THE COLD WAR

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US vs. USSR

• MUTUAL FEAR RESOUNDS BETWEEN THE 2 NATIONS
• INDIRECT FIGHTING
• USE OF THIRD PARTY NATIONS TO COMPETE FOR
  DOMINANCE

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SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

• AREAS CONTROLLED BY AND INFLUENCED BY A LARGER
  MORE POWERFUL NATION
• DEMOCRATIC NATIONS
• COMMUNIST NATIONS

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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

• COMMUNIST NATION
• COMINTERN SPREAD OF COMMUNIST IDEAS
• EASTERN EUROPE
• BECOMING THE COMMUNIST BLOC
• WARSAW PACT REPSONSE TO NATO

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UNITED STATES

• DEMOCRATIC
• NATO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
• WESTERN EUROPE AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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RED SCARE OF THE 1950S

• SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY
• ACCUSED POLITICIAN, AUTHORS, ENTERTAINERS, ETC..
  OF BEING COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS
• MCCARTHY TRIALS

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DIVISION OF GERMANY

• EAST COMMUNIST
• WEST DEMOCRATIC
• BERLIN IS ALSO DIVIDED

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BERLIN BLOCKADE

• OPERATION VITTLES AIRLIFT TO BERLIN
• JUNE 1948 - MAY 1949
• PLANES LANDED EVERY 3 MINUTES

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BERLIN WALL

• AUGUST 1961
• DIVIDED BERLIN TO STOP PEOPLE FROM LEAVING EAST
  BERLIN

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FIGHTING IN THE COLD WAR

• TURKEY
• CHINA
• GREECE
• KOREAN WAR
• CUBA
• VIETNAM WAR

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COMMUNIST CHINA

• BECOMES COMMUNIST IN 1949 LEAD BY MAO ZEDONG
• COMMUNIST DEFEAT THE NATIONALIST
• BACKED BY THE SOVIETS

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PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

• SUPORRTS NORTH KOREA
• SUPPORTS NORTH VIETNAM
• BECAME A NUCLEAR NATION IN 1964

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COLD WAR TERMS

• CONTAINMENT
• IRON CURTAIN
• DOMINO THEORY
• BRINKMANSHIP
• MARSHALL PLAN
• TRUMAN DOCTRINE

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SOVIET LEADERSHIP

• JOSEPH STALIN LEAVES POWER IN MID 1950S
• NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV TAKES OVER
• KHRUSHCEV IS AS RUTHLESS AS STALIN

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OTHER EVENTS OF THE COLD WAR

• SPUTNIK I 1957
• ICBM LATE 1950S
• U-2 AFFAIR 1960
• CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS 1961
• DÉTENTE
• SALTSTRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS TALKS

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• Oct. 4, 1957 -- The Soviet Union launches
  Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.

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SPACE RACE

• SOVIETS FIRST TO LAUNCH SATELLITE INTO SPACE
• AMERICANS FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON
• APOLLO 11
• JULY 20, 1969
• Neil Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, and
  Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

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INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
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U2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER THE USSR
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RUSSIAN LEADERS DURING THE COLD WAR

• LENIOD BREZHNEV 1964-1982
• YURI ANDROPOV 1982-1984
• KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO 1984-1985
• MIKHAIL GORBACHEV 1985-1991
• IN CONTROL OF THE SOVIET UNION WHEN COMMUNISM
  FALLS