Cold War

By Allison, Ben, Carrie, Emilee, Katie, Micah, Skylee, and Seth

Dates ● The Cold War began in 1947 with no official date ● No one can agree on when the Cold War ended but 1991 is

stated often because the USSR dissolved the same year on December 26

● The Cuban Missile Crisis jeopardizes Cuban-US relations on 15 Oct 1962

● The Warsaw Pact is agreed in 14 May 1955

Background ● The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after

World War II between powers in the United States and its NATO allies and the Soviet Union which had taken over territories formally taken over by the Nazis.

● It was called the Cold War because there was never any official combat.

● A large factor was the nuclear arms race.

● The nuclear arms race began the space race

● Both parties feared a surprise nuclear strike

● It ended in the dissolving of the Soviet Union

DefinitionsCold War - A nonviolent state of political hostility between America and the former U.S.S.R (Russia) full of threats and propaganda.Arms Race - A situation in which countries that are enemies each try to build or collect weapons faster than the other can.

Communism - Political theory derived from Karl Marx, promoting class

war and leading to a society in which all property is shared amongst

everyone.

Warsaw Pact - Defense treaty among the eight communist states of Central

Europe and Eastern Europe

Cuban Missile Crisis - A political and military stand-off between USSR

and America over nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba.

Extraordinary Representation of the Cold War

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history/videos/cold-war

Work Cited"What was the Cold War?". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web.

"Red Scare." History.com. A E Networks. Web. 31 Oct 2014.

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20war

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed