Grade12Hi
stor
ySummar
yOr
igi
nsof
ColdWar
ByShai
-AnnFonseca
Pl
easeNote!
:Theapprevat
ionsiuseinthisdocumenti
tinordert
omakethecontenteasiert
o
l
earn!Pl
eas
edonotus eMY abbrevi
ati
onsi ntest
sandexamsasmarksar
esuretobet aken
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ati
onst hatar
einyourhi
stor
ybookandthatyouhave
l
earnedincl
assshoul
dbeus edinexams .Thankyouforyoursuppor
t,
andgoodluck!
Whydi
dtheCol
dwar(
CW)devel
op?
@ endWW2USAdi
dnotwi
thdr
awf
rom Eur
ope(
Eu)
Thi
s=c
onf
li
ctbet
weent
he2Super
power
s,ast
heymeti
nEu.
(
1)USA=bel
i
evedi
n:>democ
rac
y
>Capi
tal
i
sm.
>I
ndependentr
ight
sandf
reedoms
.
(
2)USSR=bel
i
evedi
n>Communi
sm,
i
tss
pread.
>Ri
ght
soft
hes
tat
est
ost
ri
ctl
yoveri
tspeopl
e
>f
ewi
ndependentdr
ugsandf
reedoms
.
Mos
tofWes
ter
nEur
opean(
WEu)c
ount
ri
es=al
i
enst
oUSA
MostEaster
nEu( EEu)c ount
iesweretakenoverbyUSSR(egEast
en
Ger
many(EGer m)
,Albania,
Czechos
lovaki
a(chec
k),Hungr
y,Pol
and,
Romani
a,
Bul
gari
a.)
=All
iest
os ovietRussi
a.
USSRManagedtot
akeovermostofEEu c
ount
ri
esast
heyt
roopswer
e
st
ati
onedi
nthes
ecount
riesdur
ingWW2.
Soat
heendofWor
ldWar2Rus
siat
oldt
hei
rtr
oopst
ost
ayi
nthes
ecount
ri
es
Czec
hoslovaki
a'
sCommuni
stpar
tyc
amet
opoweri
n1949andt
hismadet
hem
anall
ytotheUSSR.
, Whatdi
dRus
siawantunderSt
ali
n?
Ex
pans
iont
ogetmor
eter
ri
tor
yands
ecur
it
y.
Hads
uff
ered i
mmens
edamagesandt
err
ibl
elos
sofl
i
fedur
ingWw2
Wantt
oins
ureRus
sia=Neverbei
nvadedasi
twasi
nthewor
ldwar
s.
Ambi
ti
onstodomi
nat
ethewhol
eofeur
opet
hrought
heevent
ual
spr
eadof
communi
sm.
TheUSunderTr
umanandi
tsal
l
ies
.
Want
ed>s
ecur
it
y
>Pos
twars
ett
lement
s
>Toens
ureanot
herwor
ldwarwoul
dneverhappen(
setupUNt
o
i
nsur
ethi
s)
Want
edgover
nmenti
nEu=bas
edons
elfdet
ermi
nat
ionOrdemoc
rac
y.
Theyc
ompl
i
cat
edt
hec
oldwarwasat
om bomb(A-
bomb)
.
I
nAugust1945.
Totr
ywi n agai
nstJ
apant
heUSdr
oppedt
heat
om bombon
hi
ros
himaandnagasaki
.
A-
bomb=USAt
ohaveAdvant
agei
nint
ernat
ional
powerpol
i
tic
s.
Theynowhadahugeadvant
ageovert
hes
ovi
etuni
onsi
nar
medf
orc
es.
Us
sr=s
ucc
ess
fuli
n1949=A-
bomb.
Chur
chi
l
lcal
l
edt
his"
Bal
anc
eoft
err
or.
"
Bot
hsi
deshadenoughbombpowert
odes
troyoneanot
her
.
stor
ySummar
yOr
igi
nsof
ColdWar
ByShai
-AnnFonseca
Pl
easeNote!
