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*The  Yalta  Conference  (Feb  4-­‐11,  1945)  

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Characteristics  of  the  COLD  WAR  

 Rivalry  between  US  &  USSR  b/c…  

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**What  is  a  free  enterprise  (capitalist)  system?  • ____________________________________________________________________________________

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The  “Iron  Curtain-­‐1945”  

 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    -­‐-­‐Sir  Winston  Churchill  IRON  CURTAIN  –  definition  

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US  Response  to  COMMUNISM  was  a  M.U.S.T.  • M  -­‐  _________________________________________________________________________________  • U  -­‐  _________________________________________________________________________________  • S  -­‐  _________________________________________________________________________________    • T  -­‐  _________________________________________________________________________________  

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The  US  Response/Strategy  Containment  Q:  What  would  this  mean?  __________________________________________________________________________________________  Stop  the  _____________________________________  __________________________________________________________________________________________  __________________________________________________________________________________________Truman  Doctrine  __________________________________________________________________________________________  

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“The  US  should  support  free  peoples  throughout  the  world  who  were  resisting  takeovers  by  armed  minorities  or  outside  pressures…  We  must  assist  free  people  to  work  out  their  own  destinies  in  their  own  way.”  EVENTS  of  the  COLD  WAR  –  timeline  1945  –  Post  WWII  

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1945  –  UN  is  FINALLY  formed  • ____________________________________________________________________________________  • ____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________  1948-­‐1949  -­‐  ________________________________________________________________________________  BERLIN  BLOCKADE  and  AIRLIFT  –  1948-­‐49  

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1949  –  The  Arms  Race  • ____________________________________________________________________________________  • ____________________________________________________________________________________  

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 1949  –  North  Atlantic  Treaty  Organization  –  NATO  

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NATO  **  _______________________________________________________________________________________  __________________________________________________________________________________________  Premier  Nikita  Khrushchev    “About  the  capitalist  states,  it  doesn’t  depend  on  whether  we  (Soviet  Union)  exist.  If  you  don’t  like  us,  don’t  accept  our  invitations,  and  don’t  invite  us  to  come  to  see  you.  Whether  you  like  it  or  not,  history  is  on  our  side.  We  will  bury  you.”  Nov.  18,  1956    1949  –    

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