1. Cold War SWBAT examine events and impact of the cold war.
What remnants are there today from the Cold War?
How did it end?
Cold War

2. It all started with…
The Truman doctrine: it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure
Led to Marshall plan and idea of containment
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fear of soviet aggression led to organization
Belgium, Denmark, France, UK, Iceland, Italy, USA and others
Domino Theory- fear that if one country would fall the rest would then fall like dominos.

3. It evolved into…
Brinkmanship: under Eisenhower, the willingness to go all the way to the edge of war
Secretary of State Dulles advocated the use of threat of nuclear weapons
CIA: spies gathered information to report to Eisenhower
Eisenhower Doctrine: warning to USSR that USA would defend Middle East against attacks by communists country

4. Detente During Nixon’s administration
More flexible approach in dealing with Communists nations
A policy at aimed at easing cold war tension
Nixon would visit Communist China during his term
1971
Trying to take advantage of rift between China and Soviet Union
He then traveled to Moscow
First president to visit Soviet Capital
1972
Signed SALT I treaty, limited the number of intercontinental missiles

5. The End of the Cold War
1985, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes general secretary of Soviet Union
He began reform in the Soviet Union
Glasnost- “openness” allowed for criticism of government
Perestroika- restructuring of Soviet Society
Introduction of democratic ideals led to increased nationalism of non-Russian republics
republics declared independence from Soviet Union
The soviet union dissolved in response

6. End of the Cold War
Gorbachev resigned in 1991, before he left he encouraged people of eastern Europe (including Eastern German) to “go their own ways”
1988 reduced number of troops in Europe
Economic reform introduced in China in same time period: loosened its grip on businesses and price controls
One theory on collapse of USSR is arms race during Reagan’s term bankrupted Soviets making it impossible for them to compete and maintain control over satellite countries