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*The Yalta Conference (Feb 4-‐11, 1945)
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Characteristics of the COLD WAR
Rivalry between US & USSR b/c…
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**What is a free enterprise (capitalist) system? • ____________________________________________________________________________________
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The “Iron Curtain-‐1945”
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US Response to COMMUNISM was a M.U.S.T. • M -‐ _________________________________________________________________________________ • U -‐ _________________________________________________________________________________ • S -‐ _________________________________________________________________________________ • T -‐ _________________________________________________________________________________
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The US Response/Strategy Containment Q: What would this mean? __________________________________________________________________________________________ Stop the _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________Truman Doctrine __________________________________________________________________________________________
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“The US should support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities or outside pressures… We must assist free people to work out their own destinies in their own way.” EVENTS of the COLD WAR – timeline 1945 – Post WWII
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1945 – UN is FINALLY formed • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________
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1949 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO
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NATO ** _______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Premier Nikita Khrushchev “About the capitalist states, it doesn’t depend on whether we (Soviet Union) exist. If you don’t like us, don’t accept our invitations, and don’t invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.” Nov. 18, 1956 1949 –
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