Cold War 9 Nuclear War 1 The Cold

Cold War #9 Nuclear War! 1. The Cold War was the conflict between these 2 nations. 2. What is communism?

New Alliances • NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) – 1949: US and 12 other countries formed a military alliance – Support each other if attacked by communism • How will the Soviet Union react? • Warsaw Pact (Communist Nations) – Alliance b/w Soviet Union, Poland, E. Germany, Czech, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania

Cold War Europe

Arms (weapons) Race • 1949: USSR had an A-bomb! – How does US respond?

• US needs a bigger bomb! – 1952: US detonates (sets off) a Hydrogen Bomb (H-bomb) thousands of times stronger than an A-bomb – USSR gets one too! • What could happen next? What if the USA does something the USSR doesn’t like? What could it lead to?

Brinkmanship: willingness to go to war • US stated that if USSR provoked them, the US would attack immediately! • US and USSR on the brink (edge) of war! • How would this make you feel if you were living in the US or USSR?

Space Race • 1957: USSR put the 1 st satellite, Sputnik, into space! – What should the US do? • 1958: US launches a satellite

• CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in US institutes spy planes, U-2’s, to see what the Soviets are up to • 1960: Soviets shot U-2 plane & capture pilot …. but now what does the US do? • he will be released…tensions cool off…. for now!

Cold War #10: China pg. 335 and pg. 401 • Cause – What started it? • Effect – What does it lead to or what happens in the end as a result?