THE COLD WAR

V. The Cold War

A. After World War II, the world was left with two _______________________ (United States and the ______________ __________________).

1. During World War II, the United States and Soviet Union, along with England discussed what to do with liberated nations after the War. It was decided that countries such as _________________ would be allowed to have free ____________________.

2. American Beliefs a. Strong belief in ____________________ (use of elections to determine representatives.) b. Economy was focused on the Free Enterprise system (______________________)

c. Social Mobility is widely accepted. You can be who and what you want to be.

d. Foreign Policy became focused on self-__________________.

SuperpowersSoviet Union

Yalta Conference

PolandElections

Democracy

Capitalism

Determination

B. Soviet Beliefs

1. Used a one party system with the party’s president (Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev) – no real elections

2. Economy was based on _____________________ (Everything for the Motherland – heavy government control)

3. Social Mobility was difficult if not impossible. You did pretty much what the government told you to do.

4. Foreign Policy was based on the spreading of _____________, and surrounding the USSR with _________________ nations.

Communism

CommunismSatellite

4. Winston Church warns the United States in a nationally broadcast speech that an “____________ Curtain” has been thrown up across Europe.

5. The first Cold War clash happens when the Soviet Union does not allow elections in _______________________.

Iron

Poland

• B. Americas foreign policy becomes _______________________ (This means to stop the ________________ of _____________________.

1. At first the United States tries to create a peaceful means of creating solutions to global problems. The U.S. helps create the _____________________

______________________.a. The strength of the UN would consist of a ___________________ _____________________.b. On the Security Council there would be five permanent members.

Each member would have the power of veto. These members are ________________, _______________,

________________, _________________, ______________.

c. The USSR constantly used its ____________ power.d. The UN failed at keeping the _______________.

Containment - RSpread Communism

United Nations

Security Council

United States U.S.S.R.(Russia)ChinaFrance

England

VETOPeace

2. __________________ Doctrinea. Any nation fighting armed minorities, which are aided

by outside aggressors (The _____________ was always the culprit) would receive aid from the United States

b. ______________ and _______________ were the two nations that received aid to successfully fight off _________________ gorillas.

3. The __________________ Plan. The United States was willing to aid and _________________ Western Europe. America feared that the Soviet Union would just roll through all of Europe. Why couldn’t Western Europe fight for themselves?

Truman

U.S.S.R

Greece TurkeyCommunist

MarshalRebuild

They were so devastated by WWII

4. ____________________ Airlift.a. The ______________ __________________ attempted to blockade

West Berlin which was part of the free world.

b. The United States had to decide whether or not to bust through the blockade and possibly start __________. They chose to ________ in supplies in order to keep the city alive.c. The USSR eventually lifts the _______________________.

BerlinSoviet Union

WWIII Fly

Blockade

5. The United States creates _______________ (North _______________ ________________ _______________________). Its objective was to fight aggression

around the world. An attack on ___________ was an attack on _________. The Soviet Union responded by creating the __________________ ___________.6. ______________ falls to Communism. This gave the USSR a strong foothold in Asia. The United States refused to recognize The Peoples Republic of China. They backed _____________ claim to all of China7. The Soviet Union develops ________________ technology by 1949.8. The United States ______________________ its defense budget as it enters into an __________ race with the Soviet Union.9. Eisenhower decides not to liberate ________________ nations, as he feared the outbreak of _____________.10. Hungary fell to Communism and tried to revolt. The United States did not help and the USSR crushed Hungary. Why did the United States not help?

NATO Atlantic Treaty Organization

One AllWarsaw Pact

China

Taiwan'sNuclear

Triples(Nuclear) Arms

CommunistWWIII

Once again, there was a strong fear of a nuclear WWIII

11. Hot Wars in Asia break outa. ____________________b. ____________________

12. The Middle East becomes a hot spot when the United States recognizes _______________ as a nation.13. In Latin America, The United States tightened its control as it feared Communist revolutions there

a. In Guatemala, the CIA helped overthrow a suspect governmentb. ____________ became Communist under ______________.

KoreaVietnam

Israel

Cuba Fidel Castro