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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was an imaginary line drawn between Russia and western Europe. Behind the line nobody knew what was happening. Created the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union used its western border as a buffer. -
Truman Doctrine/Marshall plan
Truman Doctrine was made to help countries that resisted communism(march 12, 1947. Marshall plan- to help rebuild western europe by providing food and machinery. Congress authorized more than 400 million$ to Turkey and Greece -
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Stalin captured half of germany(west Berlin) hoping the U.S. would give into communism. The U.S. helped these germans by shipping food to them by planes. -
NATO
After the Berlin Airlift the U.S. saw Russia as a threat and created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Any attack on a NATO nation would result in the millitary response by all member nations. -
Causes of the Cold War
There was tension between the US and the Soviet Union
The two countries had different views on almost everything. Communism-Capitalism, Dictatorship-Democracy, Russia biggest country in world, US was the richest. A bomb vs largest army, Russia thought US was the reason they lost so much unhappy about the outcome of the war. -
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The arms race (threat of Nuclear War)
The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. -
Mao Zedong and Communist Control of China:
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920's. -
Korean War
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union saw NATO as a threat and created the Warsaw Pact that included the USSR, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev begins to secretly build 42 missile bases in Cuba. American spy plane discovers the sites and JFK declares that they are a threat. Demands removal and orders Cuba to be blockaded. USSR removes missiles with assurance that US will not invade Cuba. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Germany closes its borders in response to mass emigration into West Germany through Austria. Huge demonstrations take place in cities throughout the country and communist party leader Erich Honecker eventually resigns. President Reagan had given his support for the the tearing down of the Berlin wall in 1987. New communist party leader opens East Germany with the hope that it will help strengthen communism. Plan backfires and Berlin celebrates the reunification. East German communism ends. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the USSR. He creates a more open society: churches reopen, dissidents are released from prison, banned authors book’s can be published, and the media is given more freedom to criticize. Tries to make more economic efficiency by allowing more freedoms and signs a nuclear arms treaty with the US. Baltic states begin to protest and want independence. Gorbachev detained at vacation home. Communist party collapses, states begin to declare independance, and Gorbache
