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The Cold War

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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THE COLD WAR

JULIA TIAN P7 AP W. HISTORY
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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR

  • Conflicting alliance between US and Russia during WWII
  • Communism and Capitalism were contradictory systems
  • Two superpowers couldnt agree on how to rebuild Germany
  • Name: Gunfire wasn't used, political manipulation and standoffs instead
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CAPITALISM VS COMMUNISM

  • Capitalism - democracy, free enterprise, private property
  • Communism - totalitarian gov't, state owned property
  • Capitalism stresses individual freedom and competition
  • Communism stresses economic equality and gov't control
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US FOREIGN POLICY

  • Goal to prevent spread of communism
  • Berlin blockade and airlift 1948-1949
  • Britain and US supplied city through air routes
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Nixon and Khrushchev

  • American National Exhibition in Moscow
  • US vice president and Soviet leader
  • Debate about communism vs capitalism in model kitchen
  • Competition of the latest technology, US color TV
  • "You don't know anything about communism--except fear of it."
Photo by nachetz

Julia Tian