1 of 10 The Cold War Section 1
... They confronted each other indirectly by taking sides in local conflicts—providing weapons, training, and other aid to opposing forces. Cuba was home to the major Cold War conflict in the Western Hemisphere, with a communist government retaining control. Color Transparency 181: Europe During the Col ...
... They confronted each other indirectly by taking sides in local conflicts—providing weapons, training, and other aid to opposing forces. Cuba was home to the major Cold War conflict in the Western Hemisphere, with a communist government retaining control. Color Transparency 181: Europe During the Col ...
The world wars in the providence of restoration
... Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. . . All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and ...
... Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. . . All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and ...
Unit 4: A World Divided and United?
... • A cold war is often referred to as a war that involves intense competition between two rival nations who do not confront each other in an all out war that involves military confrontation. However, many historians argue that the Cold War was a specific period in history that involved the two post-w ...
... • A cold war is often referred to as a war that involves intense competition between two rival nations who do not confront each other in an all out war that involves military confrontation. However, many historians argue that the Cold War was a specific period in history that involved the two post-w ...
The Cold War at Home (2)
... NATO vs. The Warsaw Pact • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created as a mutual defense organization after WWII for Western Europe, the US, and Canada. • In response the USSR formed the Warsaw Pact with Eastern Europe. • President Eisenhower issued the Eisenhower Doctrine which sta ...
... NATO vs. The Warsaw Pact • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created as a mutual defense organization after WWII for Western Europe, the US, and Canada. • In response the USSR formed the Warsaw Pact with Eastern Europe. • President Eisenhower issued the Eisenhower Doctrine which sta ...
Cold War homework packet
... 1. How did the goals of the U.S. and Soviet foreign policy differ after World War II? United States goals Soviet goals ...
... 1. How did the goals of the U.S. and Soviet foreign policy differ after World War II? United States goals Soviet goals ...
Yalta and Potsdam Conferences - Grants Pass School District 7
... help the Allies decide what would happen to Europe, and in particular Germany, at the end of the Second World War. This Revision Bite will help you understand the decisions made at these two important conferences and the differences that emerged between the allied leaders. Yalta and Potsdam – the ba ...
... help the Allies decide what would happen to Europe, and in particular Germany, at the end of the Second World War. This Revision Bite will help you understand the decisions made at these two important conferences and the differences that emerged between the allied leaders. Yalta and Potsdam – the ba ...
Cuban Missile Crisis
... U.S. military commanders were also not happy with the result. General LeMay told the president that it was “the greatest defeat in our history” and that the U.S should invade immediately. Cuba felt they had been betrayed by the Soviets whom they had trusted, with all the decisions being made exclusi ...
... U.S. military commanders were also not happy with the result. General LeMay told the president that it was “the greatest defeat in our history” and that the U.S should invade immediately. Cuba felt they had been betrayed by the Soviets whom they had trusted, with all the decisions being made exclusi ...
45-50`s - Blue Valley Schools
... •1955: The Soviet Union and seven satellite nations (dependent states) form rival Warsaw Pact. ...
... •1955: The Soviet Union and seven satellite nations (dependent states) form rival Warsaw Pact. ...
Lecture notes 12
... generally Argentina’s international situation. In 1955 Peron’s government ends overthrown by a military coup. This results in over 30 year’s division between supporters and enemies of peronism. The government of Arturo Frondizi (1958–1962), which faced the problem of Cuban revolt, attempted to maint ...
... generally Argentina’s international situation. In 1955 Peron’s government ends overthrown by a military coup. This results in over 30 year’s division between supporters and enemies of peronism. The government of Arturo Frondizi (1958–1962), which faced the problem of Cuban revolt, attempted to maint ...
The Sino-Soviet Split
... split occur and how it affected the international world order? • Sub-question: Why USSR ...
... split occur and how it affected the international world order? • Sub-question: Why USSR ...
The Cold War 1943
... This is how people hoped the future would be. But although the Conference appeared successful, behind the scenes, tension was growing, particularly about reparations, and about Poland. After the conference, Churchill wrote to Roosevelt that ‘The Soviet Union has become a danger to the free world.’ A ...
... This is how people hoped the future would be. But although the Conference appeared successful, behind the scenes, tension was growing, particularly about reparations, and about Poland. After the conference, Churchill wrote to Roosevelt that ‘The Soviet Union has become a danger to the free world.’ A ...
