emergence of the cold war. background cold war lasted from 1945 until 1991 u.s. (democracy &...
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Background• Cold War lasted from 1945 until 1991
• U.S. (democracy & capitalism) vs.
USSR (communism)
• Europe was at the center – divided between NATO & the Warsaw Pact
• It became a global “conflict” as the superpowers attempted to establish influence & dominance in areas that were former European colonies.
1. Emergence of the Cold War
1. “Iron Curtain” falls
2. Winston Churchill
3. Imaginary boundary b/t
4. Stalin (& Molotov) call Western democracies
II. Reason for Animosity1. ideological
2. Soviet desire for
3. Disagreement over
4. U.S. belief in
5. Siberian Expedition & Second Front
III. United Nations
1. Founded in 1945
2. Two governing bodies
a) General Assembly
b) Security Council
3. Ineffective in beginning b/c
4. Baruch Plan
IV. Early Western Successes in Cold War
1. Containment =
a) stop the _______________
b) This U.S. policy:
1) was a major
2) meant U.S. had become a
permanent player
3. Marshall Plana) gave ________aid to W. Europe. Why?
b) It restored
c) It encouraged
d) Soviet response
e) Comecon
f) Cominform
4. Berlin Airlift (1948)
a) Germany divided into
b) Berlin
c) Soviets wanted
d) 1948 – Soviets
e) Allies response:
f) May 1949 -
VI. Rivalries Outside of Europe
1. Israela) created in May
b) U.N. resolution called for
c) Israel almost immediately at
d) U.S. supports Israel. Why?
e) USSR supports?
VIII. Korean War1. At Potsdam
2. Korea was supposed to be
a) U.S. occupiedb) USSR occupied
3. N. Korea invades S. Korea in 1950
4. War ends with an armistice in 1952