The Cold War

by Nathan, Kayla, and Gabe

Background

WWII

allies/enemies

Joseph Stalin dictator/ not included and late war entry

What the Cold War was about

War of Ideas between U.S and USSR

No one Fought

Major players in the War

Soviet union

-Russia, bulgaria, Nazi party,etc.

United States

-Nato Nations

Cold War Conflicts

Vietnam War

Poznan Protests (1956)

Hungarian Revolution

Berlin Wall

Causes of the Cold WarStalin refused to join the UN

Stalin and Churchill clashed

Competition

Cuban Missile Crisis

-Block of nuclear weapons

-Big standoff

-Nuclear war seemed imminent

FInancial crisis

billions of dollars spent:

Russia-165 billion

USA-35 billion

America During the War

fear communism

propaganda movies

less discrimination

patriotic consuming

Russia During the War

too much funding to military

“Iron Curtain”

debt

Communism

form of government

government owns everything and divides it

Communist Trials

search for communists

widespread accusations

unsuccessful

fear of Soviet Spies

Senator Joseph McCarthy

started communist search

McCarthyism and the list

attention

Effects of the War

Tension

unused weapons

Russian financial crisis

America became superpower

Joseph Stalin

Ruled soviet union

oversaw arms race

Sought soviet domination

John F. Kennedy

Tried to stay out of war

“closed missile gap”

Fidel Castro

- Strong military leader

-Marxist/Communist Cuban leader during Cuban Rev.

Warsaw Pact

- Pact that "ended" the cold war

-Mutual agreement between two countries

Cold War EndBerlin wall tore down

tied up loose ends

-Felt like the real end

Works Cited

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history

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https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-challenges-of-globalization-and-the-coming-century-after-1989-31/the-george-h-w-bush-administration-229/the-effects-of-the-cold-war-1306-3113/

https://tradshad.wordpress.com/writings/cold-war-influences-on-american-culture-politics-and-economics/

http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/senatorjosephmccarthy.asp

https://answersyahoo.com/question/index?qid

www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/TheCold-War.aspx