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The Soviets and Americans celebrate their vitory against the Nazis
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The Origins of the Cold War and Postwar Settlements
- 1945 The end of World War 2
- The Soviets and Americans celebrated their victory against the nazis
- They both sought to rebuild a world with communism ( soviets) or capitalism(United States)
- 8 Million germans migrated Elbe River to surrender, seek refuge and get away from danger .. Along with millions of survivors.
- 1945 The end of World War 2
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VIDEO Black Nationalism/Indpendence
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Yalta Conference
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Yalt Conference
February 1945 Yalt conference : the Soviets were in complete control of the eastern part of Germany . -
Superpower
Wartime alliance between superpowers (Soviet Union and the United States) began to fall apart -
VIDEO Animated Summary of Cold War
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VIDEO Origins of Cold War
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VIDEO USA and USSR Get Into Cold War
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Germany Divided
1940’s Germany ended up divided : E. Germany was under control of Soviet Union. W. Germany was under control of U.S., Great Britain and France . -
The United Nations
A supranational organization dedicated to keeping world peace - includes : China, Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States- final version was completed at United Nations Conference in San Francisco -
Potsdam Conference
August 1945 Potsdam Conference: While the other superpowers tried to convince stalin to change his direction, the soviets push forward and installed a communist government in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe.
- Harry S. Truman stepped up against Stalin and stated that the U.S. didnt need help form the Soviets when they were going to take care of Japan. -
Iron Curtain
Iron curtain comes down on Europe with one side controlled by Soviet Union including East Germany and Poland, while the other side were capitalist nations of western Europe. -
Winston Churchill
As proclaimed by Churchill himself an iron curtain comes down on Europe -
Iron Curtain Fell Down On Europe
- 1946 The Iron Curtain fell down on Europe
- Soviet Union controlled Poland, E. Germany and half of Korea
- The U.S, France and Great Britian controlled W. Germany, Japan and half of Korea.
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Muhammad Ali-Jinnah
Muslim League headed by Ali-Jinnah calls for Day of Direct Action in the midst of negotiations with the British regarding independence -
Decolonization
Decolonized nations of India and Pakistan become independent nations -
Truman Doctrine
March 12 1947 - The Truman Doctrine
- Stated the split between the free and enslaved people
- Greece and Turkey had communist movements that threatened democracy
- Drew the battle lines of the Cold War
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Nehru
Nehru was the first prime minister of India and the central figure of the politics in India during the 20th century. He also became the leader of the Indian Independence movement and he ruled India as an independent nation in 1947. He was considered to be the founder of modern India. He made socialist economic reforms. Like many other leaders, Nehru was against the Cold War. He developed a policy of ‘positive neutrality in India. -
Cold War Between US and USSR
- 1947 the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States begins.
- The cold war would once again divide global populations , categorize nations as either soviet or united states sides.
- The Grand Alliance of the United States and the Soviet Union and Great Britian were able to stay together long enough to take down Hitler . But soon fell afterwards.
- 1947 the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States begins.
