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A 46-year struggle between 2 superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union. But they never engaged in a direct “hot” military conflict.TRANSCRIPT
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Who was involved & Why were they “fighting?”
• United States
• NATO
• Capitalist democracy• Believed in free election,
religious freedom, private property, respect for individual differences
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
• Communist party made all key economic, military, & political decisions.
• Soviet people could not worship as they please, own private property, express views freely, or oppose Stalin or risk imprisonment.
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What was the Cold War?
A 46-year struggle between 2 superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
But they never engaged in a direct “hot” military conflict.
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What was the Cold War?
Soviet Expansion:
The Soviet Union occupied most of Eastern Europe by the end of World War II.
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The “Iron Curtain”
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When was the Cold War?
• 1946-1991
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Where was the Cold War?
• U.S.• Europe• Soviet Union• Latin America• Vietnam• Etc….
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Review• Who?
• Why?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
U.S. and Soviet Union
Differences in ideologies, communism
Never engaged in direct “hot” military conflict1946-1991
All over the world, Europe, Soviet Union, Vietnam, etc.
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How did the U.S. try to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism?
• Containment policy: Do not directly engage the Soviet Union in a battle, but try to stop it from spreading!
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Marshall Plan (Sec. of State)
• Grants & loans to W. Europe to keep them economically healthy
• Help them become politically stable and less susceptible to Communist take-over
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Nuremberg, Germany, April 20, 1945
· Marshall, fearing that communist revolts could occur in such an atmosphere, proposed that the U.S. help to rebuild the European economy in what became known as the Marshall Plan.
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* The U.S. gave over $12 billion in aid to European countries between 1948 and 1952, helping to improve their economies and lessen the chance of communist revolutions.
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Space Race
• http://www.history.com/topics/space-race
• Duck and Cover• https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGoVZF0jik