1. TWO SUPERPOWERS VS. DEMOCRACY TOTALITARIAN
___________ Economy Command Economy
(Free market) (___________)
CAPITALIST/mixed
COMMUNIST

2. What’s a Superpower?
Superpower: a word used to describe two __________ that dominate ______ politics.
After WWII: the ______ and ______ were superpowers!
COUNTRIES
WORLD
USA
USSR

3. Policy/Program designed to ________ Soviet aggression.
How the U.S. Encouraged Countries to Stay/Become Democratic
The Truman Doctrine
Policy/Program designed to ________ Soviet aggression.
Relied on the idea of ___________________: This means you prevent something from______________ to another place. The U.S. tried to stop the spread of _________ to other parts of the world!
STOP
CONTAINMENT
SPREADING
COMMUNISM

4. The Cold War Begins During WWII: U.S. and Soviets fought _________
After WWII: Rivalry ______ between both countries
COLD WAR: Describes the ________ between the U.S. and the ________ from
Why was it called a “Cold” war?: The U.S. and Soviets never fought _________. Instead, they fought in different ways!
TOGETHER
developed
situation
Soviets
DIRECTLY

5. How did they do it?
The Marshall Plan”
U.S. offered MASSIVE _____________ aid to countries that agreed to remain/become _____________. U.S. offered this to _________ Europe. Stalin wouldn’t let these countries _________ this $$$$$!
FINANCIAL $$$$
DEMOCRATIC
EASTERN
ACCEPT

6. How was the Cold War Fought?
The Arms Race
U.S. A-Bomb: 1945
Soviet’s: _______
For _____ years, used technology to develop deadlier and more powerful weapons to use against each other. ___________ these devices to psych each other out!
1949 40
CREATED

7. The Space Race 1957: _________: first satellite by the Soviets.
1958: ______ satellite launched
1961: First _____ in space by Soviets
1969: First man on the _______ (U.S.)
SPUTNIK
U.S.
MAN
MOON

8. The Space and Arms Races

9. Conflicts Around the World
Cold War fought in _______________ countries (representative states/SUBSTITUTE)
SURROGATE
War by proxy/proxy war

10. East Asia
KOREAN _______: After WWII divided into North and South Korea. USSR supported the North. U.S. supported the _______. When the North tried to take over the South, we prevented the _________.
WAR
SOUTH
spread of communism

11. Korean War

12. Cold War in Asia
___________ War: Vietnam gains independence from France. Divided into _______ North and Democratic _______.
(Ho Chi Minh) (Ngo Dinh Diem)
U.S. unsuccessful! U.S. withdrew in _____ and Vietnam became __________!
VIETNAM
SOUTH
COMMUNIST
1973
COMMUNIST

13. Vietnam War

14. Vietnam War Part II

15. Middle East
Arab States and Israel: ___________ accepts money from USSR to build up country (______ high Dam). President GamalAbdel ____________ declared war on Israel (its neighbor). Soviets gave weapons to Egypt. U.S. gave weapons to _____________
EGYPT
Aswan
Nasser
ISRAEL

16. Africa
After independence from _____________ countries, _________ and ________ each have civil wars. U.S. and Soviets fought for influence. U.S. supported anti-communist dictator _____________ Sese Seko. He brutally/corruptly ruled till the 1990s!
European
CONGO
ANGOLA
MOBUTU

17. Latin America
CUBA: Soviets supported ___________ Castro. U.S. tried to overthrow the dictator unsuccessfully in the _____ of Pigs incident. The USSR built nuclear bases in ______ and pointed weapons at ______ targets. In 1962, JFK ordered the Soviets to get rid of these weapons and we agreed not to invade Cuba. This was called the __________ Missile Crisis. Cuba remains ____________ even today.
FIDEL
BAY
CUBA
U.S.
CUBAN
COMMUNIST

18. Cuban Missile Crisis

19. CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala
____________- U.S. helped overthrow president ____________. He was supported by the USSR.
Nicaragua- 1970s- Sandinista revolutionary group took over. We supported ________ groups to fight against them because they were supported by the USSR! El Salvador- U.S. helped rebels during a bloody civil war until 1991!
Arbenz
Guerilla rebel

20. Who Stayed Outta the Cold War?
Non-Aligned Countries
WHAT???- These were nations that remained ____________ and didn’t want to get involved in the Cold War!
INDIA and ________________
They wanted to focus on building their own countries and avoid _______
NEUTRAL
YUGOSLAVIA (actually communist, but didn’t get along with USSR)
CONFLICTS

21. What did the UN do during the Cold War?
Provided a _____ for the superpowers to talk about their differences
Not really ________ during the Cold War
Since 1991, it has ___________ its role to include peacekeeping. (Example: War in Bosnia/Somalia etc.)
PLACE
EFFECTIVE
EXPANDED

22. Genocide During the Cold War: Cambodia
During the Vietnam War: U.S. claimed it never had ________ in Cambodia, a country that was undergoing a _______ war. Communists, supported by the ___________, took control in 1975.
fought
CIVIL
CHINESE

23. Genocide During the Cold War: Cambodia
What happened? Communists called the ________________ took over and established a communist state. Their leader, _____________, moved people from the cities to _________ farms. _____ out of ____________ Cambodians died during this time.
KHMER ROUGE
POL POT
Communal/collective
2 mill. *
8.5 mill. *
Source: R.J. Rummel