:Theapprevat
ionsiuseinthisdocumenti
tinordert
omakethecontenteasiert
o
l
earn!Pl
eas
edonotus eMY abbrevi
ati
onsi ntest
sandexamsasmarksar
esuretobet aken
of
f,
whi c
hidon'twant
.Onl yabbrevi
ati
onst hatar
einyourhi
stor
ybookandthatyouhave
l
earnedincl
assshoul
dbeus edinexams .Thankyouforyoursuppor
t,
andgoodluck!
Whydi
dtheCol
dwar(
CW)devel
op?
@ endWW2USAdi
dnotwi
thdr
awf
rom Eur
ope(
Eu)
Thi
s=c
onf
li
ctbet
weent
he2Super
power
s,ast
heymeti
nEu.
(
1)USA=bel
i
evedi
n:>democ
rac
y
>Capi
tal
i
sm.
>I
ndependentr
ight
sandf
reedoms
.
(
2)USSR=bel
i
evedi
n>Communi
sm,
i
tss
pread.
>Ri
ght
soft
hes
tat
est
ost
ri
ctl
yoveri
tspeopl
e
>f
ewi
ndependentdr
ugsandf
reedoms
.
Mos
tofWes
ter
nEur
opean(
WEu)c
ount
ri
es=al
i
enst
oUSA
MostEaster
nEu( EEu)c ount
iesweretakenoverbyUSSR(egEast
en
Ger
many(EGer m)
,Albania,
Czechos
lovaki
a(chec
k),Hungr
y,Pol
and,
Romani
a,
Bul
gari
a.)
=All
iest
os ovietRussi
a.
USSRManagedtot
akeovermostofEEu c
ount
ri
esast
heyt
roopswer
e
st
ati
onedi
nthes
ecount
riesdur
ingWW2.
Soat
heendofWor
ldWar2Rus
siat
oldt
hei
rtr
oopst
ost
ayi
nthes
ecount
ri
es
Czec
hoslovaki
a'
sCommuni
stpar
tyc
amet
opoweri
n1949andt
hismadet
hem
anall
ytotheUSSR.
, Whatdi
dRus
siawantunderSt
ali
n?
Ex
pans
iont
ogetmor
eter
ri
tor
yands
ecur
it
y.
Hads
uff
ered i
mmens
edamagesandt
err
ibl
elos
sofl
i
fedur
ingWw2
Wantt
oins
ureRus
sia=Neverbei
nvadedasi
twasi
nthewor
ldwar
s.
Ambi
ti
onstodomi
nat
ethewhol
eofeur
opet
hrought
heevent
ual
spr
eadof
communi
sm.
TheUSunderTr
umanandi
tsal
l
ies
.
Want
ed>s
ecur
it
y
>Pos
twars
ett
lement
s
>Toens
ureanot
herwor
ldwarwoul
dneverhappen(
setupUNt
o
i
nsur
ethi
s)
Want
edgover
nmenti
nEu=bas
edons
elfdet
ermi
nat
ionOrdemoc
rac
y.
Theyc
ompl
i
cat
edt
hec
oldwarwasat
om bomb(A-
bomb)
.
I
nAugust1945.
Totr
ywi n agai
nstJ
apant
heUSdr
oppedt
heat
om bombon
hi
ros
himaandnagasaki
.
A-
bomb=USAt
ohaveAdvant
agei
nint
ernat
ional
powerpol
i
tic
s.
Theynowhadahugeadvant
ageovert
hes
ovi
etuni
onsi
nar
medf
orc
es.
Us
sr=s
ucc
ess
fuli
n1949=A-
bomb.
Chur
chi
l
lcal
l
edt
his"
Bal
anc
eoft
err
or.
"
Bot
hsi
deshadenoughbombpowert
odes
troyoneanot
her
.
