2. Two sides face off
2 Superpowers after WWII
United States
Democratic
Allied with Western countries
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
Soviet Union
Communist
Allied with Eastern countries
Warsaw Pact
Two sides divided by “Iron
Curtain”
3. Berlin Wall West Berlin- Democratic
East Berlin- Communist
Wall stopped people
fleeing from East to West
Berlin
Resistance to
Communism
East Germany,
Hungary, Poland,
Czechoslovakia
Rebellion stopped by
Warsaw Pact and Soviet
troops
5. 1960s- Britain, France, China develop nuclear weapons
1968- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Stop spread of nuclear weapons
Détente
Relaxation of tension during 1970s
Ended when Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979
6. Cold War goes Global
U.S. formed alliances with Britain, France, Australia,
Pakistan, Thailand, New Zealand, the Philipines,
Turkey, Iran, Japan, and South Korea
Built many military bases around the world- encircling
the enemy
Soviets allied with many African and Asian
governments including China
Shooting wars in Korea and Vietnam
U.S., Soviet Union, and China all got involved
7. Cuba
Fidel Castro-
Organized rebellion against corrupt Cuban dictator
Supported Soviet Union
Restricted Cuban freedom
Bay of Pigs
U.S. invasion of Cuba
Invaders captured by Castro’s forces- trade embargo
with Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962
Soviet Union sent nuclear weapons to Cuba