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COLD WAR
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What was the Cold War?
COLD WAR
• War of ideas between Soviets and U.S.• COMMUNISM- gov. owns businesses (Soviet)• CAPITALISM- citizens own businesses (U.S.)
SATELLITE NATIONS
• Those controlled by the Soviets.
IRON CURTAIN
• Term for East European satellite nations.
BERLIN WALL
• Divided German capital into capitalist (West) and communist (East) halves.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• How did the U.S deal with the Cold War?
BERLIN AIRLIFT
• U.S gets supplies to West Berlin.
CONTAINMENT
• U.S policy to keep communism from spreading to other nations.
NATO
• Western European nations and U.S form alliance against communism.
WARSAW PACT
• East European nations and Soviets form alliance against capitalism.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• In what areas of the world did the Cold War became actual fighting?
CHINESE CIVIL WAR
• Fight between Nationalists and Communists.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
• Leader of Nationalists- friends of the U.S
MAO ZEDONG
• Leader of Communists- friends of Soviets
TAIWAN
• Nationalists ended up in control of this island.
MAINLAND CHINA
• Controlled by the Communists.
KOREAN WAR
• Fight over communism and capitalism.• NORTH- communist, friends of China• SOUTH- capitalist, friends of U.S.
POLICE ACTION
• United Nations agrees to protect South Korea.• U.S supplies 90% of the soldiers.
KIM IL-SUNG
• North Korean communist dictator, supported by China and Soviet Union.
MACARTHUR
• American general, wanted to use nuclear weapons against China.
• Fired by U.S President Truman- afraid of WWIII
STALEMATE
• Korean War ends in a tie.
38th Parallel
• The border between North and South Korea.• DEMILITARIZED ZONE- A neutral area between
the two Koreas, no one allowed in or out.