1. THE COLD WAR 1945-1988

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Causes for the Cold War  Conflict Between Ideologies  Soviet/German Non-Aggression Pact (1939)  The Delay of the Second Front  Arguments Over Berlin

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. Major Events in the Cold War  Korean War Lasts From 1950-53  U. S. Becomes Involved in Vietnam War  Vietnam is Divided Between North and South  U. S. Sends Troops to Defend South Vietnam

10. 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

11. Methods Used to Fight Cold War  Propaganda  Arms Race  Spying  Massive Foreign Aid  Proxy Wars (Korean War, Vietnam War)

12. Policy of Containment  Truman Doctrine  Marshall Plan  NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)  Alliance with Japan