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Cold War (Events: (Berlin Blockade & Airlift: the Soviet Union…
Cold War
Events:
Berlin Blockade & Airlift: the Soviet Union tried to cut off all supplies to the capitalist Western Germany, so the US and Great Britain flew in plans in extremely short intervals for 11 months to help the German citizens.
Berlin Wall: Separation of East and West Germany, a wall between communism and capitalists
Korean War: North and South Korea was fighting over whether Korea should be communist of capitalist.
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Invasion of Afghanistan: The communist countries invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to change them to communism, but then the US brought in supplies to help citizens. Their action was an attempt to stop the spread of communism and promote capitalism.
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Molotov Plan: USSR's answer to to Marshal Plan - money to promote communism & rebuild the image of Russia
Truman Doctrine: Greece in civil war -- Turkey under pressure to be communism -- support people resisting communism
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Arms Race: Russia and the US were in a race to advance weapons in preparation for war (lasted over 4 decades)
Vocabulary:
Cold War: from just after WWII until 1991, when the US and the USSR competed with one another to increase influence around the world
Containment: US policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism
Iron Curtain: Europe's division between mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
Super Power: An extremely powerful nation capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations
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Communism vs. Capitalism
Communism
Countries: USSR, China, Mongolia, Manchuria, North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan
derived from Marx - advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid for their abilities and needs
Capitalism
Countries: US, Great Britain, most of Western Europe
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state