Cold+War+DM

Denise Meier

What are some of the events that sparked the Cold War and what were the results of these events and alliances created throughout the war? Events:
 * Sputnik: Soviet Union launched 1st satellite
 * NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization-Greece, France, W. Germany, Belgium, Britain, U.S and Canada (military alliance)
 * Berlin Wall: East and West Germany split (communist vs anti-communist)
 * Berlin Blockade: try to secure economic control and Western poweres to stop the divison of Germany as a seperate country.
 * Castro: leader of Cuba and established a totalitarian regime.
 * ABM Treaty:limited the number of missiles the Soviet Union and U.S could have.
 * Brezhnev Doctrine: right of S.U to intervene if socialism was threatened in other socialist states.
 * IRA: terrorist group in N. Ireland.
 * Truman Doctrine: $400 million aid to Turkey and Greece requested by Truman.
 * Marshall Plan:$13 billion european economy recovery plan.
 * Bay of Pags: failed attempt to overthrow Castro.
 * Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union launches missiles into Cuba.
 * Arms Race:US and S.U compete in in race of nucleur bombs.
 * Chiang vs. Mao: communist vs. anti-communist in China.
 * North and South Korea split
 * Warsaw Pact: military alliance between S.U, E. Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
 * Marshall Plan: S.U reject Marshall Plan.
 * Churchill: "iron curtain" dividing E and W Germany.

Results: []
 * Gorbachev came to power and took the Berlin Wall down.
 * Helsinki Accords: signed by US, Canada and European nations to recognize their borders.
 * Solidarity in Poland: created by Walesa and was a huge threat to monopoly of power.
 * reliance on Strasi (secret police)
 * alliances with Reagan