Wh cr cold war notes
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The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1990 and was a period of tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Their differing goals of self-determination versus security and capitalism versus communism led to the development of spheres of influence in Eastern Europe and satellite states controlled by the Soviet Union. This began an arms race and conflicts like the Korean War as the two superpowers sought to contain the spread of the other's ideology and strengthen their own political and economic systems. The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 brought the Cold War to its closest point to potential nuclear war.
Wh cr cold war notes
- 1. What was the Cold War? Lasted after WWII until the 1990s Period of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States
- 2. Goals Collide The United States Self-determination Nations choose their government Democracy Elected governments preferred Capitalism People own all financial resources, and give government money through taxes The Soviet Union Security Didnt want to be invaded again Rebuild nation Communism Community owned all financial resources
- 3. Spheres of Influence develop Impose ideals and values in the areas that their troops liberated Soviet UnionEastern Europe United StatesGermany, Italy, and France
- 4. The Iron Curtain Satellite governments emerge in Eastern Europe Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria Yugoslavia Albania
- 5. Containment- Keep Communism where it is at Dont let communism spread to new places that arent satellites Weaken communism Show that capitalism is better
- 6. Strengthen American Policy of Capitalism We send aid (money) to help nations in trouble Truman Doctrine 400 million in aid to Turkey and Greece Marshall Plan Aid to Europe Created NATO Alliance between U.S. and Western Europe
- 7. China falls to Communism Nationalist and Communist forces battle in a civil war for control over China Mao Tse-tungs Communists win creating the Peoples Republic of China China and USSR sign a treaty of friendship and alliance in 1950
- 8. Korean War While disarming Japanese troops in Korea after WWII, the USSR stayed in North Korea, while the US stayed in South Korea
- 10. Nuclear Race Begins U.S. has nuclear technology Displayed they would use it Soviet Union began to develop and test their own nuclear technology
- 11. 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962- American U-2 spy plan secretly photographs nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union in Cuba San Cristobal photo Decided to have a naval blockade of Cuba Called it a quarantine 22nd- held a tv news conference Soviet Union agrees U.S. cannot invade Cuba