Reasons -Potsdam conference Stalin and Truman argue over new countries Gov -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)
USSR-USA Conflicts -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
Other Countries -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
Cold War
Reasons
-Potsdam conference Stalin and Truman argue over new countries Gov
-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)
USSR-USA Conflicts
-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
Other Countries
-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