Download All you need to know about the Cold War!

All you need to know about
the Cold War!
By: Shelby Ellis and Autumn Bailey
Hot Spots of the Cold War
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Vietnam- North vs. South.
– North-Communist, supported by USSR and China. Nationalist leader
was Ho Chi Minh.
– South- Capitalist, supported by US.
• Result= North won, Vietnam becomes Communism
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Cambodia- became Communist under Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, losta
genocide, human rights violation, “the killing field.”
•
Korea- North vs. South.
– North- Communists, supported by USSR and China.
– South- Capitalists, supported by U.N. (mostly U.S. and Great Britain)
• Result= Tie
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Nicaragua- Sandinistas were supported by US then became Communists and lost it.
Non-aligned nations
• Non-Aligned nations- Didn’t take sides in the cold war.
AKA less developed countries.
• 1St world- US, NATO and their allies
• 2nd world- USSR, Warsaw Pact and their allies
• Third world- Everyone else, non- aligned countries
The Split of Germany
• Berlin Airlift
– Western countries (France,
Britain, US) flew supplies into
West Berlin
http://www.encyclomedia.com/berlin_wall.html
• Berlin Wall
– Split Germany in two (East
and West)
– Wall was built to keep East
Germans out of West Berlin
The Cuban Missile Crisis
• http://www.encyclomedia.com/video-cuban_missile_crisis.html
United States (alliances) v. Soviet Union
(alliances)