cold war

By Lutta
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    Soviets make Nuclear Weapons

    Where: USSR
    Who: Stalin
    What: Made Nuclear weapons as a last result
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they were seen as a threat more than before
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    Cold War Timespan

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    Korean War

    Where: North and South Korea
    Who: North and South Korea
    What: Divided Communist and Capitalist Neighbours
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they made sides for this war
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    Yalta Conference

    Where: Yalta, Ukraine
    Who: Big 3 (USSR, Britain, USA)
    What: Divided Germany into 4 countries and USSR promised free elections
    How it affected liberalism: Increased it because they promised free election
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    Potsdam Conference

    Where: Potsdam, Germany
    Who: Big 3 (USSR, Britain, USA)
    What: Restructuring Germany, allow poland to have free elections, etc.
    How it affected liberalism: Increased it because Poland was promised free election
  • Hiroshima Bombing

    Where: Hiroshima, Japan
    Who: USA
    What: Bombed Hiroshima after Japan bombed Pearl Harbour
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they made the world scared of them
  • Nagasaki Bombing

    Where: Nagasaki, Japan
    Who: USA
    What: Bombed Nagasaki because Japan bombed Pearl Harbour
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because it made people scared
  • Truman Doctrine

    Where: Greece and turkey
    Who: Truman
    What: Made a doctrine to help anti-communist forces such as Greece and Turkey
    How it affected liberalism: Increased it because they are trying to get rid of communism
  • Marshall Plan

    Where: Europe
    Who: George Marshall
    What: 13 billion dollar plan to help european countries devastated by war
    How it affected liberalism: Increased
  • Molotov Plan

    Where: Eastern Europe
    Who: USSR
    What: Provided aid to Eastern Europe that were also communist
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they were helping out communist countries
  • Brussels Treaty

    Where: European Countries
    Who: Britain, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
    What: All members would assist one another if attacked by USSR
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they all wanted to take down communism
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    Berlin Blockade

    Where: Berlin, Germany
    Who: USSR
    What: Blocked Western Berlin with a Wall
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because Communists were preventing Capitalism to happen in the German Capital
  • NATO

    Where: Around the world in Capitalist Countries
    Who: Mainly USA
    What: Divided Communist and Capitalist Countries
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they made sides for the war
  • Stalin Dies

    Where: USSR
    Who: Stalin
    What: Cerebral Hemorrhage
    How it affected liberalism: Stayed the same because the next guy up had the same ideology as him
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    Vietnam War

    Where: North and South Vietnam
    Who: North and South Vietnam
    What: Divided Communist and Capitalist Neighbours
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they made sides for this war
  • Warsaw Pact

    Where: Around the world in Communist Countries
    Who: Mainly USSR
    What: Divided Communist and Capitalist Countries
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they made sides for the war
  • Hungarian Revolution

    Where: Hungary
    Who: USSR and Hungary
    What: Help Hungary become non-communist
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they got out of Communism
  • NORAD

    Where: North America
    Who: USA
    What: Defend America
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they wanted the safety of their citizens
  • Fidel Castro takeover

    Who: Fidel Castro
    Where: Cuba
    What: Took over and made Cuba communist
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because he made a country communism
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Where: Cuba
    Who: USA and USSR
    What: Threatened to nuke each other which would've ended the world
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they tried to end humankind
  • Bay of Pigs

    Where: Florida
    Who: USA
    What: Trained 1500 cuban exiles to overthrow Castro
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they tried to stop communism
  • Berlin Wall Creation

    Where: Berlin, Germany
    Who: GDR (German Democratic Republic)
    What: Splitc
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they seperated a city
  • Czechoslovakia Revolution

    Where: Czechoslovakia
    Who: USSR and Czechoslovakia
    What: Help not be Communism
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they became liberalism
  • Nuclear Arms Treaties

    Where: Holsinki, Finland
    Who: USSR and USA
    What: To limited missiles to a certain number
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because it gave a certain relief to citizens that they had a more safer world
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    Afghanistan War

    Where: Afghanistan
    Who: USSR and Afghanistan
    What: Help Afghanistan become Communism
    How it affected liberalism: Decreased because they made a country go communist
  • Solidarity in Poland

    Where: Poland
    Who: USSR and Poland
    What: Get Poland elections and become liberalism
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they became liberalism
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Where: Berlin, Germany
    Who: Germany
    What: After the fall of the Iron Curtain they demolished the wall not long after
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because they regained freedom back
  • End of Cold War

    Where: Europe
    Who: Reagan and Gorbachev
    What: Became friends and ended the war
    How it affected liberalism: Increased because the war ended