Learning Targets I can explain how the United States and the Soviet Union became political and economic rivals after WWII. I can explain why the United States and the Soviet Union carried out proxy wars. I can explain how the need for ideological dominance between nations divided the world. I can analyze the social, economic, and political impact of the Cold War divisions. I can evaluate the causes for the collapse of the Soviet Union and its impact on the world. I can analyze multiple points of view regarding the impact of the Cold War. I can gather relevant information from multiple sources (primary and secondary) about the Cold War.
The First Red Scare began !918 Through !921. The First Red Scare was the fear of wide spread anarchist And Bolshevism.
The Chinese Civil War was the war fought between Kuomintang-led Government of the republic of China and the communist party of China . This Civil war lasted from !927 and !949
The Berlin Airlift was considered the first war of the Cold War. Post World War II Germany, Soviet Union blocked the western allies railroad and canal access to sectors of berlin.
The Korean war was a war fought between North Korea And South Korea The War began in 1950.North Korea Invaded South Korea and South Korea received the help form the U.S.
The Vietnam War was a war fought the U.S. and The resistance in Vietnam. This war contained Gorilla warfare this warfare was used on the U.S.. This war lasted from !955 to !975.
Suez Crisis was the second Arab crisis. Egypt was invaded by Israel In late 1956 following by the United Kingdom and France.
Bay of pigs was the failed landing operation in !961 on south western coast of Cuba By Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution.
The Cuban Missile crises was the 13day confrontation between The U.S. and Soviet Union that was initiated of the discovery of the Soviet union ballistic missile deployment in Cuba in !962.
The Yom Kippur War took place on 1973 with the coalition of of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.
The Soviet–Afghan War was a conflict wherein insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller Maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government for over nine years, throughout the 1980s.
The Berlin wall was put up over night in 1961 and went to 1989. This war was put up to separate communist and capitalism. Families were not able to see each other for years.
The soviet Union collapsed due to growing nation republics.