The Cold War

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  • Nuclear Threats

    Nuclear Threats
    After the dropping of the Atom Bomb in Japan, nuclear weapons threatened the world.
    In the Arms Race, the U.S. and Soviet Union competed with each other to develop more powerful and expansive armories and weapons

  • Policy of Containment

    Policy of Containment
    Containment was a United States policy using several strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to the moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.

  • Creation of Alliance

    Creation of Alliance
    Soviet Union and U.S. both joined many world organizations that helped to lead to more tension. Warsaw Pact, 1955-Soviet Union and Soviet Satellite nations joined in a treaty to protect each other from a NATO alliance attack

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    During the early years of the Cold War, West Berlin was a geographical loophole. The Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    In 1959, Fidel Castro became dictator of Cuba. President John F. Kennedy demanded the missiles be removed.