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Definition: Nations don't meet on the battlefield
Political tension & rivalry
Compete for world superpower
Soviet Union & Stalin: After WWII, the U.S. and 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 reunification
Blockade West Berlin: In response, U.S. launched a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin
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 U.S.
Truman Doctrine: President Harry Truman's main 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 that if they could stop Communism from spreading Democracies could be set up in those countries
NATO & 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 to gain political power
Red Scare - Americans afraid communism would come to the U.S.
House Un-American Activities Committee - identify Communism in government and society
Claims never proven.
Space Race: The US & Soviet Union competed against each other to be the first to go into space.
Soviet Union launched 1st satellite in 1957, named "Sputnik"
At first the US was losing the "space", but eventually caught up and passed the Russians by
Arms Race: Under Pres. Eisenhower, U.S.. developed a policy of "Brinkmanship" -US would go to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union to stop the spread of communism
His started a nuclear arms race
Both countries developed a Hydrogen bomb
Espionage: Both countries spied on each other
Central Intelligence Agency - CIA established
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were tried and executed for allegedly selling atomic bomb secrets to the soviets
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