cold war
political, strategic, and ideological struggle between the Us and the Soviet Union
spread throughout the world
Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America
Causes
political systems
both thought theri system was better and distrusted the others intentions
Staling despised capitalism
Stalin breaking his promise to allow free electons at the Yalta Conference
American fear of a communist attack
fear of atomic bomb
spread communism
Yalta Conference
the establishment of the United Nations
Germany to be divided into four Zones
free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe
Russia promised to join the war against Japan
goals
wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
promote democracy throughout the world
stop the spread of communism
wanted ot create greater security for itself
establish defensible borders
encourage friendly governments on it's borders
spread communism around the world
Berlin Crisis
1948
three western controlled zones fo gernamy wre united and grew in prosperity
the west wanted the east to rejoin, but Stalin feared it would hurt Soviet security
Stalin decided to try to gain conrol of West BVerlin which was deep inside the eastern sector
he cut road, rail and canal links with West Berlin, hoping to starve it into submission
west responded by airlifting in the necassary supplies to allown West Berlin to survive
S.U. admitted defeat and lifted the blockade
Stalin dies 1953
Nikita Khrushchev Takes over
talks of peaceful coexistence and destalinization
Space Race
USSR was first to put a stellite into space
US as first to land on the moon
USSR would also put animals into space
Berlin Wall
divided Berlin
East side was communistic
West side was not communistic
Bay of Pigs
secret attempt to overthrow Castro
JFK was the President at the time
Failed miserably
arguably lead to Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR put missiles into Cuba
they said it was for defensive purpose
most intense time of the Cold War
the United States wanted the missiles out of Cuba
the resoluton
take US secret missile out of Turkey secretly in exchange for the missile in Cuba
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