5/7/2010

East= communist

West= Democracy

Causes of the Cold War

- War was between communist and non- communist

- Germany was separated into four different parts

- Atomic bomb= ultimate defense system

- Iron Curtain

Policy of Containment

- Used to stop communism

- George Kennan= creator of policy

- Iron Curtain Speech= Winston Churchill gave it in 1946

- Started war

- Iron Curtain= separation between communist and non communist

- Marshal plan= created a stronger economic foundation

- George Marshall addressed this at Harvard

- George Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953

Cuban Missile Crisis

- Closest in turning into a nuclear conflict

- In August 1962 the U.S. started to suspect the Soviets of building missile bases in Cuba

- Wanted to protect Cuba

- Cuba was mad at U.S.

- U.S. considered attacking Cuba but didn’t

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