The Cold War

ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR

• Defeat of the axis powers left many unclaimed territories open
• Two polar powers rose to the top by the end of the war
• Original conflict between communist and capitalist
• Natural differences between the two nations
• Inevitable sidings between two major powers for support after war

The "Cold" War

• very rarely decided by war and violence
• mostly propaganda, influence and satire based conflicts
• "cold" attitudes toward the other, such as insults and indirect oppositions
• Nuclear warfare became possible, making war a harder decision
• Open detest of the other, and made decisions entirely to spite the other

Economics

• Capitalism was a free economy, but varied between countries
• Capitalism had less government influence and more of a free economy
• Capitalism also usually gained more income and increased markets compared to communist
• Communism was heavily government based, they told them how to do everything
• Communism disliked the idea of lots of private property and made what was needed

Foreign policies

• The u.s passed a bill to limit the expansion of communism and contain it
• Soviets saw this is an attempt to weaken then and become stronger
• Soviets now responded by working to spread communism through economic assistance
• Soviets sought to be equal while the u.s wanted to keep the soviets down and under control
• The soviets were generally angered by the act and wished the spread communism

Kitchen Debate

• The u.s made a museum that showed a standard u.s home
• Nixon opens it, but Khrushchev insults the many kitchen gadgets as too exclusive
• Nixon debates that these tools are common for Americans and that women shouldn't work in kitchens
• He leads on to saying the women keep families together not slaving at meals
• He declares this to be a strong point of the capitalist u.s and they get into a heated argument