4.2 Cold War highlights

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Chapter 4: The world after the war

Cold war highlights

During this lesson...

You are going to make a lifeline

Blue: Jamie Whaterspoon, an American citizen who lives in the suburbs of New York.

Red: Vladimir Iljits, a Soviet commissioner of the communist party who lives in Moskou. 

1: Blockade of Berlin (1948)

(You know this one so......)

What was the Blockade of Berlin?

2: The Korean War (1950-1953)

A ''hot'' war within the Cold War! 

3: Hungarian revolution (1956)

Stalin was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev who started a period of de-stalinization. A revolution started in Hungary. For a time, it looked like the revolution had succeeded...

But the Soviet-Union intervened

4: Cuba (in 1959 and in 1962) 

Two times: first when Cuba became a communist country after a revolution in 1959 (Fidel Castro). Then during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 

5. The Berlin Wall (1961) 

A wall was built between West- and East-Berlin. 

Why?

6: Prague Spring (1968)

Alexander Dubček started ''socialism with a human face'' and gave people more freedom. The Soviet-Union was scared of the domino theory and ended the Prague Spring. 

7: The Vietnam War (1955-1975)

This fits the domino theory