3. Review: The Cold War a. Begins in 1945 b. Time of tension between US (capitalist & free) and Soviet Union (Communist) c. Neither side trusted each other,

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3. Review: The Cold War a. Begins in 1945 b. Time of tension between US (capitalist & free) and Soviet Union (Communist) c. Neither side trusted each other, nor wanted to share in the post war victory over Germany or Japan d. US and Soviet Union never directly fight one another

e. Build of nuclear weapons, Nuclear Arms race (Soviets get bomb in 1949)

f. Space race starts when the Soviets launch satellite Sputnik in 1957

g. Korean and Vietnam conflicts were U.S. Cold War Containment policies i.The Korean Conflict ends in a stalemate at the 38 th parallel ii.The Vietnam Conflict ends with North Vietnam imposing communism on South Vietnam and renaming the capital in the south Ho Chi Minh City

h. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to keep Berlin divided

i. Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 nearly brought us to nuclear war because the Soviets put nuclear tipped missiles within striking range of the US

j. Reagan teases Star Wars or SDI missile defense system

k. Miracle on Ice: US beats Soviet Union in Olympic Hockey in 1980

4. Communism Unravels a. Soviets spend too much money on nuclear weapons during late Cold War; economy is in shambles b. Mikhail Gorbechev introduces democratic changes (glastnost) and new openness (perestroika) in 1985

c. Polish workers union known as Solidarity led by Lech Walesa, forced the government in Communist Poland to agree to negotiations and establish (free?) elections

d. Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989: Chinese army turns on crowd marching for democratic reform; hundreds killed and protest is ended violently

e. Eastern Bloc (Soviet Satellite) countries start breaking away f. Berlin Wall comes down in 1989 (Symbolic)

g. Communism falls apart at the end of the Cold War and in 1991, Boris Yeltsin is elected as a democratic leader h. Soviet Union goes back to being called Russia or Russian Federation i. Capitalism and democracy prevailed

5. Communism Today a. Communist countries today i.The People’s Republic of China ii.Cuba iii.Laos iv.North Korea v.Vietnam

 Result: The capitalists win the Cold War and The Soviet Union dissolves allowing Boris Yeltsin to be elected as the first democratic ruler of Russia in Today Russia is still facing a slow economy and is not the super power they once were, but are still a force to reckoned with.