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Cold War• Period of
misunderstanding, tension and rivalry between the USA and the USSR was described as the Cold War (1945-1990).
• Involved indirect conflict in world events to promote either Communism or Democracy
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Comparison of the Two Superpowers
USA
• Superpower: 3rd Largest Country
• UN Permanent Member
• NATO• Capitalism• Democracy• Freedom
USSR
• Superpower: Largest Country
• UN Permanent Member
• Warsaw Pact• Communism• Dictatorship• Little/No Freedom
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Origins
• Germany, which had been ruled by the Hitler and the Nazis until their defeat in 1945 was split in two.
• The western side became West Germany (a democracy) and the eastern side became East Germany (communist).
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Germany Divided
France, Great Britain and the U.S. wants Germany Democratic
Soviet Union wants it Communist
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Iron Curtain – A term used by Winston
Churchill to describe the separating of those
communistlands of East Europe from
the West.
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City of Berlin
• Major city of Berlin was divided into a democratic side (West Berlin) and a communist side (East Berlin). Even though it was located in Communist East Germany
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The Berlin Wall 1961-1989
• Visible barrier separating Communism and Democracy
• People living in East Berlin were not allowed to leave
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Government after WWII
Many countries became communist after WWII
- North Korea (1945)- Poland (1947)- Hungary (1947)- Czechoslovakia (1948)- China (1949)- Cuba (1959)
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Snake Eating Western Europe
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Each side built up their weaponry, but didn’t want to use it. The two Superpowers didn’t want to start another all out
war, WWIII.
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The Korean War 1950-1953
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The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
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The Vietnam War c.1963-1975
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Speech at the Berlin Wall
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH6nQhss4Yc
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYdjbpBk6A
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The Soviet Union Collapses
• 1989 Berlin Wall comes down. Germany reunified in 1990
• December 26, 1991 Soviet Union dissolved
• Soviet Union flags lowered and replaced by Russian flag
Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet President
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Communism Loses Its Foothold in Eastern Europe
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Communism