1. Cold War
Period of misunderstanding, tension and rivalry between the USA and the USSR was described as the Cold War ( ).
Involved indirect conflict in world events to promote either Communism or Democracy

2. Comparison of the Two Superpowers
USA
USSR
Superpower: 3rd Largest Country
UN Permanent Member
NATO
Capitalism
Democracy
Freedom
Superpower: Largest Country
UN Permanent Member
Warsaw Pact
Communism
Dictatorship
Little/No Freedom

4. Origins
Germany, which had been ruled by the Hitler and the Nazis until their defeat in 1945 was split in two.
The western side became West Germany (a democracy) and the eastern side became East Germany (communist).

5. Germany Divided
France, Great Britain and the U.S. wants Germany Democratic
Soviet Union wants it Communist

6. Iron Curtain –
A term used by
Winston Churchill
to describe the
separating of
those communist
lands of East
Europe from the
West.

7. City of Berlin
Major city of Berlin was divided into a democratic side (West Berlin) and a communist side (East Berlin). Even though it was located in Communist East Germany

9. The Berlin Wall
Visible barrier separating Communism and Democracy
People living in East Berlin were not allowed to leave

10. Government after WWII
Many countries became communist after WWII - North Korea (1945) - Poland (1947) - Hungary (1947) - Czechoslovakia (1948) - China (1949) - Cuba (1959)

11. Snake Eating Western Europe

12. Each side built up their weaponry, but didn’t want to use it
Each side built up their weaponry, but didn’t want to use it. The two Superpowers didn’t want to start another all out war, WWIII.

13. The Korean War

14. The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

15. The Vietnam War c

16. Speech at the Berlin Wall

17. The Soviet Union Collapses
1989 Berlin Wall comes down. Germany reunified in 1990
December 26, 1991 Soviet Union dissolved
Soviet Union flags lowered and replaced by Russian flag
Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet President

18. Communism Loses Its Foothold in Eastern Europe

19. Communism