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2 The War is over

3 The Cold War begins immediately

4 The Cold War Two super-powers emerge after WWII United States vs Soviet Union Capitalism vs Communism

5 It is a war of Nuclear threatsthreats

6 Both societies are completely opposed economically and politically. AmericaSoviet Union Two party systemOne party elections DemocraticAutocratic / Dictatorship CapitalistCommunist ‘Survival of the fittest’Everybody helps everybody Richest world powerPoor economic base Corporate control disguised as Personal freedom Society controlled by the Communist Party & Secret Police Media controlled by the wealthy Government control of the media

7 The two never go to war but back disputes and wars all over the world for the next 50 years

8 Communism is determined to spread and Capitalism is determined to stop it from spreading.

9 Communism takes hold in impoverished countries

10 Many impoverished countries have brutal dictators put in place with Capitalist support

11 Brutal Dictators were also put in place by Communists

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13 1945: East and West Germany are segregated and militarized 1949 : NATO established 1949: USSR exploded her first ‘A’-bomb; 1949: China becomes communist 1950 : Korean War started.

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15 1952 : USA exploded the first hydrogen bomb. 1953 : Korean War ended. 1953: USSR exploded their first hydrogen bomb.bomb. 1955 : Warsaw Pact created.

16 1957 : Sputnik launched.Sputnik 1959 : Cuba becomes a communist state. 1961 : Military aid sent to Vietnam by USA for the first time. 1961 Berlin Wall built. 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion 1962 : Cuban Missile Crisis. 1963 : Huge increase of American aid to Vietnam.

17 Cuban Missile Crisis

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20 To this day you will only see pre-embargo American cars in Cuba

21 And you can’t legally buy Cuban cigars in the U.S.

22 1965 : USA openly involved in Vietnam.Vietnam.

23 1968 : USSR invades Czechoslovakia.

24 1973 Americans withdraw from Vietnam

25 1979 : USSR invaded Afghanistan.

26 1986 : Meeting in Iceland between USSR (Gorbachev) and USA (Reagan). 1987 : INF Treaty signed. The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter- Range Missiles.

27 1989: Berlin Wall comes down

28 1990: The Cold War Ends

29 1991: Soviet Union Implodes

30 One Super power is left

31 What’s Next? War on TerrorTerror

32 U.S. invades Iraq 2001

33 The U.S. uses spying,terror and torture through out the world.

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35 Cold War II 2014 Russia annexes Crimean region of the Ukraine

36 NATO imposes sanctions on Russia

37 NATO also mobilizes armed forces as a show of force and intimidation.

38 Russia is not intimidated

39 Expansion in Ukraine continues

40 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causes%20of%20the%20cold%20war.htm

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