The Cold War Comes to an The Cold War Comes to an EndEnd
The Ice will melt !The Ice will melt !
Reviewing the Beginnings
• “Iron Curtain” falls over Europe
Cold War: Asia
• China Falls to Communism in 1949
• Korean War Prevents the spread of communism
• Vietnam falls to communism
Cold War: Latin AmericaCold War: Latin America
• Communism spreads to Cuba and Communism spreads to Cuba and NicaraguaNicaragua
• Bay of Pigs invasionBay of Pigs invasion
• Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis
• Iran-Contra affairIran-Contra affair
The Cold War in the U.S.
• McCarthyism
• The Rosenberg’s
The Arms Race- “My Nukes are bigger than yours”
• Sputnik
• NASA
The Cold War EndsThe Cold War Ends(pages 786-791)(pages 786-791)
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