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The Cold War in
Brief
CST Prep Overview
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Alta Loma High School
• Cold War: conflict
fought in 3 theatres:
–Ideology
•Proxy wars
–Arms
–Space
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The Ideological Struggle
Soviet &
Eastern Bloc
Nations
[“Iron Curtain”]
GOAL 
spread
world-wide
Communism
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US & the
Western
Democracies
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“Containment” of
Communism & the
eventual collapse of
Communism
[George Kennan]
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• Allied leaders
decided to divide
Germany into 4
zones of military
occupation
– supposed to be
temporary
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• The United States wanted a reunited
Germany
• The Soviet Union wanted a divided
Germany that lacked power to start
wars. An Iron Curtain Falls After the
war, not only Germany, but Europe
itself, became divided into West and
East.
• At the war’s end, Soviet troops were
stationed in many Eastern European
nations. The Soviet Union refused to
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nations.
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• Eastern Europe became unified with
the Soviet Union.
• Western Europe became unified in
opposition to Soviet aggressionNuclear Weapons Tensions were
heightened by nuclear weapons
development in the two superpowers.
• 1952 The United States tests the
world’s first nuclear bomb.
• 1953 The Soviet Union tests its first
nuclear bomb. Economic Recovery The
economic recoveries of Germany and
Japan heralded another power shift.
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• In the 1950s, West Germany
began an economic boom as an
international industrial power
with investments in Asia and
Africa. (East Germany suffered
economically; the Soviets
collected war payments from East
Germany until 1954.)
• Japan’s astonishing economic
recovery also began in the 1950s.
Japan soon became the world’s
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United States.
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Truman Doctrine
• US would help people fight
oppressors
• Truman wanted to aid Greece
& Turkey fight Soviets
• Congress agreed- $400 billion
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Marshall Plan
• Aid program to rebuild
economies of Euro countries
to create stable democracies
• 17 countries received $13.4
billion
• Helped build strong political
support in Western Europe
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Czechoslovakia
• Feb 1948
• Pro-west president forced
resign & new const ratified
• Takeover by Czech
communists
• Soviet satellite
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Berlin Crisis
• June 1948- May 1949
• Soviets plan to keep East
Berlin under communist
control... Wall
• Blockade of Berlin act of war…
US not to abandon Berlin
• What next?...
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Soviets Block Traffic
• 6/48: Soviets block any road,
rail, or river traffic into West
Berlin
• West Berlin cut from food,
coal, & goods
• Had airstrips
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Berlin Airlift
• UK & US planes deliver
to W Berlin
• Lasted months
• Soviets end blockade
5/12/49
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NATO Est.
• US & 6 others join Belgium,
France, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
& UK
• Attack one, considered attack on
all
• Now, 26 countries belong to NATO
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Warsaw Pact
• Reaction to NATO
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Fall of China 1949
• 6/49 Jiang Jieshi defeated by
Mao
• Oct 1: Mao declares People’s
Republic of China (PRC)
• Dec: Mao travels to Moscow
– Sino-Soviet Treaty of
Friendship: alliance & mutual
assistance
• US worried re: spread of
communism
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Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
• U.S. response in the Cuban Missile
Crisis was an example of
brinkmanship—the willingness to go to
the brink, or edge, of war in order to
force an end to a crisis.
• US discovered Soviet missile sites on
the island of Cuba.
• US blockaded Cuba and threatened to
attack the Soviet Union.
• USSR agreed to remove the missiles.
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STUDY
• Study your notes and reviews
for the CST exam. You will take
the World Exam on Thursday.
We will complete a review
activity when I return.
•STUDY!