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Definition: Nation's don't meet on the battlefield
Political tension and rivalry
Compete for world superpower
Soviet Union and Stalin: After WW2, the U.S. and the Soviet Union began to distrust each other
S.U. broke promise for free elections in Eastern Europe
Set up communist/ pro- Soviet governments in those countries
Upset at the idea of Germany reunifications
Blockade West Berlin: In response, U.S. launched a massive airlift of supplies into West Germany
Winston Churchill said that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen over Eastern Europe
U.S. was afraid of communism spreading around the world and eventually to the United States
Truman Doctrine: President Harry Truman's min strategy to fight the Cold War
Hope to contain the spread of communism
U.S. gave money to help rebuild Europe after the war (Marshall Plan)
To receive- countries had to pledge to support democracy
Containment: Truman's policy of stopping the spread of communism
U.S> felt if they could stop communism from spreading
Democracies could be set up in those countries
NATO and the Warsaw Pact: North Atlantic Treaty Organization - created as a defensive alliance for Western Europe as the communists gained control of Eastern Europe
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact alliance for the nations of Eastern Europe
Joseph McCarthy: Used American's fear of communism would come to the U.S.Red Scare - Americans afraid communism would come to the U.S.House Un-American Activities Committee - Identify communists in government and societyclaims never proven- ruined lives of
Space Race: The U.S. and Soviet Union competed against each other to be the first to go into space
Soviet Union launched first satellite in 1957, named "Sputnik"
At first the U.S. was losing the "Space Race", but eventually caught up and passed the Russians b
Arms Race: Under President Eisenhower, U.S. developed a policy of "Brinksmanship" - U.S. would go to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union to stop the Spread of Communism
This started the nuclear arms race
Both countries developed a Hydrogen Bomb by
Espionage: Both countries spied on each other
Central Intelligence Agency - CIA established
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried and executed for allegedly selling atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets
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