COLD WAR

EQ: What is the Cold War? Page 32

 Yalta Conference
Which countries attended the Yalta Conference?
What decisions were made at the Yalta
conference in 1945?

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 Yalta Conference
What decisions were
Leaders of which made at the Yalta
countries attended the conference in 1945?
Yalta Conference?
USA Divide Germany into
Allied zones
Britain
USSR Germany to pay
reparations for loss of life
and property
USSR to join war
against Japan
Free elections to
 Cold war definition
a state of political hostility between countries
characterized by threats, propaganda, and other
measures short of open warfare

US vs. USSR
Capitalism/Democracy vs. Communism
1945-1990
 Is it war?
Goals US vs USSR
USA and USSR had USA USSR

conflicting goals after

WWII
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 Goals after WWII
USA USSR
- Encourage democracy Encourage communism
Gain access to resources Rebuild country using Eastern European
resources
Rebuild European governments for Control E. Europe to protect Soviet borders
stability and markets
Reunite Germany, increase stability in Keep Germany divided to prevent war
Germany again
 Berlin

East
Germany
West
Germany

Allied occupation of Germany

United Nations
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Nations
United Nations
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Nations
48 Countries + USA and USSR
Based in New York
Protect against aggression
General Assembly
Security Council= 11 members with 5
permanent members
New Worlds
1st world: western nations, capitalistic, mostly
democracies
2nd world: communist and socialist countries,
Eastern bloc
3rd world: non-aligned, developing nations
Containment
US Foreign Policy
Directed at blocking USSR influence and
stopping spread of communism
Actions: forming alliances and helping weak
countries resist soviet advancement
Define:
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
NATO
Warsaw Pact