1. Warm Up # 33
What is a “Proxy War” and how does it reflect the tension that existed during the Cold War?

2. Back to the Soviet Union
Tensions Rise Again

3. USSR after Stalin: Are we good?
1954: Nikita Khrushchev takes charge.
Stalin’s lieutenant; was super brutal
Carried out killings
Denounces Stalin and blames him for WWII loses
Taking down the cult of personality
Loosens government control (a little)
1959: Visits the US (WHAT!!)
1961: Put up Berlin Wall
“Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart”

4. Poured all their resources into industrial production of arms and the space race.
Neglected needs of the people
Polluted a lot
Imported grain from US.

5. Space Race 1957: Soviets launch Sputnik
World’s first satellite
US establishes National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1958: launch satellite too
1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin = first man in space
1969: Am. Astronaut Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

6. The Cuban Missile Crisis

7. Wait, how come Cuba gets involved?
1950’s: the US supports brutal Cuban leader Batista to gain benefit of trade.
1958: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara leads a revolution
Fidel Castro sets up a Communist regime
Sought military support from the Soviet Union
Political exiles flee to Florida

8. Khrushchev places missiles on Cuba
Could hit most U.S. cities
US Pres. Kennedy demands they be removed and blockades Cuba.
Soviet ships head toward Cuba to break the blockade
War seems unavoidable

9. Okay, okay – I’ll Move the Missiles
Khrushchev removes missiles in exchange for the US removing missiles from Turkey.
US puts economic sanctions on Cuba.
A direct phone line is set up between the Pentagon and the Kremlin (Red Phone)

10. The Butter Battle Book
As you watch the video complete the flow-chart on pg. 99
Complete the comparison chart on pg. 100