By Abigail Smith and Shari Lieblich
When?
• Right after WW2 (1948)
• Ended
– 1970s
– 1989
– 1991
http://www.zacharybass.com/wp-content/uploads
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Who?
• Soviet Union vs. United States
• Communist vs. Democratic Free Market
• Who was more powerful?
– US had more power
• Who was involved?
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The Koreas (North and South)
Vietnam
Cuba
Congo
Ethiopia
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Where?
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Cuba
Vietnam
North Korea
South Korea
Africa (parts of Africa)
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What Happened?
• Indirect War
• Cause
– Difference in communism and capitalism
(democratic free market)
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Fought over land in Germany
1950-1953: Korean War
1959-1975: Vietnam War
1961: The Bay of Pigs (Cuban war)
http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/bay_of_pigs.html
How did it change the World?
• The Cold War almost became a nuclear war,
this changed the fear of war
• Caused Many Civil Wars to break out all over
the World
• Led to more buying/selling of nuclear
weapons
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http://www.thewe.cc/weplanet/news/asia
/japan/hiroshima_cover_up.htm
Works Cited
• "Cold War." GlobalSecurity.org. GlobalSecurity.org. Web. 20 Oct. 2009.
• <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cold_war.htm>.
• Nosotro, Rit. "Events of the Cold War." HyperHistory.net. Web. 20 Oct.
2009.
• <http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t4w33coldwarp2lc.htm>.
• "The Iron Curtain." World History The Modern Era. Web. 20 Oct. 2009.
• <http://www.worldhistory.abcclio.com/Eras/Display.aspx?storyid=1186331>.
• "The Effect of the Cold War on the World." Ezine Articles. Web. 20 Oct.
2009.
• <http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Effect-of-the-Cold-War-on-theWorld&id=1730034>.