https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux by Emmaus Townsend en-us 2021-03-10 17:19:27 UTC 2025-12-24 03:54:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294131339 2021-03-10 17:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294131339 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294146921 The Korean War was the splitting of North and South Korea, Where the North invaded the south trying to take it back, leading to 3 years of conflict in the country. The U.S. supported the democratic south, with the USSR/China supporting the communist North]]> 2021-03-10 17:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294146921 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294149917 After WWII, The state of Germany was controlled by the Winners of the war, The U.S. and the USSR. The U.S., France, and Britain took Western Germany and made it democratic. The USSR took Eastern Germany and made it communist.]]> 2021-03-10 17:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294149917 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294151352 Along with the splitting of Western and Eastern Germany, the U.S. wanted a stake in the capital as well. The U.S. and the USSR split Berlin in half separated by the Berlin Wall created by the USSR. The capital was split just like the country; half democratic and half communist. ]]> 2021-03-10 17:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294151352 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294152571 Joseph Stalin was the leader and dictator of the USSR. He promoted communism and wanted to spread it throughout the world after WWII]]> 2021-03-10 17:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294152571 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294154466 John F Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was against the spread of communism.]]> 2021-03-10 17:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294154466 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294174453 Douglas MacArthur was a United States general heading the battle in the Korean War. He pushed North, trying to make the whole country democratic.]]> 2021-03-10 17:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294174453 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294185357 A peacetime military alliance made up of 12 nations including the U.S. that agreed that an armed attack on one of the nations was an attack against all of them.

]]> 2021-03-10 17:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294185357 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294186578 A military alliance for Eastern Europe that included the Soviet Union, made in retaliation to NATO]]> 2021-03-10 17:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294186578 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294194657 The Overarching theme of the Cold War was fight over the U.S. and USSR trying to rebuild the world into either a democracy or through communism]]> 2021-03-10 17:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294194657 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294199955 The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism to the rebuilding countries after WWII. It focused on Eastern Europe, China, and North Korea]]> 2021-03-10 17:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294199955 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294202994 The U.S. in the Cold War wanted to spread democracy to the rebuilding countries after WWII. It focused on Western Europe, South Korea, and Vietnam. ]]> 2021-03-10 17:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294202994 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294207578 The fight between the U.S. and the USSR also led to a nuclear arms race. After seeing the power of the Atomic Bomb in WWII, the U.S. and Soviet Union began producing more weapons to possibly use in the cold war. This also lead to more nuclear research like the hydrogen bomb and global events like the Cuban Missile Crisis]]> 2021-03-10 17:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294207578 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294326990 In fear of USSR’s slow expansion with communism,  the U.S. tried to limit Stalin’s influence to Eastern Europe while the the U.S. reconstituted democratic governments in Western Europe. This containment strategy is seen with the splitting of Germany and Korea]]> 2021-03-10 17:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294326990 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294348065 Sec. of State George Marshall’s plan to have a massive infusion of American capital to rebuild European economy after WWII]]> 2021-03-10 17:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294348065 2157975 https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294356417 The Berlin Wall was created by the USSR in order to prevent people from the communist side of Berlin escaping to the democratic side of the capital, which was good for the U.S.]]> 2021-03-10 18:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2157975/ru4u0hvepac9vfux/wish/1294356417