No Slide Title
... beginning of the Cold War. • Stalin viewed Western occupation of Berlin as a sore in the Soviet zone. He wanted the allies to leave Berlin as they had hinted after the war. • Americans did not approve of Soviet expansion into the West. • The Blockade was installed by the Soviet Union in hopes of sto ...
... beginning of the Cold War. • Stalin viewed Western occupation of Berlin as a sore in the Soviet zone. He wanted the allies to leave Berlin as they had hinted after the war. • Americans did not approve of Soviet expansion into the West. • The Blockade was installed by the Soviet Union in hopes of sto ...
Norton, Chp 28 Essay Questions Norton, Chp 28 Essay Questions
... On your answer document, indicate the best response to each of the following questions or prompts. 1. Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of the Second World War, and explain how the goals and policies of the United States and the Soviet Union clashed and led to the Cold Wa ...
... On your answer document, indicate the best response to each of the following questions or prompts. 1. Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of the Second World War, and explain how the goals and policies of the United States and the Soviet Union clashed and led to the Cold Wa ...
How did Stalin secure control of Eastern Europe?
... How had the USSR gained control of Eastern Europe by 1948 What was the Iron Curtain? The Iron Curtain was the name given to the border between east and west in Europe that was set up by Joseph Stalin, the ruler of the USSR in the years after the Second World War. The name came from a speech made b ...
... How had the USSR gained control of Eastern Europe by 1948 What was the Iron Curtain? The Iron Curtain was the name given to the border between east and west in Europe that was set up by Joseph Stalin, the ruler of the USSR in the years after the Second World War. The name came from a speech made b ...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Reading File
... Atlantic Treaty, which was signed by 12 countries on April 4, 1949, in Washington, D.C. The 12 countries were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. During the Cold War, NATO helped maintain peace in ...
... Atlantic Treaty, which was signed by 12 countries on April 4, 1949, in Washington, D.C. The 12 countries were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. During the Cold War, NATO helped maintain peace in ...
Roots of the Cold War
... Soviet Union vs. US (Communism vs. Democracy) Stalin had made promises at Yalta and Potsdam to allow democratic, free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, etc Stalin backed out of promises-created satellite states of these nations Stalin disagrees w/ dem., while Truman does not believe in commie ...
... Soviet Union vs. US (Communism vs. Democracy) Stalin had made promises at Yalta and Potsdam to allow democratic, free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, etc Stalin backed out of promises-created satellite states of these nations Stalin disagrees w/ dem., while Truman does not believe in commie ...
Cold War “Hot Spots” in the 1950s
... going to the brink of war without actually getting into war. To this end he advocated building more nuclear weapons. Dulles also believed in the concept of massive retaliation. This was the promise that the United States would use overwhelming force against the Soviet Union to settle conflicts. Fore ...
... going to the brink of war without actually getting into war. To this end he advocated building more nuclear weapons. Dulles also believed in the concept of massive retaliation. This was the promise that the United States would use overwhelming force against the Soviet Union to settle conflicts. Fore ...
The widening gulf between the Allies
... formulate plans for a new world body – to be called the United Nations. Its aim would be to keep peace. ...
... formulate plans for a new world body – to be called the United Nations. Its aim would be to keep peace. ...
Reading 1 - GEOCITIES.ws
... 1945, Britain and the US became concerned about the motives of Russia. Its Red Army seemed bent on territorial expansion into Eastern Europe. In fact during the Yalta Conference in February 1945, significant differences in opinions between the two powers had begun to emerge over the future of Poland ...
... 1945, Britain and the US became concerned about the motives of Russia. Its Red Army seemed bent on territorial expansion into Eastern Europe. In fact during the Yalta Conference in February 1945, significant differences in opinions between the two powers had begun to emerge over the future of Poland ...
Historiography of the Cold War As soon as the term "Cold War" was
... After the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union were doomed to be antagonists. […] There probably was never any real possibility that the post-1945 relationship could be anything but hostility verging on conflict […] Traditions, belief systems, propinquity, and convenience […] all ...
... After the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union were doomed to be antagonists. […] There probably was never any real possibility that the post-1945 relationship could be anything but hostility verging on conflict […] Traditions, belief systems, propinquity, and convenience […] all ...
Supporting Freedom Abroad Book Outline
... US for leading a revolt against Cuba’s dictator. Then, he surprised America by declaring that he was a _________________. He requested help from the _____________ and received it. Cuba was only ________ miles from the Florida coastline. The Castro government seized property in Cuba owned by ________ ...
