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Unit 7: Cold War in the 60s and 70s
Name ______________________
Date ___________________
The Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s
I.
A.
The Cold War under Joseph Stalin (1945-1953)
_____________________________________ led the Soviet Union from
1927 to 1953
1. When the Cold War began, Stalin spread communism into the
______________________________ in Eastern Europe
2. Stalin escalated the Cold War by creating the
____________________________________________________ in 1948
3. Under Stalin, the USSR tested the ________________________ in
1949 & _____________________________ in 1953
4. Stalin signed a “treaty of friendship” with
______________________________________ after the Chinese
Revolution
5. Stalin sent _____________________ to communists in
________________________________ during the Korean War
B. Joseph Stalin’s ________________ in 1953 changed the Soviet Union
& how it approached the _____________________ against the United
States
II. The Cold War from 1953 to 1980
A. Nikita Khrushchev & De-Stalinization
1. New USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev began a series of reforms
known as ____________________________________, which included
releasing political ______________________ & ____________________
censorship
2. Khrushchev seemed willing to
________________________________________________ to ease Cold War
tensions… But, tensions between the USA & USSR
______________________________________ throughout the 1950s &
1960s
a. Under ______________________, the Soviet Union launched
_______________________ & the space race began
b. The creation of _____________ led to the stockpiling of
______________________ weapons during the arms race
B. In 1961, ___________________________________ became U.S.
president…Kennedy & Khrushchev faced two important crises that
heightened Cold War tensions: Building of the Berlin Wall & the
Cuban Missile Crisis
1. Berlin Wall, 1961
a. Khrushchev was upset with the increasing number of communist
____________________________________ who moved to democratic
___________________________________
b. In 1961, Khrushchev threatened to ____________________________
to West Berlin like Stalin’s blockade in 1948
c.
President Kennedy promised to ______________________ West
Berlin
d. Rather than ______________________ the city, Communist leaders
built the ______________________________ to keep East Germans
out of West Berlin
2. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
a. When __________________________ seized power in
__________________ in 1959, the USA feared the spread of
communism so close to America
b. After a failed attempt to _________________ Castro, Khrushchev
secretly sent nuclear _______________ to Cuba
c. The U.S. successfully ______________________________ Cuba &
Khrushchev removed the ________________ in exchange for the
removal of American ICBMs in Europe
d. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the USA & USSR came
to ________________________________
C.
Vietnam War, 1965-1973
1. From 1965 to 1973, the USA became involved in the
_______________________________________
a. When communist leader
____________________________________________ gained independence
for Vietnam, the USA feared ______________________________ in SE
Asia
b. Vietnam was __________________________ into a communist North
& a democratic South
c. In South Vietnam, communists known as the ___________________
worked to _________ North & South Vietnam
d. To _______________________ communism, the USA sent
_________________ to Vietnam starting in 1965
i. The American military used ___________________ raids,
pesticides, & __________________________________ missions to
fight the communists
ii. Despite these efforts, the U.S. was
____________________________________________ the communist
enemy
2. The Vietnam War was expensive, hurt the U.S. _________________,
& became unpopular with __________________ protestors in the USA.
3. In 1973, the USA ______________________ from Vietnam & 2 years
later communists _________________ Vietnam
D. Détente in the 1970s
1. America’s ____________________________ in Vietnam led to a
change in Cold War policies
2. The USA abandoned its containment policy & began looking for
ways to _____________________________________ with Cold War
enemies
3.
In the 1970s, Richard Nixon’s policy of _____________ (easing
Cold War tensions) replaced _____________________
a. Recognition of China
i. In 1972, Nixon became the first U.S. president to
____________ & _______________________ communist China
ii. Nixon’s visit to China put ________________ on the
___________________________ to negotiate with the USA
b. Détente with the Soviet Union
i. In 1972, Nixon met with Soviet leader Brezhnev to discuss
____________________________________________
ii. The USA & USSR signed the
___________________________________________________________
Talks (SALT) which limited the number of _______________ each
nation could have
iii. By the 1970s, the USA & USSR seemed willing to peacefully
_____________________
E. Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1989
1. But, détente ________________ in 1979 when the USSR invaded
________________________________________ to put down an anticommunist uprising
a. The U.S. viewed the attack as an attempt to spread
_______________________ into South Asia & the Middle East
b. The United States cut off all _______________ with the USSR &
sent _________________ & __________________ aid to Afghan rebels
2. The USSR fought in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, but was
______________________________________________ the Afghan
resistance
a. The war exhausted Soviet _________________ & proved as
_______________________________ as Vietnam was for the United
States
b.
The war renewed _____________________________ between the USA
& USSR
F. Cold War in the 1980s
1. In the 1980s, new U.S. President ___________________________
helped win with Cold War against the Soviet Union
2. President Reagan’s strong
____________________________________________ policies & the
collapse of communist economies brought the Cold War to an
_____________ by 1991
Choose one event from the Cold War timeline and depict below!
Reading Assignment:
Read pages 541-546.
Answer questions 1-5 on page 546.