Cold War
1945-1989
What:
Iron Curtain – Europe is divided – Western is Non-communist and Eastern is Communist
Who:
When:
Where:
Why:
How:
– both stock piled nuclear weapons
Back and forth threats
How it Started and Examples of the Rivalry:
1.
Conference – Germany is divided into 4 zones
2.
- 1948, split into communist & non-communist
3. 1950 - Demilitarized Zone created to split country
4. Egypt seized the
5. _
- NATO & Soviets agree to coexist
6. 1959 takes over Cuba
7. 1961 - U.S. fails to spark uprising in Cuba
8. Berlin
built
9. Brink of Nuclear War 10. 1941-1979
- Trying to stop spread of communism
11. 1979
invade Afghanistan
Impact on American Culture
 Arms Race
 Duck & Cover and Fallout Shelters
 Red Scare
 _
– accusations without proof
 HUAC
 Rosenbergs, Alger Hiss, Hollywood Ten
 Blacklists
 Space
– Oct. 1957 Soviet
launched begins NASA
List two Peace attempts:
1.
2.
President’s Policies:
Eisenhower -
- Domino Theory
Nixon Use these choices to fill in the blank:
Free
Democracy Government
Republicans Communism
1
2
Private
Capitalism
Communist
1. In the United States businesses are owned by _____________ citizens.
2. In the Soviet Union the ___________ owns the businesses.
3. There is only __ political party in the Soviet Union, it is the __________party.
4. Americans have __ major political parties, the Democrats and the _________.
5. In America you can read about anything you want to because America has a _______
press.
6. The Russians live under a political and economic system called________________.
7. The Americans live under an economic system called__________.
8. Americans like to think of their country as being a ___________ because the majority
rules in most cases.
9. Citizens in the Soviet Union are given their jobs by the _____________.
10.In the Soviet Union all the factories and companies are owned by the _____________.
Cold War
1945-1989
What: Cold War – a war where two enemies do not actually fight
Iron Curtain – Europe is divided – Western is Non-communist and Eastern is Communist
Who: U.S. and U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union)
When: 1945-1989
Where: Around the world – Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Cuba…
Why: U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism
How: Arms Race – both stock piled nuclear weapons
Back and forth threats
How it Started and Examples of the Rivalry:
12. Yalta Conference – Germany is divided into 4 zones
13. Berlin Blockade - 1948, split into communist & non-communist
14.1950 - Korea War - Demilitarized Zone created to split country
15.Egypt seized the Suez Canal
16._Geneva Summit - NATO & Soviets agree to coexist
17.1959 - Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
18.1961 - Bay Of Pigs - U.S. fails to spark uprising in Cuba
19. Berlin Wall built 1961
20. Brink of Nuclear War - Cuban Missile Crisis
21. 1941-1979 Vietnam War - Trying to stop spread of communism
22. 1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan
Impact on American Culture
 Arms Race
 Duck & Cover and Fallout Shelters
 Red Scare
 _McCarthyism – accusations without proof
 HUAC
 Rosenbergs, Alger Hiss, Hollywood Ten
 Blacklists
 Space Race – Oct. 1957 Soviet Sputnik launched begins NASA
List two Peace attempts:
1. Kennedy Khrushchev hotline, Treaty banning above ground nuclear tests
2. Nixon’s Ping Pong Diplomacy, SALT, Reagan/Gorbachev INF
President’s Policies:
Eisenhower - Brinkmanship - Domino Theory
Nixon - Vietnamization
Use these choices to fill in the blank:
Free
Democracy
Government
Republicans
Communism
1
2
Private
Capitalism
Communist
11.In the United States businesses are owned by _private citizens.
12.In the Soviet Union the _government owns the businesses.
13.There is only _1 political party in the Soviet Union, it is the _communist party.
14.Americans have _2 major political parties, the Democrats and the _Republicans_.
15.In America you can read about anything you want to because America has a _free
press.
16.The Russians live under a political and economic system called_communism_.
17.The Americans live under an economic system called_capitalism_.
18.Americans like to think of their country as being a democracy__ because the majority
rules in most cases.
19.Citizens in the Soviet Union are given their jobs by the _government_.
20.In the Soviet Union all the factories and companies are owned by the _government__.