https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6 By: Aashai Avadhani and Tanay Krishna en-us 2017-04-25 18:18:00 UTC 2023-05-31 21:36:13 UTC hello@padlet.com aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168199640 Sputnik was the catalyst for the Cold War. Sputnik was the first ever attempt, by any nation. It was one of the defining moments that sparked the "space race". We believe that the USSR was motivated to beat the americans to have a piece of machinery being launched to space. Even though many may believe that the United States did not play a big role in the soviet union launching sputnik, the United States was the reason why the Soviet Union wanted to launch sputnik. The competition to "whom could get to space first" was started. Whoever dominated space, would be the superior powerhouse nation. After Sputnik was launched on October 27th 1957, the United States responded with the launch of the Explorer, launched on January 31st 1958. 

The Soviet Union was largely responsible for launching Sputnik since the original purpose of the satellite was to study earth and the solar system. However, the United States believed the satellite would be used for other reasons such as gathering United States intelligence and other private information. The United States also felt threatened that the USSR had technology that seemed to be lightyears ahead of the United State's technology. The United States started to invest more money into NASA, the United States space program, in order to develop satellites and eventually, create more opportunities to travel into space.

Thus we gave the USSR 80% responsibility for this event and 20% responsibility for the Americans. (US 20 USSR 80)]]> 2017-04-25 18:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168199640 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712759 The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to combat the Soviet Union's geopolitical expansion during the Cold War era. Announced on March 12, 1947, this piece of American foreign policy was introduced by President Harry S. Truman, and it involved little American military involvement. Instead, the legislature involved financial and resource aid to countries such as Greece and Turkey, as well as all other countries adversely affected by Soviet expansion and politics. Truman's main purpose for enforcing the Doctrine, as he said, "it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." (add more if the textbook has more/better information) (100% Soviet 0% USA)


The reason we believe that the Soviet Union was completely responsible for the enforcement of the Truman Doctrine is because of their strong intent to geopolitically expand as much as possible. Greece and Turkey are clear examples of how the Soviet Union's actions were unjust and needed to be contained.]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712759 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712796 The Yalta Conference took place on February 4-11, 1945. The intent of the conference was to reform the European nations that were damaged after the war. Additionally, the three nations at the conference aimed to construct a feeling of peace that granted self-determination to the population post Nazi-era. The main outcome of the conference was that the "Big Three" (U.S.A., Great Britain, Soviet Union) all agreed that it was imperative that the unconditional surrender of Germany was the top priority. This also entailed Germany's immediate demilitarization and denazification. (add more if the textbook has better/more information) ( 50% Soviet Union 50% USA)



The reason we believe both the U.S. and Soviet Union were equally responsible for the Yalta Conference is due to the roles they played in WWII. They both contributed to the wreckage and rise of Nazi Germany. (no idea if this is right/makes sense revise later)]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712796 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712831 The Potsdam Conference was held from July 17 1945 to August 2 1945. Similar to the Yalta Conference, this meeting between Stalin, Churchill, and Truman discussed how best to deal with officially ending Nazi Germany. Nine weeks earlier, Germany had agreed to an unconditional surrender. However the goals of this conference included: how to administer surrendered Germany, peace treaty issues, and overcoming the effects of the war. Notable outcomes from this conference included the fact that Nazi war criminals would now be put to trial. 50% 50%

