All of these notes are taken in preparation for the AP World Exam. These notes, in specific, are teacher notes from lectures and powerpoints, so these notes may not correlate with a specific textbook or a specific edition, but provides a sufficient understanding of the time period as far as the exa...
o Soviets feared capitalism and Americans feared communism
o Two allies grew apart after WWII
o Didn’t fight or have war, but didn’t like each other
o Instead, fight proxy wars by taking opposing sides in wars in small countries
Hot spots in a cold war
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Protection of Refugees and Peacekeeping
Containment Policy vs World Revolution
o Containment Policy: America’s goal to contain communism
Wanted to get rid of communism because of atheism and limitation of
class changing
o World Revolution: Soviet Union’s goal to make everyone communist
Iron Curtain
o Winston Churchill in March 1946 referring to the communist spread in Europe
Truman Doctrine
o When America pledged to provide economic and military support to Greece and
Turkey
The Marshall Plan
o When America gave $13 billion to all nations in Europe including Germany in
June 1947
Gave all countries in Europe except for Spain because they were fascist
o Plan seemed to work, Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites refused to
participate in the plan
, o Soviets created COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to help
rebuild Eastern Europe
Didn’t work too well because Soviet Union was still broke from aftermath
of WWII
Problem in Germany
o Germany was divided into four parts after the war including Berlin
USA, Britain, French, Soviet Union
o Western countries joined sections so it became only 2 sections
USA, Britain, French
o Soviet Union saw it as a threat, so for revenge, Soviet Union refused to let people
in West Berlin
o For 10 months, America did the Berlin Airlift when America flew planes over
Berlin to drop giant crates of food by parachute
o After 10 months, Soviet Union removed constraints for America
The Space Race
o In 1957, Russia launches Sputnik into orbit around Earth and began the Space
Race
o In JFK’s presidential speeches, he promised to put a man on the moon within 1
year of his inauguration
The Arms Race
o Race in who could build the most and biggest nuclear weapons
o Began right after WWII
o Spies in the American Manhattan Project sold or leaked information about
nuclear weapons to the Soviets
Antinuclear Weapon Movement
o Two main countries in the movement: New Zealand and Japan
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