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1 May 1, 2017 Turn in late vocab and textbook notes
Get out stuff for notes and pencil Cold War Notes and Document Analysis

2 Ideological Differences
Communism: Public ownership (govt.) No political parties Command economy Soviet Union & Eastern Europe Capitalism: Free market Private ownership USA & Western Europe Democracy: Voting by the people for representatives Often worked in tandem with capitalism

3 Cold War The Cold War was a time period when non-cooperation between the two major world Superpowers, the USA and the Soviet Union, that caused a fear of nuclear war.

4 NATIONAL POLICIES Western allies wanted to achieve security by strengthening democracy Soviets wanted to establish pro-soviet governments in Eastern Europe The “iron curtain”, a soviet-made barrier that split Europe into communist and non-communist countries, developed The U.S. implemented a policy of “containment” or keeping communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further Soviet aggression.

5 Cold War: The World Takes Sides

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7 Arms Race Intense competition to build up weapons arsenal
Strong emphasis on technology, especially space and military USSR develops nuclear weapons

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9 Proxy Wars US and USSR never fought a “hot” war against one another
Supported nations that were fighting communist/capitalist wars

10 Korean War A fight to halt the spread of communism in Korea
A civil war attempting to reunite Korea, fought by opposing regimes North backed by Soviet forces South backed by U.S. forces June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 Ends with peninsula divided

11 Vietnam War Prevent Ho Chi Minh and his communist govt.
Communist North Vietnam (Viet Cong) vs. South Vietnamese rebels backed by U.S. forces U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s and combat units were deployed beginning in 1965 A peace treaty was signed in 1973 by all parties and the U.S. withdrew its troops 1975 Saigon fell to North Vietnam Vietnam is still communist today

12 The Berlin Wall In 1961 the Soviets built the Berlin wall to divide East Germany from West Germany. Anyone who tried to cross the wall would be shot.

13 The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall became the symbol for the “Iron Curtain.” The “Iron Curtain” is the term for the imaginary border between the communist nations and the members of NATO.


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