The+Cold+War

Trevor Griffith Cold War

-2 new world powers (USSR and USA) -Iron Curtain split Europe between non Communist and Communist countries -USA practiced Containment, tried to control spread of Communism (Domino Affect) -NATO and Warsaw Pact created (Alliances)
 * Reasons**
 * -Potsdam conference Stalin and Truman argue over new countries Gov **

-Sputnick launched (USSR), USA Star Wars -U2 spy planes caught in USSR -Castro (Cuba) Bay of Pigs and Cuban miscle crisis -Kruschev and Reagan restarted problems -Truman Docterine (Greece Turkey), Marshall plan/ Molotov Plan
 * USSR-USA Conflicts**

-Korean and Vietnam war -riots and attempts at freedom from communism in E Europe, USSR crushed -EC creation of econ plan for free trade, creation of Euro -Berlin blockade, airlift, and wall; split west and East Berlin The Cold war
 * Other Countries**