SS U 4 WW II/ColdWar Word Scramble
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Events leading to WW II | World Wide Depression 1930s |
Events leading to WW II | Rise of Nazism Believed white Aryans superior, strong central government. anti-semitism, prejudice against jews |
Impact of WW II | Holocaust 6 million Jews murdered |
Impact of WW II | Genocide- planned killing of a race of people |
Impact of WW II | United Nations to keep peace and created a homeland for Jews in 1948 |
The Cold War | US vs. Soviet Union 1948-1991 |
The Cold War | US/Soviet Union global competition for power and influence over Europe democracy or communism |
Cold War Issues after WWII | US wanted new nations in Europe to be democratic with free market economy |
Cold War Issues after WWII | Soviet Union wanted new nations in Europe to be communist with command economy |
Truman Doctrine | sent militaray aid to nations fighting communism inside borders |
Marshall Plan | US loan program to help rebuild Europe and stop spread of communism. upset Soviet Union |
Arms Race (nuclear weapons) | both sides gets them and feared that the other would use them |
Allainces because of Cold War | NATO |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization western Europe countires led by US democratic purpose kept Soviet from attacking western Europe |
Warsaw Pact | alliance of eastern Europe nations led by the Soviet Union (Eastern Bloc) |
World Superpowers | nations with major influence over the world |
Soviet Union | held seat on the UN Security Council |
United States | military bases around the world, often tries to limit the spread of communism through the UN |
Iron Curtain | Describe the divide between the Svoiet Union and the US and its allies (Winston Churchill from Great Britain used the term in 1946) |
Berlin Wall | built bly the USSR in 1961 ro prevent people in East Berlin from crossing over into West Berlin |
Bay of Pigs | 1961 - failed attempt by the US to remove Castro from Cuba |
Cuban Missle Crisis | 1962 - Soviet Union secretly put nucluer missle in Cuba aimed at the US - almost let to nuclear war |
Space Race | 1960s USSR and US believed that the first natin to get to the moon would have the technology to dominate their enemies |
End of Cold War Event 1 | Ronald Reagan (Pres 1981-1999)increased military spending made it hard for USSR to keep up, |
Star Wars | End to coldwar missle defense system to detect and destroy incoming nuclear weapons |
End of Cold War Event 2 | Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991) Leader of the Soviet Union. reduced government control |
End of the Cold War Event 3 | Poland overthrows communist govt. to become democratic |
End of the Cold War Event 4 | Berlin Wall comes down 1990 ,asssive protest lead to East Germany taking down the wall. East and Wst Germany reunited |
End of the Cold War Event 5 | Soviet Union collapses 1991 end of the cold war Russia and other former members of the USSR become independent |
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