1. Alliances of the Cold War 1949-1955

2. Nuclear Bomb 1949-Soviet Union Tests their 1 st Atomic Bomb The world is now faced with possibility of complete NUCLEAR WARFARE

3. Berlin Airlift & Development of Nuclear Bomb raises Cold War tension U.S. seeks alliances to deal with Soviets

4. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) –Alliances with other countries Promised to protect NATO members with armed forces U.S., Canada & 10 western nations: –Great Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and Italy.

5. Warsaw Pact [1955] Soviets form Warsaw Pact –Response to threat of NATO –Pledge to defend each other Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Albania, and Bulgaria

6. Warsaw Countries NATO Countries

7. The World In 1955 Two Super Powers –Nuclear Capability Two Ideologies: – Communism vs. Democracy Each attempt to limit growth: –Each side trying to stop the spread of communism or democracy

8. Brinkmanship A willingness to go to the edge of War –Example: Cuban Missile Crisis Each side began producing stockpiles of Nuclear Arms Became known as the ARMS RACE

9. U.S.A Soviet Union Democracy Communism NATO Warsaw Marshall Plan Molotov Plan Containment Iron Curtain

10. 1910

11. 1920

12. 1950

13. 1970

14. Conflicts of Cold War Korean War – (1950 - 1953) –Ends with a divided Korea (communist in North) Cuban Revolution – (1959) –Ends with a communist Cuba Vietnam War – (1960 - 1973) –Ends with a communist Vietnam U-2 Incident – (1960) –Soviets shot down a U.S. spy plane Cuban Missile Crisis – (1962) –U.S. & Soviets go to edge of Nuclear War

15. U-2 Incident

16. The NEW risk of WAR