1. THE COLD WAR

2. WHAT THE PERIOD OF TENSION BETWEEN THE U.S. & THE
SOVIET UNION AFTER WW II
UNTIL THE EARLY 1990s.

3. FEAR That this tension would lead to WW III breaking out,
and end the world.
Both sides had developed
Nuclear weapons & were now
stockpiling them.

6. SOVIET GOALS -Spread Communism -Use Eastern Europe as a “buffer”
-Influence Third World nations before
the U.S. did. (A.K.A. developing
nations)
-Show the world that they were
superior to the U.S.

7. U.S. GOALS -Contain the spread of Communism -Rebuild Western Europe
-Spread Democracy & Capitalism
-Contain the spread of Communism
-Rebuild Western Europe
-Influence Third World nations before
the Soviets did.
-Show the world that we were superior
to the Soviet Union.

8. IRON CURTAIN This was the phrase Winston
Churchill used in 1946 to describe
the division between Democratic
Western Europe & Communist
Eastern Europe.

10. NATO The military alliance between the U.S., Canada,
and Western Europe.

11. WARSAW PACT The military alliance between
the Soviets and Eastern Europe.
The Soviets would tell these
“satellite” nations what they
could & couldn’t do.

12. NATIONS DIVIDED GERMANY: EAST (C) & WEST (D)
KOREA: NORTH (C) & SOUTH (D)
VIETNAM: NORTH (C) & SOUTH (D)

13. BRINKMANSHIP
THE TACTIC OF GOING TO THE “BRINK” OF WAR IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE THE OTHER SIDE BACK DOWN.

14. MAD MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION THE IDEA THAT BOTH NATIONS
WOULD DESTROY EACH OTHER IF
THEY USED NUCLEAR WEAPONS.