1. The Cold War
Fighting Ideologies

2. Yalta conference Who was there? Why was it held?
Joseph Stalin (USSR), Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA) and Winston Churchill (UK).
Why was it held?
To demand the unconditional surrender of Germany and Adolf Hitler
What was accomplished?
Agreed Germany was to be split into 4 zones to be occupied by the Allied Powers.
Zone 1 – USA
Zone 2 – USSR
Zone 3 – France
Zone 4 – UK

3. capitalism vs. Communism
Communism is a type of government and philosophy. Its goal is to form a society where everything is shared equally.
capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership (rather than government ownership) and the free market system.
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin

4. Soviet aggression During World War II Post War
Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Lithuania, parts of Finland were gained during world war II.
Post War
Satellite states: a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic and military influence of another country.
Soviet Satellite States: East Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Albania

5. Arms race Nuclear Defense Mutual Assured Destruction
US is first to develop nuclear weapons during WWII through the Manhattan Project
The Soviets created their first nuclear bomb in 1945
The Cold war was characterized by fear of nuclear war.
Defense
Both built up arms and detection tools in fear of another global conflict
Civilians built bomb shelters
Mutual Assured Destruction
 It wouldn't matter how successful the first strike was (with the use of Nuclear weapons), the other side could still retaliate and destroy the country which first attacked.
Neither side ever used nuclear weapons. The cost was too high. 

6. Space race
Both countries announced they were starting space programs in 1955
The Soviet’s took the US’s announcement as a challenge
First Man in Space
Soviets: April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the Earth in the spacecraft Vostok I.
First Man on the Moon
Americans: Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched into space on July 16, The crew included astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. The trip to the Moon took three days. 

7. Berlin wall Tear Down That Wall! What is it? When was it built?
A wall to separate eastern communist Germany from western democratic Germany.
When was it built?
It was build by east Germany in 1961
Why was it built?
To stop eastern communist Germans from fleeing into west Germany
How long did it last?
Until 1989

8. Proxy wars What is it? What are some examples?
The Cold War was often fought between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union in something called a proxy war. These were wars fought between other countries, but with each side getting support from a different superpower.
What are some examples?
Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Soviet Afghanistan War.