Monday- Talked about the guideline for our new presentation.
Tuesday- Started presentation about The Cold War
Wednesday- Continued with notes over The Cold War.
Thursday- Work day
Friday- Work day
The Cold War (1945-1990)
Definition:
- A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1990
- Spread throughout the world- Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Communism vs. Democracy
- Democracy
- The citizens have a vote who they want as their leader
- Communism
- A dictatorship where people don't have a lot of rights- controlling
- China
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- Laos
- North Korea
- Theory of Communism
- Karl Marx- Germany, Lower class vs. Upper class, make things more equal for everybody
Socialism vs. Capitalism
- Capitalism
- Privately owned
- Strength- The harder you work the more money you will make
- Weakness- leads to major income inequality
- Socialism
- Government owns the business, paid the same no matter how hard you work
- Strength- fixed income, everyone is going to have a job and an income
- Weakness- Incentive goes down, people don't work as hard because it's provided for you
History of the Soviet Union
- Dropped out of WWI because of the Bolshevik Revolution
- Lenin
- Stalin
- Purges
- Collectivization
- Nationalization
- Five Year plans
- Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
- War with Germany
- Battle of Berlin
Causes of the Cold War
- Different political systems
- US is based on democracy, capitalism, and freedom
- USSR is based on dictatorship, communism, and control
- The Red Scare- 1919
- Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions
- Stalin despised capitalism
- Distrust in WWII
- Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections at the Yalta conference
- American fear of communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's fear of a US attack
- USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
- USSR's actions in their German zone
- USSR's goal t ospread communism around the world
Yalta Conference- February 1945
- Beore the end of the WWII, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points:
- 1. The establishment of the United Nations
- 2. Germany to be divided into four zones
- 3. Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe
- 4. Russia promised to join the war against Japan
The "West"
- West Germany,West United States, West Great Britain, West France
- The Democratic world
- Super power was United States
The "East"
- The Communist world
- Controlled by Soviet Union
- East Europe, East Germany, East Berlin
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NATO- US, Canada, and Western European countries alliance
- Warsaw Pact- Military alliance for Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union
Post WWII/Cold War Goals for US
- Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
- Promote democracy through the world, especially in Asia and Africa
- Stop the spread of communism
- Policy of Containment
Post WWII/Cold War Goals for USSR
- Wanted to create greater security for itself
- Lost tens of millions of people in WWII and Stalin's purges
- Feared a strong Germany
- Establish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly government on its borders
- Spread communism around the world
KEY TERMS
- Winston Churchill Speech
- Domino Effect- Eisenhower 1954
- Soviet Union was the mastermind
- What pushed us to have the policy of containment
- Why we went to war in Vietnam
- Why we went to war in Korea
- Policy of Containment
- Needed to stop USSR
- Stop the communism from spreading
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Red Scare/McCarthyism
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
Korean War
Vietnam War
China
The end of the Cold War
Comments