THE COLD WAR WHAT THE PERIOD OF TENSION

THE COLD WAR

WHAT THE PERIOD OF TENSION BETWEEN THE U. S. & THE SOVIET UNION AFTER

FEAR That this tension would lead to WW III breaking out, and end the world. Both sides had developed Nuclear weapons & were

SOVIET GOALS -Spread Communism -Use Eastern Europe as a “buffer” -Influence Third World nations before the U. S. did. (A. K. A. developing nations) -Show the world that they were

U. S. GOALS -Spread Democracy & Capitalism -Contain the spread of Communism -Rebuild Western Europe -Influence Third World nations before the Soviets did. -Show the world that we were superior to the Soviet Union.

IRON CURTAIN This was the phrase Winston Churchill used in 1946 to describe the division between Democratic Western Europe & Communist Eastern Europe.

NATO The military alliance between the U. S. , Canada, and Western Europe.

WARSAW PACT The military alliance between the Soviets and Eastern Europe. The Soviets would tell these “satellite” nations what they

NATIONS DIVIDED • GERMANY: EAST (C) & WEST (D) • KOREA: NORTH (C) & SOUTH (D) • VIETNAM: NORTH (C) & SOUTH (D)

BRINKMANSHIP THE TACTIC OF GOING TO THE “BRINK” OF WAR IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE THE OTHER SIDE

MAD MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION THE IDEA THAT BOTH NATIONS WOULD DESTROY EACH OTHER IF THEY USED NUCLEAR WEAPONS.