Cold War Lesson

Private citizens control most of the land and businesses.

The government controls all land and businesses.

The government limits personal freedoms.

The government encourages personal freedoms.

It is very cold in the Soviet Union where the war was fought.

They did not attack one another directly.

It is very cold in the northern part of the U.S. where the war was fought.

They attacked one another directly and often.

To spread positive messages about the other side.

To spread negative messages about the other side.

To spread negative messages about themselves.

To spread messages of hope to the entire world.

Russia

Proxy Wars

The Berlin Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev

Democratic Theory

Communist Theory

Domino Theory

Checker Theory

The U.S. and Soviet Union began to discuss increasing the production of nuclear weapons

The U.S. and Soviet Union began to discuss limiting their production of nuclear weapons.

The Soviet Union decided to become a democratic country.

The United States decided to become a communist country.

The North Korean army invaded South Korea.

The South Korean army invaded North Korea

China invaded the U.S.

The U.S. invaded China

They worried that if Vietnam was democratic other countries nearby would become democratic.

They wanted to make sure that Vietnam became a communist country.

They wanted to make sure that the Soviet Union became a democratic country.

They worried that if Vietnam was communist other countries nearby would become communist.

They got mad at the Soviet Union for making changes.

They decided to convince the Soviet Union to slow down changes.

They decided to also make changes of their own.

They didn’t notice.

It fell off the planet.

It joined the United States and started World War III.

The section that remained was called Russia again.

The section that remained became called Eastern Germany.