Origins of the Cold War
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- Origins of the Cold War
- Ideologies
- USSR
- USSR was a communist country.
- Individual rights were closely controlled.
- USSR was a one party dictatorship
- America
- America was capitalist.
- The freedom and rights of each person was important.
- America had a democratic government.
- USA became susupicious of USSR's aims.
- An ideology is a set of beliefs and characteristics.
- USA fears Russia want to spread Communism.
- Russia fear that the US want to eradicate Communism
- USSR
- Cold War: A war of words
- Yalta Conference
- Leaders
- Winston Churchill
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Joseph Stalin
- Germany was to be divided into four zones
- Berlin was to be divided as well
- Nazi war criminals were to be hunted down
- A UN (United Nation) was to be set up
- Free elections were to be held in Eastern Europe.
- Potsdam Conference
- This was held just after the war.
- Leaders
- Roosevelt had died and was replaced by Truman
- Truman was a lot more suspicious of Stalin than Roosevelt
- Churchill was replaced by Clement Atlee
- Joseph Stalin
- Roosevelt had died and was replaced by Truman
- Only 2 decisions that were made at Yalta were confirmed at Potsdam
- Division of Germany and Berlin into four zones of occupation
- Nazi war criminals were to be tied for their crimes.
- Leaders
- Atomic Bomb
- In July 1945, they carried out a success test of the bomb.
- Stalin was not told that it was being tested.
- US believed that it would save 1 million soldiers.
- Hiroshima
- August 6th, 1945 at 8:15 am.
- Enola gay dropped the bomg
- Within minutes around 70,000 people were dead.
- Destroyed 70,000 of the 78,000 buildings.
- Nagasaki
- Dropped in 9th August.
- Killed 36,000 people instantly
- By August 10th, Japan had surrendered to America.
- Effects of the atomic bomb
- Exploded with a force of 20,000 tons of TNT.
- People were vaporized.
- Fires burned in Hiroshima for 3 days.
- Many people today still suffer from radiation exposure.
- America began to build bigger and better weapons.
- Communism
- A controlled economy
- Fairness and Equality
- Lower average standard of living
- Any profit made goes to the state
- Capitalism
- A free economy
- Any person free to start a buisness
- Any profits made is yours to keep as a reward.
- Standard of living differs: Rich and Poor
- Democratic governments.
- There is only one government party
- Capitalism
- A free economy
- Any person free to start a buisness
- Any profits made is yours to keep as a reward.
- Standard of living differs: Rich and Poor
- Democratic governments.
- Iron Curtain
- The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areast
- It is a theoretical divide that was part of a speech by Winston Churchill in America,
- Ideologies
- Communism
- A controlled economy
- Fairness and Equality
- Lower average standard of living
- Any profit made goes to the state
- There is only one government party
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