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Cold War

Cold War. 1945-1989 Struggle between democracy and communism. What was the Cold War?. Conflict between the communists and democratic nations Communists were led by the Soviet Union Democratic nations led by the United States. Source: http://www.funfront.net/hist/europe/coldwar.htm .

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Cold War

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  1. ColdWar 1945-1989 Struggle between democracy and communism

  2. What was the Cold War? • Conflict between the communists and democratic nations • Communists were led by the Soviet Union • Democratic nations led by the United States Source: http://www.funfront.net/hist/europe/coldwar.htm

  3. Brussels Treaty • Signed March 17th, 1948 • Signed by Belgium, France, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom • Established the Western Union • Support in economic, social, and cultural matters Signing of the Treaty of Brussels Source: http://www.ena.lu/signing-brussels-treaty-brussels-17-march-1948-020704497.html

  4. National Atlantic Treaty Organization • April 4, 1949 • 12 Nations joined • United States, Canada, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Italy, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg • Members of the organization all agreed that Russian Communism would become a threat to the democratic world • Result: European countries came together under American control. Source: http://www.funfront.net/hist/europe/coldwar.htm#The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  5. Causes of the Cold War • Ideological • United States- rights to form political parties, right of assembly, of speech, and of the press • Soviet Union- No right to form political parties, right of speech, assembly, and press • No compromise between them because the governments were different • Economical • United States- free trade worldwide • Soviet Union- no interaction with other countries in the trading industry • Russia was afraid that if they traded with the west, they would’ve became weaker as a country because of western ways of life Source: http://www.funfront.net/hist/europe/coldwar.htm#CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR

  6. Causes of the Cold War (cont.) • Power Opposition • Power was mostly shared between the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII • Each country wanted to take over one another • This caused the two countries to battle • Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan Source: http://www.funfront.net/hist/europe/coldwar.htm#CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR

  7. Truman Doctrine • Address presented by President Harry S. Truman • Asked for $400 million in military and economic support from Turkey and Greece • March 12, 1947 • "It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." - President Harry Truman President Harry S. Truman signing a document. http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_112.shtml

  8. Marshall Plan (ERP) • Three months after the Truman Doctrine was signed • Also known as the European Recovery Program(ERP) • George C. Marshall came up with the idea of offering American financial aid for European economic recovery • President Truman signed the first bill for $5,300,000,000 • On December 31st of 1951, the European Recovery Program ended and had spent about $12,500,000,000 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmarshallP.htm

  9. Conflicts during the Cold War

  10. Bay of Pigs Invasion • April 17, 1961 • Led by and paid for by the United States for Cuban exiles • April 15th, three U.S. planes flown by Cubans bombed Cuban air bases • Planned by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • Happened because Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ties with Cuba • Against a dictator named Fidel Castro in Cuba. • It was unsuccessful http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/bay_of_pigs.html

  11. Cuban Missile Crisis • October 1962 • The Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba • President John F. Kennedy sent a blockade to Cuba to prevent any Russian ship bring more missiles, weapons, etc. • Soviet Union wanted to feel more powerful than the United States • Finally after a month, Russian Premier Nikita S, Khrushchev agreed to withdraw all Soviet bombs and missiles http://www.hpol.org/jfk/cuban/

  12. Vietnam War • 1957 • Vietnam is split into two sections, Communist and non-Communist • Ngo Dinh Diem • South Vietnam leader • Became a disgrace and was unpopular • Diem continues to recruit more and more troops as years went on • May 1963 • Buddhist Population rebels against Diem because they thought he was getting in the way of their religious practices • United States joined S. Vietnam after an attack against the U.S. destroyers, Maddox and C. Turner Joy, off the coast of N. Vietnam • The war continued to grow until S. Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam in 1975 U.S. Destroyer Maddox U.S. Destroyer C. Turner Joy http://library.thinkquest.org/22059/conflict/

  13. Korean War • 1945 • The U.S. and Soviet Union agreed to split up Korea into two sections, North and South • 1950 • Tension began to build because of the efforts put into reuniting the country failed • June 25, North Koreans invaded South Korea, and South Korea(occupied by United States) responded within a few hours • 1951 • Peace talks began. On and off. http://library.thinkquest.org/22059/conflict/

  14. THE END! 

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