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Cold War Review

Cold War Review. NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Formed in 1949 Military alliance of several noncommunist countries --- “An attack on one is an attack on all”. Warsaw Pact. Warsaw Pact. Formed in response to NATO Military Alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc Countries

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Cold War Review

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  1. Cold War Review

  2. NATO

  3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Formed in 1949 • Military alliance of several noncommunist countries --- “An attack on one is an attack on all”

  4. Warsaw Pact

  5. Warsaw Pact • Formed in response to NATO • Military Alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc Countries • “An attack on one is an attack on all”

  6. Bay of Pigs

  7. Bay of Pigs • US trained Cuban exiles and invaded Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. • Kennedy was President • Attempt failed

  8. Cuban Missile Crisis

  9. Cuban Missile Crisis • An event that almost brought the US and the Soviet Union to the brink of war. • Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the United States • JFK and Khrushchev avoided war

  10. Democracy

  11. Democracy • A government characterized by freedom • The people have the power • The United States is a democracy

  12. Communism

  13. Political theory where property is publicly owned and a classless society develops • Soviet Union was considered communism, though not in its truest sense.

  14. What countries in the world today are considered communist?

  15. 1. Cuba • 2. China • 3. Laos • 4. Vietnam • 5. N. Korea

  16. John F. Kennedy

  17. Became president in 1961 • Was assassinated in 1963 • Domestic Policy was New Frontier • Was President during Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs

  18. Nikita Khrushchev

  19. Nikita Khrushchev • Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin • Went head-to-head with President Kennedy

  20. Containment

  21. Containment • Trying to do whatever possible to stop the spread of communism

  22. Marshall Plan

  23. An economic plan to help rebuild Europe • The US offered money to countries that did not support communism to help them rebuild

  24. Eastern Bloc

  25. Countries behind the Iron Curtain; countries that supported the Soviet Union

  26. Fidel Castro

  27. Communist leader of Cuba • Recently stepped down and now his brother is leading the country

  28. Berlin Wall

  29. Wall built to separate the East and West in Germany

  30. Capitalism

  31. An economic system • Characterized by free market, supply and demand – people decide what services to buy and sell • The United States has a Capitalist system

  32. Socialism • An economic and political system where the means of production is regulated by the government • It’s the in between capitalism and communism

  33. Totalitarianism

  34. Totalitarianism • Stalin/Krushschev • Every aspect of daily life is controlled by the government, the dictator

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