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 ]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712831 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712862 The Marhsall Plan was initiated on June 3, 1948. The main initiative of the plan was to financially aid (over 13 billion dollars ) Western European nations after the end of WWII. Within this plan, money was distributed on a per capita basis, with special focus on nations that were allies to the US. The plan was ultimately successful because it was very instrumental in rebuilding Europe (mainly Western Europe) (US 90 USSR 10)]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712862 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712889 Following the end of WW2, Germany was divided up between Great Britain, America, France, and the Soviet Union. Similarly, Berlin (German capital), was also split. West Berlin belonged to the Allies, and East Berlin belonged to the Soviet Union. Stalin allowed the Allies to send supplies to their side of the city through a single road. When tensions rose between the two nations during the Cold War, Stalin cut off that road. This angered the Allies, and they eventually started to use planes to fly fuel and food into their side of the city. This went on for nearly a year, and Stalin ended up opening the road in May of 1949. (US 10 USSR 90)]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712889 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712925 The first military action of the entire Cold War happened on June 25, 1950. 75,000 North Korean soldiers crossed the line that separated the Soviet controlled People's Republic of Korea in the north and the People's Republic of Korea in the south. The United States decided to send troops to Korea in order to halt the communist movement. The fighting ceased around July 1953. (US 20 USSR 80)]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712925 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712955 The Warsaw Pact was created on May 14, 1955. The purpose of the treaty was to put the Soviets in command of the member states. The treaty provided a feeling of unity, and also established that should any of the member states be attacked, a defensive response from the Soviet Union would be warranted. Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union was in charge of administering the unified military powers. This organization was created as a response to the formation of NATO and the Republic of Germany. The Warsaw Treaty Organization  was formed by the Soviets so they could contain West Germany and deal with NATO. (US 20 USSR 80)]]> 2017-04-27 17:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712955 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712980 The U2 Spy Plane being shot down was largely the USSR's fault.  We deduced that the US was largely responsible for the U@ spy plane attack. (need to add pie chart). The United States provoked the USSR and the USSR was simply utilizing their self defense act. The United States violated the privacy act. (US 50 USSR 50)]]> 2017-04-27 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168712980 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168713047 When Fidel Castro took control over the Cuban government, the United States, specifically the CIA and the State Department attempted to remove Castro from authority. In April of 1961, the CIA attacked. The attacked involved an invasion run by 1,400 Cubans trained by Americans who were affected by Castro's rule. Although they attempted to bomb Cuban airfields, Castro had heard about the raid prior to the moment of the attack, so he managed to hide the planes. A couple days later, the Cubans invaded the southern shore of Cuba, otherwise known as the Bay of Pigs. Though a valiant effort, Castro's soldiers quickly contained the situation. Over 1,000 soldiers were taken prisoner, and 114 were killed. (US 80 USSR 20)]]> 2017-04-27 17:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168713047 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168713102 The Cuban Missile Crisis was 13 days long. It was a political and military confrontation caused by the installation of Nuclear Weapons by the Soviet Union in Cuba. In 1962, President Kennedy announced the location of the missiles being created by the Soviet Union, as well as his decision construct a naval blockade around Cuba. The installation of a naval blockade demonstrated how the U.S. was ready to take military action. After lots of deliberation between the two nations, they eventually came to a mutual agreement. President Kennedy agreed with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to not invade Cuba, provided the Soviet Union removed their nuclear weapons from Cuba. Later, the removal of U.S. missiles in Turkey became part of the deal. On October 28, the Cuban missile crisis finally ended. (US 30 USSR 70)]]> 2017-04-27 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168713102 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168713128 This war was a proxy war fought by America in order to contain communism. Beginning in 1955, President Eisenhower declared his support for South Vietnam. Shortly after, America began to supply South Vietnam with weapons and training, and everything else they needed to combat the threatening communist regime. In 1965, since tensions were rapidly rising in Vietnam, Congress granted President Lyndon B. Johnson to begin regular bombings on Northern Vietnam, which was known as Operation Rolling Thunder. Later in 1965, American soldiers were sent to Southern Vietnam to aid their struggling army. The American troops left in 1973, and in 1976, Vietnam became the collective Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (US 80 USSR 20)]]> 2017-04-27 17:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/168713128 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171152315 2017-05-11 02:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171152315 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171152337 2017-05-11 02:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171152337 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171152391 2017-05-11 02:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171152391 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171406516 2017-05-12 04:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171406516 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407064 2017-05-12 04:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407064 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407089 2017-05-12 04:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407089 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407126 2017-05-12 04:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407126 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407214 2017-05-12 04:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407214 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407252 2017-05-12 04:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407252 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407270 2017-05-12 04:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407270 aa19764 https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407285 2017-05-12 04:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aa19764/zpbpceb0zkt6/wish/171407285