The Cold War Cornell Notes Name:___________________ Questions: Notes: The Post-WWII Landscape: What were the differences between the United States and the Soviet Union’s alignment with political and economic characteristics? The Potsdam Conference- The United Nations- Communist China- Mao Zedong- Two Koreas- Europe Divided- Expansion of the Soviet Bloc & Containment: What were the characteristics of the early Cold War? 1. 1st World2. 2nd World3. 3rd World- Liberate- Satellite State- Germany Split- Berlin Airlift- Domino Theory- Containment- What were the causes and effects of the arms race and proxy wars in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East? Harry Truman- The Truman Doctrine- The Marshall Plan- The Arms Race and Space Race: Nuclear Weapons- Arms Race- Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)What were the causes and effects of the arms race and proxy wars in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East? Sputnik- Yuri Gagarin- John Glenn- Apollo Missions- Neil Armstrong- Proxy Warfare: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)- The Warsaw Pact- Proxy war- The Korean WarWhat are the factors that led to the decline and fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe? Kim Il Sung- Syngman Rhee- Douglas Macarthur- Dwight D. Eisenhower- The Cuban Revolution- John F. Kennedy- Nikita Khrushchev- The Cuban Missile Crisis1. 2. 3. The Vietnam War- Soviet-Afghan War- Mujahideen- Collapse of the Soviet Union: Mikhail Gorbachev- Ronald Reagan- Glasnost- Perestroika“Solidarity” in Poland- The fall of the Berlin Wall- Boris Yeltsin- The Fall of the Soviet Union- Aftermath of the Cold War: Military Effects of the Cold War- Political Effects of the Cold War- The Four Asian Tigers- Summary:
