https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar Padlet about The Cold War en-us 2018-02-20 15:35:54 UTC 2025-12-03 15:32:18 UTC hello@padlet.com victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241070273 - Feb 4, 1945 – Feb 11, 1945;
- It was a conference that took place in Yalta towards the end of WWII;
- Conference between United States (FDR) , Great Britain (Churchill) and The Soviet Union (Stalin);

Decisions:
- Germany would be divided into 4 zones of occupation between the countries in Yalta + France;
-  Germany would pay reparations to the Soviet Union;
- Stalin would help with the war against Japan;
- Soviet Union would allow free elections in Eastern Europe (Poland);]]> 2018-03-12 18:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241070273 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241070326 - July 17, 1945 - August 2, 1945;
- United States (Truman), Soviet Union (Stalin), Great Britain;
- The atomic bomb is ready for use;
- The main powers give Japan one last warning to surrender;]]> 2018-03-12 18:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241070326 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241138641 - It was a containment policy designed by President Truman to prevent communism from spreading around Europe and promote democracy;
- It was announced on March 12, 1947;
- It focused mainly on Turkey and Greece;
- It provided these countries with financial support;
- It cost millions of dollars;]]> 2018-03-12 22:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241138641 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241139101 - It was a containment policy  suggested and promoted by General George C. Marshall;
- Its goal was to spread democracy and capitalism around Western Europe;
- It provided financial support as well as resources for these countries to rebuilt themselves;
- It cost billions of dollars (much more expensive than the Truman Doctrine);]]> 2018-03-12 22:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241139101 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241174249 - It was the moment of tension when the Soviet Union placed a nuclear missile in Cuba aiming the United States;
- Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962;
-  JFK called the Soviet's bluff;
- JFK and Khrushchev meet up and it is the first time that a problem of this level is solved with diplomacy (talking and negotiating);]]> 2018-03-13 01:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241174249 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241176211 - It was the attempt of the United States to invade Cuba;
- CIA trained Cuban exiles that fled to the United States, due to Castro's rise to power for this invasion;
- Fidel Castro was the communist leader of Cuba, who had overthrown the previous government;
- Mission failed due to America's lack of commitment to it;
- JFK failed and the American people were worried about what would come next;
- JFK called it a "FIASCO";]]> 2018-03-13 01:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241176211 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241177441 - First hot conflict of the Cold War;
-  South Korea had the United States' support while North Korea had the Soviet's support and Communist China's;
- Jun 25, 1950 – Jul 27, 1953;
- It started when North Korea crossed the 38th parallel;
- Truman x General MacArthur;
- McCarthyism = fear of communism;
- The U.S. failed to defeat communist North Korea and that led to eve more tension amongst Americans about Communism;

]]> 2018-03-13 01:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241177441 victoria_bezerra https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241294146 -  Nationalists x Communists;
- The Nationalists, who controlled southwestern China, were led by Jiang Jieshi;
- Communists, who controlled northwest China, were led by Mao Zedong;
-  U.S sided with the Nationalists, while the Soviet Union;
- Mao took control over the industries of China and launched the "Great Leap Forward" to expand the communes he had set up, but it failed;
- It failed because the Chinese did not approve excessive control and it lacked an efficient plan;
- Nationalists fled to Taiwan;]]> 2018-03-13 11:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/victoria_bezerra/thecoldwar/wish/241294146