COLD WAR

BEGINNING

• The Cold War was the result of the tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
• They were very different: The U.S. had a capitalist economy with a representative government
• The Soviet Union had a communist economy and government
• It was called a cold war because no physical warfare actually took place

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

• U.S. Capitalism: based on private enterprises and free market economy
• Soviet Communism: productive communism with balanced growth

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

• Had two counterstrategies to containment
• Supported wars of national liberation or colonial revolution
• Wanted to be equal to the U.S. in military power

KITCHEN DEBATE

• The debate illustrated the tension between the two nations
• This showed how badly the two nations differed from each other
• On one hand there was capitalism and democracy
• On the other, there was communism