1. The Cold War gets “Out of Control”

2. Conflicts of Cold War 1945-46: Iron Curtain 1948: Berlin Airlift
1949: Soviets test Nuclear Bomb
: Korean War
: Vietnam War
1959: Cuban Communist Revolution
1960: U-2 Incident
1961: Berlin Wall Built
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

3. Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin

4. Cuba Revolution 1950’s: U.S. supports unpopular dictator in Cuba
1959: Fidel Castro overthrows Cuba’s government
Castro develops relationship with Soviet Union

5. U-2 Incident 1960 Soviets shot down a U.S. spy plane
Greatly increased tension between superpowers
Spying became common theme during Cold War

6. 1961-Kennedy & Khrushchev: disappointing meeting!

7. BERLIN WALL built in 1961

8. 1962: The world at the edge of Nuclear War

9. A Divided World: 1st World U.S. & Allies 2nd World Soviets & Allies
3rd World Developing Countries

10. Free Write
Does the Cold War appear to be getting worse or better from ? (explain why!)
Explain where the policy of containment has worked and where it has failed from