The Cold War

beginning

• Origins:
• After World War 2, Russia violated treaties, trying to spread communism
• United States wanted to prevent this and pushed towards many efforts
• These were the origins of the Cold War
• Name: "Cold War" because there was conflict, but no real war only threat of war

Economic Systems

• Capitalism
• Privately owned businesses
• Wealth unevenly distributed
• Freedom of the Press

Economic Systems

• Communism
• Totalitarianism: state holds total authority over the society
• State owns everything, state-owned property, no free enterprise
• Wealth evenly distributed
• No freedom of the press

U.S. Foreign policy

• Soviet response to U.S. policy of containment:
• Stalin started a blockade of Berlin
• Tried to push Western Powers to leave West Berlin

KITCHEN DEBATE

• Debate between Nixon and Khrushchev illustrated:
• Growing conflict, tensions rising between U.S. and Soviet Union
• Two countries could not find peace between one another