The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc, after World War II. There was no direct military fighting, but rather a war of words and growing military buildup as the two nations supported opposing sides in regional conflicts like the Korean War. Key events that defined the Cold War included the rise of communism in Russia in 1917, the end of WWII in 1945 that marked the beginning of tensions, and the division of Germany and Korea along ideological lines. Throughout the late 1940s to early 1990s, the two superpowers engaged in arms races, the formation of opposing alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and

1. By Matt Kollig The Cold war

2. No military fighting War of words What Does Cold War Mean?

3. 1917 Bolshevik Revolution 1945 End of WWII The Beginning

4. Soviet Union Communism USA Capitalism Conflicting Governments

5. USA obligated to help countries threatened by communism 400 million dollars Truman doctrine

6. Joseph McCarthy Public Accusation of Communism in the Government Innocent people condemned Mccarthyism

7. Communist supported North Korea USA supported South Korea 38th Parallel Korean Demilitarized Zone Korean War

8. USA Election of 1952 Dwight Eisenhower Russia Death of Stalin Rise of Khrushchev New Leaders

9. 1955 SEATO 1955 Warsaw Pact Alliances

10. Race To Space Hydrogen Bomb Race Olympic Hockey Team Continuing Competition

11. Fidel Castro Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Revolution

12. Became President Assassinated 1964 Khrushchev ousted Beginning of Vietnam War The Kennedy Era

13. Richard Nixon Watergate Scandal Vietnam falls to communism The 70’s

14. The 80’s Iran Contra Affair Gorbachev new Soviet Leader Nuclear missiles removed from Europe

15. Germany Reunited 1989 Communist governments fall 1991 End of Soviet Union Fall of Berlin Wall

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