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IDEOLOGIES OF THE COLD WAR
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CAUSES OF COLD WAR
MAIN ISSUES
Vocab
- American fear of Communist attack
- USSR dislike of Capitalsim
- Nuclear bomb threats and secrets.
- USSR expansion West into Eastern Europe
- Arms Race: competition between Soviet Union and U.S. to expand stock pile of weapons to gain military superiority.
Nuclear War
Soviet invasion of Europe and Asia
Iron Curtain: boundary that divided Soviet-dominated eastern Europe from Western European nations not under Soviet domination.
Communism VS. Capitalism
Space Race:Competition between Soviet Union and U.S. for supremacy in spaceflight capability.
Domino Theory: A theory that if one nation comes under communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under communist control.
GLOBAL IMPACT
NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization): Military mutual defense pact.
The cold war there was no actual military warfare, it was a political warfare to see who the leader of the world was.
It came down to which type of government was better Communism or Capitalism
KEY PEOPLE
HARRY S. TRUMAN
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
JOSEPH STALIN
HARRY S. TRUMAN
- Vice president until FDR passed away, then took office.
- Lead U.S. through WWII, also beginning of Cold War.
- Made decision on whether or not to drop the atomic bomb.
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
- At the height of the cold war Khrushchev led the Soviet Union.
- Served as a premier from 1958-1964
- instigated the Cuban missile crisis by putting nuclear weapons just 90 miles from Florida.
- Initiated process of "de-stalinization"
JOSEPH STALIN
- Leader of Soviet Union, won complete control of the party
- Led Soviet Union through World War II.
- One of most influential figures that shaped the Cold War
- Turned on allies after WWII
- Died before things started getting intense during the Cold War