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Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
Term beginning in 1945, Harry S. Truman was greatly involved in the Cold War against the Soviet Union, he created the Truman Doctrine and Confinement to help stop the spread of communism. -
Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)
Leader of the Communist Soviet Union from mid-1920s till his death in 1953. He ruled as a total dictator for around 30 years, and he has aspirations to spread and rule communist ideals throughout Europe and eventually the world. -
Arms Race
Race to achieve the greatest weaponry between the US and the Soviet Union. -
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Served as the British Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. Led fight against Nazi Germany in WWII and gave many speeches throughout his terms. He is best known for his "Iron Curtain" speech toward Soviet Union. -
USA vs. USSR
Crashcourse video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCU) -
The Yalta Conference
US, Britain, and Soviet Union meet to divide Germany into Allied occupied zones. -
Creation of the United Nations
50 countries including the US and the Soviet Union, joined an international organization based in New York, intended to protect the members against aggression. -
Iron Curtain
Churchill's phrase "iron curtain" represents Europe's division between a democratic west and commnist east -
Truman's Policy of Containment
policy directed at blocking/resisting Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism. -
The Marshall Plan
American plan, where US provides aid to European countries to prevent the spread of the Soviet Union. -
The Berlin Airlift
Due to the blockade, people lacked sources and needs, the allies responded by providing supplies and food day and night to feed the cities. -
NATO
10 western European nations joined with the US and Canada to form a defensive military alliance, called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Vietnam War
US fought on the side of South Vietnam, against North Vietnam (allied with USSR) to help prevent spread of communism to all of Asia. -
Khan Academy Vietnam War
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Eisenhower US President
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the US President. Brinkmanship began and took place during his term. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union was threatened by the NATO alliance, so they created their own including Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. -
Soviet Union in Space
Soviet Union (Russia) sends the first man-made satellite SPUTNIK into space, causing tensions in the race to space in America. Showing they're better and can beat the US at something. -
The U-2 Incident
US U-2 spy plane shot down by the Soviet Union, increasing tensions. -
Berlin Wall
Built abruptly and kept Germans living in the East stuck there with no escape. HERE'S A SONG ABOUT COMMUNISM!!!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1dfsMn2xME] -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
So close to nuclear world war, the Soviet Union in Cuba had missiles readily pointed at the US prepared to fire, had JFK not averted the act. -
US Turns to Detente
Replacing brinkmanship under Richard M. Nixon's term, the policy lessened cold war tensions.
