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Cold War Definition: Nations 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 the idea of german reunification
Blockade of West Berlin: In response the U.S. launched a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin
Winston Churchill said that an iron curtain had fallen over eastern europe
Truman Doctrine: 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
To receive aid countries had to pledge to support democracy
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
NATO and Warsaw Pact: North Atlantic Treaty Organization was 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 communists in government and society
Claims never proven- ruined the lives
Space Race: The U.S. and Soviet Union competed against each other to be the first to go into space
The Soviet Union launched 1st satellite in 1957 named Sputnik
At first the U.S. was losing the space race but eventually caught up and passed the Russians by la
Arms Race: Under Pres. Eisenhower and Pres. Kennedy, the U.S. developed a policy of "Brinkmanship" - U.S. would go to the "brink" of nuclear war to stop communism
This started a nuclear arms race
Cuban Missile Crisis: Cuba provided a launch base for USSR missiles pointed at the U.S.
Soviet Union wanted to force JFK into bargaining over U.S. missile in Europe
First real threat of Nuclear war
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