origins of the Cold War - The US and Soviet Union did not come into direct military conflict (cold fighting). Each side built up powerful weapons in case of a war., consequences of the Cold War - Citizens of the Western Bloc nations had more political freedom and economic opportunity than citizens in the Eastern Bloc nations., How did the US try to stop the spread of communism? - The government of East Germany build a wall around the western half of the city of Berlin. Millions of East German citizens were escaping to live in the more democratic West Berlin. The purpose of the Berlin Airlift was to gain valuable land in Europe., The Korean War - The US tried to stop the spread of communism by entering the Korean War. The US failed to secure a victory because communist nations provided troops and weapons to North Korea., NATO - The nations that formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to promote peace by ratifying the Universal Declaration of Human Rights., Joseph McCarthy - He was able to gain power and influence because of the American public's fear of the spread of communism., Nikita Krushchev - He was the leader of the Soviet Union. He engaged in an arms race with the US to build powerful weapons in case of a war. His major goal was to spread communism around the globe., The importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis. - Soviet leader Krushchev placed nuclear weapons in Cuba which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. President John F. Kennedy ordered the US Navy to blockade Cuba in 1962 to keep communism from spreading to the other countries in Latin America. The US promised the Soviet Union that it would end its embargo (ban) on trade with Cuba in exchange for the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. It was the closest the world came to nuclear destruction during the Cold War., The Importance of the Vietnam War. - The goal os the US during the war was to protect US allies in the region This war came to an end when the US decided to withdraw its troops from Vietnam.,

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