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Ghandi
Ghandi avoids celebrations regarding independence for India and Pakistan and predicts “rivers of blood” will flow -
Stalin
Stalin expels Yugoslavia from Soviet rule -
Marshall Plan
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Mao Tse-tung
Mao was a Chinese communist revolutionary and a political therorist. He was the founding father of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, he governed thre countury as the chairman of the communist party in China until his death. -
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Soviets)
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Building The Cold War
The conflict between the United states and the soviet union, starting after WWII (1949-1962). The united states was scared that the soviets wanted to destroy democratic and capitalist institutions, while the USSR feared the U.S wanted to use its money and power to dominate europe and overthrow the soviet system. other cause were thought from the USSR, such as american atomic bomb, dislike of capitalism, fear of american attack, and spread of communism. As well as the USSR expanding into west eur -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO)
- included : Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States. - Goal: keep peace in Europe alliance against the Soviet Union
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Containment
US, Britain, and France occupy Germany and form the Federal Republic of Germany as a result of containment conflicts. -
MAD
During the Cold War, MAD meant Mutual Assured Destruction. It was a doctrine of military strategy.It mainly referred to nuclear weapons and basic principle. For example, the United States were to attack the Soviet Union using nuclear weapons then the Soviet Union would respond in the same way. It was like ‘if you do this, I will do this’ situation. On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union did this act with the United States. -
Pax Americana
Soviet Union encourages new nations to reject involvement in the ES international system causing the Pax Americana to mix with Imperialism -
Confrontations in Korea and Cuba
The Korean war (1950 - 1953) : after WWII, Korea separated into North and South Korea. North Korea being Communist and South Korea being Republic. China supported North Korea, while the United states and Western Europe supported South Korea. N. Korea tryed taking over but the U.N helped stop them. later china joined in and tried taking over South Korea again, but failed. the U.N had overthrown the chineses and demanded them to go back. -
Proxy War
The Proxy war were the most common during the Cold War, mainly because of the two nuclear-armed superpowers, which were the Soviet Union and the United States, did not actually want to directly fight each other. The reason being that it would be a big risk for a nuclear war to start. -
Mau Mau
Secret Kikuyu society known as Mau Mau embark on violent campaign against Europeans and those thought to be African traitors. -
Reformed Communism
Reformed communism forms one without the terror and intimidation that was present during the Stalin era. -
Reformed Colonization
(After Stalin's death) reformed communism is formed to go against US’s reformed capitalism. -
Nuclear Arms Race
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Eisenhower
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Senator McCarthy
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the idea of communism frightened many people in the United States. A Republican Senator named Joseph P. McCarthy, spent about five years trying to expose communists and people in the U.S who agreed with the idea of communism. He tried to convince many Americans that their own government were filled with traitors and spies. Later, he made an attack on the army in 1954. -
Non-Alignment
Leaders from 23 Asian and 6 African nations met in Bandung Indonesia to discuss non-alignment to find an alternative between choosing whether to support US or Soviet Union. -
NATO
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1955 Warsaw Pact
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Peaceful Coexistence
This term has the word ‘peaceful’ in it, but this term actually made the Cold War more dangerous. Khrushchev wanted Eastern Europe to anti-Soviet rebellions in 1956, and he made a statement on this. When this occurred in Poland and hungary, Khrushchev sent Russian troops to re-establish Soviet control. Russia and the United States competed in every way possible during the Cold War, rather it be in sports or politics. -
Castro
Revolutionary movement headed by Fidel Castro Ruz overthrows autocratic Fulgenio Batista and Zaldivar. -
Nixon
Vice President of US, Richard M Nixon arrives in Moscow to open American National Exhibition -
The Kithen Debate CARTOON
While U.S President, Nixon travels to Moscow, hishost Nikita S. Khrushchev rudly omplains about the " captive nations" resloution. This sparks an entire debate that ranges from the uses of kitchen gadgets, the capitalist attitude toward women and the working class in the United States. -
National Liberation
Vietnamese nationalist form national liberation front (NLF) to fight for freedom from the South Vietnamese. -
Nuclear Deterrence
: During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union each built a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Soviet policy rested on the conviction that a nuclear war could be fought and won. The United States adopted nuclear deterrence, the credible threat of retaliation to forestall enemy attack. -
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev approves building of Berlin Wall. -
Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy’s authorized invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro and his supporters takes place at the Bay of Pigs -
Berlin Wall
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Cuba
In 1962 when the Union started to build their missile installations in Cuba in a very secretive manner and at great speed. However they got caught red handed when the reconnaissance photographs captured the under construction sites in Cuba. Once the president of the United states heard, he deployed a naval quarantine around the waters of cuba. Following this the news was made public and it was understood that any launch from Cuba would be considered as a war on the United States. With the navy p -
Nkruhmah
Nkrumah was the leader of Ghana from 1951 to 1966. He was the first President of Ghana and the First Prime Minister of Ghana.
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Truman Doctrine
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