THE COLD WAR
Results of WWII The United Nations Was Established Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy Were No Longer Major World Powers The United States and the Soviet Union Emerged as Superpowers
Other Results of WWII Germany Was Divided into Four Sectors Japan Was Occupied by The U. S. Until 1952 The Soviet Union Took Over Eastern Europe The Use of the Atomic Bomb on Japan Began the Nuclear Age
The Most Important Result of WWII Tensions Between the United States and The Soviet Union Began to Build into Open Hostilities This Conflict Between the Two Superpowers Was Known As the Cold War
Causes for the Cold War Conflict Between Ideologies Soviet/German Non-Aggression Pact (1939) The Delay of the Second Front Arguments Over Berlin
More Causes for the Cold War U. S. Refuses to Share Nuclear Technology with the Soviet Union Soviet Union Promotes Communist Revolutions in Eastern Europe (Iron Curtain)
Major Events in the Cold War City of Berlin Is Divided Between East(Communist) and West (Democracy) Korea is Divided into North and South All Eastern European Countries Fall to Communist Revolutions Soviets Try to Cut Off Access to Berlin Berlin Airlift
Major Events in the Cold War China Falls to the Communists in 1949 Soviets Get the Atomic Bomb in 1949 North Korea Invades South Korea United Nations Sends Troops to Korea
Major Events in the Cold War Korean War Lasts From U. S. Becomes Involved in Vietnam War Vietnam is Divided Between North and South U. S. Sends Troops to Defend South Vietnam
Major Events in the Cold War Cuba Falls to a Communist Revolution (1959) Soviets Build Berlin Wall Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba (1961) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Ground Troops Sent to Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Escalates Vietnam War
Methods Used to Fight Cold War Propaganda Arms Race Spying Massive Foreign Aid Proxy Wars (Korean War, Vietnam War)
Policy of Containment Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Alliance with Japan