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1 Cold War

2 Origins Allied Meetings Red Scare Capitalism vs. Communism
Tehran Yalta Potsdam Red Scare Capitalism vs. Communism “Iron Curtain”

3 Origins Communism (USSR) Communism (Marx) People own everything
Totalitarian dictatorship Property owned by the state No free enterprise allowed Wealth distributed unequally State controlled: Media (books, television, radio, etc.) Education Religion Food Production Industrial Production Fear, Terror, Violence People own everything No private property Wealth shared by all Eliminate class conflict

4 Policies Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program)
Support free peoples of the world Fight Soviet aggression Stop the spread of Communism Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program) Berlin Airlift NATO vs. Warsaw Pact

5 Post-War Recovery Western Economic Boom, 1945-1970
Western Germany= “Economic Miracle” Great Britain and U.S.= Welfare State European Economic Community

6

7 Cold War Divisions Arms Race Space Race Red Scare Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall

8 Cold War Around the World
Asia Korean War, Economic and political pressure  Military build-up and intervention European focus  Spread to Asia SEATO Vietnam War,

9 Cold War Around the World
Africa Egypt Angola Ethiopia Latin America Nicaragua Venezuela Cuba

10 Cold War Around the World
Middle East Oil WWI and WWII make ME important oil reserve for Europe and US Cold War perpetuates need to secure oil Iran Nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1953 CIA-led coup d’etat Suez Crisis Base Race Israel vs. Palestine 1973 Arab-Israeli War Afghanistan Iran-Iraq War

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