https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j en-us 2023-04-07 16:17:08 UTC 2023-04-12 02:17:29 UTC hello@padlet.com bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2547274867 NATO was formed with the intention that an attack on any members of NATO was an attack on all of the members. This provided safety and defense for many countries while also combating communism. The Warsaw Pact was formed as a result of West Germany arming itself and also joining NATO. The USSR created the Warsaw Pact to protect itself and the countries in its spheres of influence. The Warsaw Pact also allowed for the USSR to exercise greater control on the countries around it and crush revolts.]]> 2023-04-07 16:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2547274867 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2547276700 A civil war broke out where the Viet Cong (Communist North Vietnam) hoped to unify Vietnam together into one communist country. The U.S. wanted to stop the spread of Communism and started backing South Vietnam. The U.S. and South Vietnam lost the war and Vietnam was unified into a communist state.]]> 2023-04-07 16:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2547276700 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548214406 Before the Berlin Wall was erected, people from both sides of Berlin could cross between the eastern and western half. Because of this, many skilled and educated workers moved over to the western side. This frustrated the Soviets, and they built a wall to stop the crossing. The Berlin Wall divided families and was a symbol of oppression. On November 9, 1989, the Soviet's announced people could freely cross the wall starting at midnight. The people swarmed the wall and brought tools to bring it down.]]> 2023-04-10 00:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548214406 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548227418 The U.S. gave out a lot of money (over 12 billion) to Europe after WW2 to help rebuild from damages as long as those countries would pledge not to follow Communism. The Communist viewed this as a challenge and this deteriorated relations between the U.S. and the Soviets. Europe was helped in its industrialization by the Marshall Plan.]]> 2023-04-10 00:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548227418 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548227607 This was the Soviet's reply to the Marshall Plan. The Molotov Plan seeked to hold the Soviet's sphere of influence of Eastern Europe. They did this by helping these countries rebuild, but also by forcing them to not accept the Marshall Plan.]]> 2023-04-10 00:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548227607 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548235927 In the years leading to the soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviets had many middle eastern countries under their control. There was a lot of rebelling and civil unrest in Afghanistan. The Soviets finally invaded in 1979 hoping to end the rebellions because those rebellions may incite more protests in soviet controlled middle eastern countries. In addition, Afghanistan's leader was undesirable according to soviet interest, so the country was invaded to have him removed. Afghanistan was never fully conquered]]> 2023-04-10 00:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548235927 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548238253 The U.S. had invaded Cuba (The Bay of Pigs Invasion) which made deteriorated relations with Cuba by a significant amount. Cuba sided with the Soviet Union and was supplied with missiles. The missiles stationed in Cuba was a threat to U.S. security, heightening the tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets.]]> 2023-04-10 01:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548238253 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548269346 Korea was split, one half backed by the soviets and the other by the Americans. North Korea invaded South Korea, and the U.S. intervened to stop the spread of Communism. The U.S. pushed past the "middle line" dividing Korea, which prompted fear that the U.S. might invade China as well. China then sent its support to North Korea. ]]> 2023-04-10 01:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2548269346 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2550676198 The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état remained controversial as the democratically elected president of Guatemala was overthrown by the CIA with the justification that it was against communism. This happened after the president of Guatemala issued many reforms and tried to redistribute some of United Fruit's land to the people. This harmed U.S. profits and so the president was overthrown and the dictator Carlos Castillo Armas. The following leaders of Guatemala were authoritarian, but also backed by the U.S.]]> 2023-04-11 20:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2550676198 bennguyen3141 https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2550691058 Patrice Lumumba was elected democratically to be leader of the Republic of the Congo. However, his interests were not in line with the U.S. because he appealed to the Soviet's for aid, so the CIA worked to have him assassinated. When he was finally killed, a new dictator was installed ]]> 2023-04-11 20:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Cold_war/e1wm46q47oz9h83j/wish/2550691058