U2 SpyPlane Incident

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U-2 Spy Incident An international diplomatic crisis erupted in May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air

The U2 Incident.ppt

U-2 Incident | Summary, Significance, Timeline, & FactsU-2 Incident (May 1960), confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.

Processing Activity:

Your job will be to create a U2 Replica, then take a picture of it and a short video of the plane flying. Then you will need to write six extended response answers to the following prompts.

Pictures, videos, and answers to the questions must all be placed on the Choice Board Answer Document.

1.) Describe how the U2 incident either escalated or deflated tension during the cold war.

2.) Evaluate Eisenhower’s response to the U2 incident.

3.) Would the cold war have ended earlier if the U2 Spy incident had not occurred?

4.) Explain why the cold war tensions were at an all-time high between the Soviets and the US after the U2 incident.

5.) Was the trading and releasing of the prisoners a fair deal? Why or why not.

6.) Should the Soviet Union had agreed to the “open skies” policy? Explain.