Intro to Cold War Brochure by Ajinkya Patil

Intro to Cold War Brochure by Ajinkya Patil https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz Aj Patil; Musick; U.S History; 21 March 2018 en-us 2018-03-22 00:44:29 UTC 2023-04-05 13:47:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Cold War ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244802335 What it was- the struggle between free nations, such as the United States, and the communist nations, such as the Soviet Union, for world influence following the second world war. The Soviets and the United States never actually went to war.
It was between the United States and the Soviet Union for world influence.
It started because the Soviets were spreading communism around the globe after the second world war and the United States wanted to protect democracy by use of containment.

]]> 2018-03-22 00:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244802335 ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244802668 2018-03-22 00:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244802668 Containment ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244803259 The term used for describing the United States foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism. The Soviets tried influence the whole globe to follow their way of government, but the US was determined to contain the spread of communism. ]]> 2018-03-22 00:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244803259 Iron Curtain ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244803692 This was the name for the boundary line dividing Europe into two separate areas, the west side democratic and supported by the US and the east side communist with support of the Soviets. This term was first said by Winston Churchill the British Prime Minister.]]> 2018-03-22 00:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244803692 Truman Doctrine ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244804063 The president Harry S. Truman in a speech stated the idea that the US would help, aid, and support any country threatened by the Soviets and communism. Truman wanted to tell American people that the spread of communism would not be allowed by the United States government.]]> 2018-03-22 00:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244804063 Marshall Plan ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244804499 A plan to help rebuild Europe in which $13 billion was spent. this was a plan by the US to make communism less appealing in western Europe. ]]> 2018-03-22 00:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244804499 Berlin Airlift ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244804931 After the Soviets blockaded West Berlin, the United States responded by massive airlifts to provide food, medical equipment, and other necessities to the West Berliners and was a successful campaign which ended the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.]]> 2018-03-22 01:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244804931 NATO ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244805500 This stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an alliance between European and North American countries to protect each other in case of a possible attack. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244805500 Korean War ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244805850 North Korea which was backed by the Peoples Republic of China (communist) and the Soviet Union was a communist area of Korea. South Korea backed by the United States was a democratic area. North Koreans attacked the South in 1950 resulting in war. The war ended with a treaty that divided Korea at the 38th parallel. US did a good job containing the spread of communism in Korea. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244805850 McCarthyism ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244806282 Joseph McCarthy was a senator who made wild accusations at US government employees stating they were communist spies. Since then, this term is used to describe the making of accusations without hard evidence. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244806282 Space Race ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244806598 After the Soviets had launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, Americans believed they were falling behind in the Space Race. In America, the space movement was led by NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244806598 U-2 Incident ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244807425 On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets as the pilot Francis Gary Powers was taken prisoner. His mission was to take photos of Soviet Unions military sites. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244807425 Eisenhower Doctine ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244807970 This was a US foreign policy stated by former president Dwight D. Eisenhower which promised military and or economic aid to countries in the Middle East against communism. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244807970 Brinkmanship ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244808341 This term was used repeatedly during the Cold War, this is the practice of pushing a policy to its limit before stopping. This is best exemplified when Soviet Union pushed the limits by putting nuclear weapons in Cuba, very close to the United States, before removing them ]]> 2018-03-22 01:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244808341 Cuban Missile Crisis ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244809230 This was a 13 day period when the United States and the Soviets were very close to waging a full scale nuclear war. It started when the Soviets put nuclear weapons in Cuba. American U-2 spy planes spotted the nuclear weapons and President Kennedy issued a quarantine on Cuba, not a blockade because a blockade is used in times of war. The Soviets in the end removed the nuclear weapons from Cuba in an agreement in which the United States has to remove their weapons in Turkey. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244809230 Bay of Pigs Invasion ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244809847 The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had a plan to overthrow Fidel Castro of Cuba. This was the Bay of Pigs invasion in which US invaders were captured and outnumbered by Cuban forces as the mission failed. ]]> 2018-03-22 01:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244809847 Sources ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244810141

]]> 2018-03-22 01:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244810141 additional information ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244817722 The first regular television broadcast began in 1949 just 4 years after the end of the war. In addition to the TV other technologies brought Americans closer together than ever before. The landing of a man on moon and information about the cold war were all portrayed on TV during this time period. ]]> 2018-03-22 02:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244817722 ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818220 2018-03-22 02:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818220 ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818345 2018-03-22 02:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818345 ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818492 2018-03-22 02:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818492 ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818659 2018-03-22 02:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818659 ajinkyapatil57 https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818859 2018-03-22 02:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ajinkyapatil57/q2898dopyrvz/wish/244818859