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Friday May 13 2011

Causes of the Cold War:

The Cold war happened in 1945 and 1990

-United States v. Soviet Union

-Democrats v. Communists

-Major causes were the differences in Governments. We were democratic and the soviet union was communist.

Free trade was an issue. Rival

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Wednesday, May 11

Cuban Missile Crisis-

 

- United States started to build missile bases in Turkey and Italy in 1958 in range of attacking the Soviet Union

- The Soviet Union responded by building bases in Cuba within the range of the United States which caused tension.

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Wednesday, May 11

Today we picked back up with Cold War presentations starting with Matt's.

 

New Map of Europe:

  • Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus were countries that became independent after the Soviet Union started to break up and collap
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Monday, May 9

Today we started watching Thirteen Days which is a movie about the Cuban missile crisis.
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