DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLD WAR After WW2 Soviet Union and United
States emerge as superpowers Suspicious over each others government
and positions among the world, a rivalry develops Communism vs.
Democracy
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EVENTS THAT LEAD TO CONFLICT Rivalry in Europe (east and west)
Truman doctrine (USA give money to countries to prevent communism)
Marshall Plan (USA plan to rebuild democratic western Europe
Division Of Germany (occupied zones)
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SPREAD OF THE COLD WAR Arms race- build bigger, stronger and
faster weapons NATO Alliance- Democratic friendships between
countries Warsaw Pact- communist alliance of nations
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BERLIN WALL U.S.S.R. leader Nikita Khrushchev built a wall to
stop East Germans from escaping to West Berlin to escape communism
It became the symbol of division between the two superpowers
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THE KOREAN WAR In August 1945, the Soviet Union and the United
States agreed to divide Korea into two zones at the 38th parallel.
The plan was to hold elections after World War II to reunify Korea.
As American-Soviet relations grew worse, however, two separate
governments emerged in KoreaCommunist in the north and
anti-Communist in the south.
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THE KOREAN WAR Communist North Korean troops invaded South
Korea on June 25, 1950. President Harry S. Truman of the United
States, seeing this as yet another example of Communist aggression
and expansion, gained the approval of the United Nations (UN) and
sent U.S. troops to repel the invaders. the Chinese sent hundreds
of thousands of troops into North Korea and pushed UN forces back
across the 38th parallel.
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THE KOREAN WAR Three more years of fighting led to no final
victory. An armistice was finally signed in 1953. The 38th parallel
remained, and remains today, the boundary line between North Korea
and South Korea.
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS In 1959 Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban
dictator Fulgencio Batista and set up a soviet supported
totalitarian regime in Cuba Bay of Pigs- President Kennedy approved
a secret plan for Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro,
but it failed Then in 1962 U.S.S.R. Khrushchev placed nuclear
missiles in Cuba, directed towards the U.S.
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS President Kennedy ordered a blockade of
Cuba to stop the U.S.S.R. from bring in more weapons This stand off
almost lead to WW3
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VIETNAM WAR AND THE DOMINO THEORY Domino theory- spread of
Communism throughout the world From 1964 to 1973, America fought in
Vietnam to stop Communist North Vietnam from taking over Democratic
South Vietnam We failed and by 1974 North Vietnam defeated South
Vietnam and united the country under Communist America was
embarrassed and lost respect throughout the world
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Revolts against communism Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia
all tried to set up and break away from Soviet control to run their
own country The Soviet power over the regime remain strong
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SOVIET UNION AFTER WW2 Reign of Stalin After WW2 U.S.S.Rs
Communist ruler Stalin increased heavy industry for products,
increased military power, created first satellite called Sputnik
Stalin remained the leader until 1953 when he died Under Stalin the
average Russia family lived in one room apartments, they were
poor
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Khrushchev Era He took over after Stalin and started to change
Stalin policies called De- Stalinization He failed trying to
increase the countries farming and consumer products industry and
the failure of the Cuban Missile Crisis forced him into retirement
in 1964
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EASTERN EUROPE AFTER WW2 Communist patterns of control East
Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary all
become Communist Countries following the Soviet Unions example
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WINNING THE COLD WAR President Reagan in the 1980s took a
strong stand against communism & the Soviet Union communist
nations (including the USSR) were beginning to face economic
failure By the late 1980s, communism was failing across Eastern
Europe
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WINNING THE COLD WAR In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev took charge of
the USSR Reagan was able to work with Gorbachev to reduce Cold War
tensions
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COLD WAR ENDS In 1990, states within the Soviet Union broke off
& formed new democratic nations; In 1991, the USSR dissolved
& the Cold War ended