THE COLD

WAR
1945-1989

WHAT WAS THE COLD

WAR?
Tension without actual fighting
between the United States and the
Soviet Union. Lead to the world into
two camps.

The Two Superpowers

United States: Democratic/Capitalist
Soviet Union: Dictatorial/Communist

THE BEGINNING
Yalta Conference 1945: Roosevelt,
Churchill, Stalin talked about post war
Europe

Germany was divided The Iron Curtain

1946

WEST: United States, Great Britain, and France.

EAST: Soviet Union

Marshall Plan: United States help aid European

nations after WWII.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization1949

Western military alliance
Versus.
Warsaw Pact - 1955
Soviet Union forms an alliance with
communist countries
Containment Policy: United States policy to
stop the spread of communism

KOREAN WAR
Korea is divided into North Korea and South Korea
by the 38th parallel.
Soviet supports North Korea with communism
United States supports South Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea
US Soldiers helps South Korea with the fight

CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS 1962
Soviet started to build nuclear missile
launch sites on Cuba.
Kennedy wanted to remove the missiles
from Cuba
Soviets removed the missiles in
response to the United States blockade
of Cuba

SOUTH VIETNAM
The United States intervened to stop the
spread of communism the Domino
Theory
1954 Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower began
to start sending weapons and military
advisors to help South Vietnamese army.
1963 Pres. Kennedy increased the
support with more weapons

COLLAPSE OF
COMMUNISM
9 of the 15 republics declared
independence from the Soviet Union and
Communism. One being the Russian
Federation
The Fall Berlin Wall 1989
The Iron curtain was knocked down
The East and The West was united

THE UNITED STATES

SOCIETY
Factories return to producing consumers
good. Strong Economy
Baby Boom most women return to family
responsibilities. Men came home from
the war. This lead to a huge
demographics
GI Bill of Rights gave education,
housing, and employment benefits to
WWII veterans