Cold war: a war fought using words or ideas
Command economy- government decides what will be produced United States Soviet Union Communism- government controls production, where people should live & work Command economy- government decides what will be produced People have no say in government Capitalism- people control production of goods. Market economy- individuals make economic decisions Democracy- vote for leaders
Iron Curtain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) U.S., Canada, most non-communist countries in Europe joined together to stop communism Wanted to protect smaller non-communist countries from being forced to turn communist
Berlin Wall Berlin was in East Germany (communist). After WWII, Allies had West Berlin. Soviets had East Berlin. Soviets built a wall to separate two sections of Berlin.
Berlin Airlift Soviets used a blockade to prevent any supplies getting into Western Blockade. Allies used airplanes and dropped supplies to the people for a year.
Scare in United States Joseph McCarthy- American Though secret communists work in United States and were spying for Soviet Union Many government workers, teachers, writers were fired
Cold War Conflicts Cuban Missile Crisis Korean War Vietnam War
Cold War Conflicts Cuban Missile Crisis Korean War Vietnam War Fear of communist advances Korea split into 2 countries- one communist, one non-communist Cuban Missile Crisis Korean War Vietnam split into 2 different countries-one communist, one non-communist Vietnam War Communist North Korea invades South Korea. Communist Vietcong try to take over South Vietnam NATO helps non-communist country
Cuban Missile Crisis Soviets were sending missiles to Cuba From Cuba, Soviets could attack US
Korean War North Korea: communist South Korea: non-communist North Korea invades South Korea NATO supports South Korea 38th parallel- the majority of fighting took place around this area. Border between 2 countries continually changed around this area during fighting.
Vietnam War 1950s- Vietnam seperated North Vietnam- communist South Vietnam- non-communist 1960s- Communist people (called Vietcong) tried to take over non-communist South Vietnam United States sent soldiers and supplies to help South Vietnam
Unpopular War People began to have strong feelings about war: War supporters- did not want communism to spread Anti-war feelings- the United States shouldn’t be involved with other countries’ problems; many US soldiers dying