The cold war Flashcards
when did the cold war start?
1945(Truman)-1991(ronald regen)
Notes
Cold war wasn’t physical, it was more a war of words.
After WW2, it was about if rather people chose communism or capitalism democracy
communism
socialist idea’s of Karl Marc,
Capitalism democracy
came from ancient Greeks
US’s pov of communism
Now, were against communism but back then we were.
What kind of country is USA?
Socialist
why is US socialist?
The country has socialist Ideas
FDR’s programs
alphabet soup
FDR’s programs
SSA, VA, CCC
why did he make those programs?
To take the country out of the depression
FDRs new deal
Americans back to work and out of depression
Gorbachev
Was the president of the soviet union
Fall of communism
-Tearing down the Berlin wall in Germany which caused a unification with east n west berlin
Main Idea of the Cold war
This was a war of who could build the most bombs and how fast
Stalin was upset because he thought Germany was gonna invade Russian so he did what?
Intended to destroy Germanys industrial capabilities