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Stages of the Cold War

Stages of the Cold War. The Brink of War (1950-1963). Détente (1963-1986). Tensions Build (1945-1950). The End (1986-1991). Bay of Pigs Invasion. Escalation of the Vietnam War. USSR tests hydrogen bomb. Korean War. Berlin Wall built. U.S. tests 1 st hydrogen bomb.

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Stages of the Cold War

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  1. Stages of the Cold War The Brink of War (1950-1963) Détente (1963-1986) Tensions Build (1945-1950) The End (1986-1991)

  2. Bay of Pigs Invasion Escalation of the Vietnam War USSR tests hydrogen bomb Korean War Berlin Wall built U.S. tests 1st hydrogen bomb Soviets launch Sputnik Cuban Missile Crisis

  3. 90 miles!

  4. Kennedy Khrushchev

  5. Brinksmanship replaced

  6. By détente • Détente: French noun • (a) relaxation of a person; • release of a spring, • slackening of a rope, • easing of relations

  7. Lessening of Cold War tensions Relieves Cold War tension!

  8. (1963) Washington-Moscow Hotline (1963) Test Ban Treaty (1974)SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) (1982)START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks) (1986)SALT II

  9. End of the Cold War

  10. Gorbachev increased freedom Economic freedoms Perestroika Political freedoms Glasnost (“openness”)

  11. What happens when the Soviet people get a small taste of freedom?

  12. Nationalism on the rise It’s time to break free!

  13. 15satellite countries break free countries by December 1991 The remaining satellites were given more independence

  14. Boris Yeltsin declares himself the new leader of a democratized Soviet Union

  15. CIS Commonwealth of Independent States The USSR goes back to being called RUSSIA

  16. Gorbachev resigns

  17. And the USSR ceases to exist

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