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The Cold War

The Cold War. Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948). The Yalta Conference and Soviet control of Eastern Europe. Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948). Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R. Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism.

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The Cold War

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  1. The Cold War

  2. Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948) • The Yalta Conference and Soviet control of Eastern Europe

  3. Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948) • Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R. • Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism

  4. Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948) • President Truman and the Policy of Containment

  5. Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948) • Eastern Europe • Soviet satellite nations • The Iron Curtain

  6. Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989) • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vs. the Warsaw Pact

  7. Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989) • Korean Conflict

  8. Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989) • Vietnam War

  9. Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989) • Berlin and significance of Berlin Wall

  10. Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989) • Cuban Missile Crisis

  11. Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989) • Nuclear weapons and the theory of deterrence

  12. Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1989- ) • Soviet economic collapse • Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries • Tearing down of Berlin Wall

  13. Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1989- ) • Breakup of USSR • Expansion of NATO

  14. Containment • Policy for preventing the expansion of communism

  15. Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in China • Division of China into two nations at the end of the Chinese civil war • Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)- Nationalist China (island of Taiwan)

  16. Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in China • Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong)- Communist China (mainland China) • Continuing conflict between the two Chinas • Communist China’s participation in Korean Conflict

  17. Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam • Role of French imperialism • Leadership of Ho Chi Minh

  18. Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam • Vietnam as a divided nation • Influence of policy of containment

  19. Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam • The United States and the Vietnam War • Political cartoon • by John FrithThe Herald, June 1968from the National Library of Australia

  20. Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam • Vietnam as a reunited communist country today

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