The Cold War 1945-1991.

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The Cold War 1945-1991

What is it? Cold = tensions Tension b/w USA & Soviet Union Democracy v. Communism Almost war

Alliances NATO: US, France, Great Britain, Canada, & 8 other European nations Warsaw Pact: USSR & Eastern Europe

Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill Means the world is split in two: West & East Not an actual curtain—METAPHOR

Berlin Airlift Germany divided after WWII USSR blocks Allies from Berlin Fly in supplies Eventually build Berlin Wall Photo: Berlin Airlift newsreel

Arms Race We have nukes; they want nukes They get nukes We get nervous. We build better nukes. (H-Bomb) They build better nukes. We threaten each other with our nukes: Mutually Assured Destruction We agree not to blow each other up…but keep our hands hovered over the BIG RED BUTTON…just in case. Mushroom Cloud: Newsreel of H-Bomb explosion in Bikini Atoll

Cuban Missile Crisis USSR puts nuclear weapons in Cuba USA threatens to attack 13 days of tension—USSR agrees to back off Almost nuclear WW3 Map of Nuclear Range: NBC coverage of CMC

Space Race USA & USSR want beat each other into space Maybe send weapons? Shows who is powerful USSR: first satellite (Sputnik), first animal (dog) & man into space (Yuri Gagarin) USA: first man to land on the moon Sputnik Picture: newsreel

Moon landing video

Cold War Heats Up in Asia China becomes communist seen as “lost” North Korean tries to become communist  Korean War  UN & US involvement  Korea divides into North and South N. Vietnam tries to become communist  US gets involved Vietnam war lasts 10+ years  US withdraws in 1970s all of Vietnam falls to communism

Collapse of USSR Gorbachev comes to power in USSR, allows freedoms Reagan: anti-communist, calls for fall of Berlin Wall—symbol of freedom Torn down in 1989

Collapse of USSR USSR loses territory, people rebel Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 Flag: news, end of ussr

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