibility, and it made Khrushchev look bad. This event ultimately cause relations to deteriorate. Furthermore, Chinese relations with Russia worsened from 1957
1018-133
HL Contemporary History Word Count: 1978
Table of Contents
Criterion A: Plan of Investigation pg. 3
Criterion B: Summary of Evidence pg.4-5
Criterion C: Evaluation of Sources pg.6-7
Criterion D: Analysis pg.7-8
Criterion: E Conclusion pg.8
Works Cited pg. 9-10
A. Plan of investigation The Cuban missile crisis was one of the …show more content…
Other Failures by Khrushchev Khrushchev promised his people more than he could deliver. “He pledged in 1959 that in seven years the per capita real income of Soviet citizens would rise by 40%” and he also pledged that the minimum wage would be doubled (Whitman). Despite caring and working hard with agricultural and industry he was unable to meet his expectations and appeared like a failure to his people. He had to import large quantities of food after the disastrous harvest of 1963 in order to supply the Soviet Union with food (Kim). The American U-2 spy plane incident in 1960 caused an embarrassment to the U.S and the Soviet Union. After Khrushchev 's visit to the United States he shared that President Eisenhower was a fair man and for them to promote international amity (Whitman). However, when the U-2 was shot down over the Soviet Union, President Eisenhower took the responsibility, and it made Khrushchev look bad. This event ultimately cause relations to deteriorate. Furthermore, Chinese relations with Russia worsened from 1957