... US for leading a revolt against Cuba’s dictator. Then, he surprised America by declaring that he was a _________________. He requested help from the _____________ and received it. Cuba was only ________ miles from the Florida coastline. The Castro government seized property in Cuba owned by ________ ...
Unit 6: The Cold War
... o The Cold War set the framework for global politics for 45 years after the end of World War II. It also influenced American domestic politics, the conduct of foreign affairs, and the role of the government in the economy after 1945. o ...
... o The Cold War set the framework for global politics for 45 years after the end of World War II. It also influenced American domestic politics, the conduct of foreign affairs, and the role of the government in the economy after 1945. o ...
UNIT 1 - StudyGuide.PK
... The Big Three agreed that a conference at San Francisco in April of 1945 should formulate plans for a new world body – to be called the United Nations. Its aim would be to keep peace. ...
... The Big Three agreed that a conference at San Francisco in April of 1945 should formulate plans for a new world body – to be called the United Nations. Its aim would be to keep peace. ...
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact).Historians have not fully agreed on the dates, but 1947–1991 is common. It was termed as ""cold"" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars, known as proxy wars, in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan that the two sides supported. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences: the former being a single-party Marxist–Leninist state operating planned economy and controlled press while professing state atheism and owning exclusively the right to establish and govern communities, and the latter being a capitalist state with generally free elections and press, which also granted freedom of religion and freedom of association to its citizens. A self-proclaimed neutral bloc arose with the Non-Aligned Movement founded by Egypt, India, Indonesia and Yugoslavia; this faction rejected association with either the US-led West or the Soviet-led East. The two superpowers never engaged directly in full-scale armed combat but they each armed heavily in preparation for a possible all-out nuclear world war. Each side had a nuclear deterrent that deterred an attack by the other side, on the basis that such an attack would lead to total destruction of the attacker: the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD). Aside from the development of the two sides' nuclear arsenals, and deployment of conventional military forces, the struggle for dominance was expressed via proxy wars around the globe, psychological warfare, massive propaganda campaigns and espionage, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.The first phase of the Cold War began in the first two years after the end of the Second World War in 1945. The USSR consolidated its control over the states of the Eastern Bloc while the United States began a strategy of global containment to challenge Soviet power, extending military and financial aid to the countries of Western Europe (for example, supporting the anti-Communist side in the Greek Civil War) and creating the NATO alliance. The Berlin Blockade (1948–49) was the first major crisis of the Cold War.With victory of the Communist side in the Chinese Civil War and the outbreak of the Korean War (1950–53), the conflict expanded. The USSR and USA competed for influence in Latin America and decolonizing states of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was stopped by the Soviets. The expansion and escalation sparked more crises, such as the Suez Crisis (1956), the Berlin Crisis of 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Following this last crisis a new phase began that saw the Sino-Soviet split complicate relations within the Communist sphere while US allies, particularly France, demonstrated greater independence of action. The USSR crushed the 1968 Prague Spring liberalization program in Czechoslovakia, and the Vietnam War (1955–1975) ended with a defeat of the US-backed Republic of South Vietnam, prompting further adjustments.By the 1970s, both sides had become interested in accommodations to create a more stable and predictable international system, inaugurating a period of détente that saw Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the US opening relations with the People's Republic of China as a strategic counterweight to the Soviet Union. Détente collapsed at the end of the decade with the Soviet war in Afghanistan beginning in 1979.The early 1980s were another period of elevated tension, with the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (1983), and the ""Able Archer"" NATO military exercises (1983). The United States increased diplomatic, military, and economic pressures on the Soviet Union, at a time when the communist state was already suffering from economic stagnation. In the mid-1980s, the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the liberalizing reforms of perestroika (""reorganization"", 1987) and glasnost (""openness"", c. 1985) and ended Soviet involvement in Afghanistan. Pressures for national independence grew stronger in Eastern Europe, especially Poland. Gorbachev meanwhile refused to use Soviet troops to bolster the faltering Warsaw Pact regimes as had occurred in the past. The result in 1989 was a wave of revolutions that peacefully (with the exception of the Romanian Revolution) overthrew all of the Communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union itself lost control and was banned following an abortive coup attempt in August 1991. This in turn led to the formal dissolution of the USSR in December 1991 and the collapse of Communist regimes in other countries such as Mongolia, Cambodia and South Yemen. The United States remained as the world's only superpower.The Cold War and its events have left a significant legacy, and it is often referred to in popular culture, especially in media featuring themes of espionage (such as the internationally successful James Bond film series) and the threat of nuclear warfare.