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The Cold War
- Causes of the
Cold War
- Russian
Civil War
- Opposing
ideologies
- Capitalism vs.
Communism
- Capitalism vs.
Communism
- Fear and
mistrust
- Post war
conferences
and broken
promises
- Eastern bloc
countries/buffer
zone/satellite
states
- US use of
atomic bomb
- Truman
Doctrine and
Marshall Plan
- Iron Curtain Speech
- Demise of
common
enemy (Hitler)
- Russian
Civil War
- US were
to blame
- 1947 - Truman
Doctrine
- Truman said he would
protect countries under the
threat of communism by
sending money (richer they
are, more they favour
capitalism)
- Truman said he would
protect countries under the
threat of communism by
sending money (richer they
are, more they favour
capitalism)
- Co-operated with
Russia during
WWII rather than
taking a stand
- 1945 - Atomic
bombs were a
statement of power
- 1918-1921 - US and British
troops sent in to contain
communism in Russian Civil War
- Created tensions
- Created tensions
- Roosevelt died and
was replaced by
Truman, who was
inexperienced and
less understanding
- Should have been more
understanding that Stalin
wanted the Bloc countries to
protect Russia - 1/6th of their
population had been lost
- Truman allowed
Iron Curtain
speech to be
delivered
- 1947 - Truman
Doctrine
- USSR were to blame
- 1947 - Stalin gave BLOC
countries official
independence yet controlled
and chose leaders
- Claimed they were his only
protection against Germany
- Claimed they were his only
protection against Germany
- Trying to impose
communism -
America was acting
on self-defence
- Wouldn't stop until a new
leader came, which
eventually happened
- Wouldn't stop until a new
leader came, which
eventually happened
- 1947 - Stalin gave BLOC
countries official
independence yet controlled
and chose leaders
- USSR and US
- 1945 - Yalta conference:
Roosevelt and Stalin couldn't
come to a compromise
- Stalin lied
about giving
the BLOC
countries a
democratic
vote
- Stalin lied
about giving
the BLOC
countries a
democratic
vote
- 1945 - agreements between
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
as to what to do about Nazis
and Germany
- America testing
nuclear bombs
- So is Russia,
just not as fast
- So is Russia,
just not as fast
- Stalin lied
about
government
he said he'd
set up in
Poland with
communists
and
capitallists
- America testing
nuclear bombs
- 1946 - Stalin and Truman
suspicious of each other
- Hired spies from
their embassies in
each other's
countries
- Truman allegedly planning
world domination
- US preparing for war
- Hired spies from
their embassies in
each other's
countries
- Actions of defence
misinterpreted as
ones of aggression
- 1945 - Yalta conference:
Roosevelt and Stalin couldn't
come to a compromise
- Britain were
to blame
- 1946 - Iron Curtain
speech depicting Russia
and communism as evil
- 1946 - Iron Curtain
speech depicting Russia
and communism as evil
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