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What is a Cold War?Why did the U.S. and Soviet Union have a
conflict?What was containment?What is the domino effect?What major events demonstrated the Cold
War conflict
I. DefinitionII. Face to Face MeetingsIII. Post WWII GoalsIV. Truman DoctrineV. Marshall PlanVI. BerlinVII. NATOVIII. Atomic BombIX. China
A. Continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition that existed after WWII between the United States (and its allies) and the Soviet Union (and its allies)
B. Lasted from 1947-1991C. Tension had been mounting since 1917
when the Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Revolution as the world’s first communist state.
A. Yalta Conference Agreed to divide Germany and Berlin Stalin wanted the U.S.S.R. to pay 10
billion dollars in war damages Wanted to control Poland with
Communism
B. United Nations Established to keep peace United States, Great Britain, France,
China, and the Soviet Union all have permanent seats
C. Potsdam Conference Truman heard about the successful test
of the Atomic bomb Stalin knew of this because he had a spy
A. United States Spread democracy and economic
opportunity Capitalism is defined as the economic
system in which the means of production are owned by private persons, and operated for profit
Investments, distribution, income, production, and pricing of goods and services are predominantly determined through the operation of a free market.
B. Soviet Union Communism is a socioeconomic structure
that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership of the means of production and property in general
Elimination of private property, goods are available only as needed
One of there viewpoints had to do with the violent overthrow of capitalism
Satellite Nations: countries subject to Soviet Union invasion
C. Containment Not eliminate communism but contain it American Diplomat, George Kennan
developed the idea
D. The Iron Curtain Speech delivered by Sir Winston Churchill Represented a curtain that divided
Europe
A. Proclamation by President Truman in 1947B. Urged economic and military aid to countries
that were threatened by CommunismC. Domino Effect If one country fell to communism, others
would follow Greece and Turkey were two countries that
we were very worried aboutD. Other countries in Europe received aid to
help them against communism
A. Soft side of the Truman DoctrineB. Named after Secretary of State, George
MarshallC. Provide aid to countries in Europe to
rebuild from WWIID. Every country but Germany experienced
tremendous growth
A. Eastern Germany part of GermanB. Berlin Blockade SU blocked access to West Berlin France, GB, and U.S began airlifting
supplies into West Berlin The SU lifted the blockade, 10 months
later.C. Berlin Crisis Soviet Union tells the Western powers
that they have 6 months to leave
New United States President JFK said that the United States would not back down
The Soviet Union begins construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961
A. North American Trade OrganizationB. Members agreed that if one nation was
attacked, it was an attack on all nations in NATO
C. The Soviet Union responds with the Warsaw Pact
A. Soviet Union had their first successful test of the atomic bomb in 1949
B. Truman gave the approval for developing the hydrogen or thermonuclear bomb which was many times more destructive than the atomic bomb
A. Chinese government battled against communism since 1920
B. Chiang Kai-shek led the Chinese government
C. Mao Zedong led the communist partyD. After World War II, the communist party
wins China and Chiang Kai-shek and his followers withdrew to Taiwan
E. Mao proclaimed the creation of the People’s Republic of China