methods of production. These developments had numerous effects. *Shifts in population from to urban areas led to social changes in class structure, family structure, and the daily lives of people. *Social and political reform, as well as new ideologies, developed in response to growth. World War Two The Basics Fascism: nationalistic; imperialistic; Benito Mussolini; Adolf Hitler Axis Powers Allies Hiroshima and Nagasaki superpowers: the Soviet and the United States Big Ideas *most destructive war in human history and became a turning point in history as is resulted in the division of the world into two competing political ideologies: democracy and Communism. *allies occupied and rebuilt Japan and Germany *former colonial possessions of European nations became sovereign nations, establishing their own governments. Cold War The Basics Stalin Krushchev Brezhnev Gorbachev arms race: brinkmanship; mutually assured destruction; deterrence; Truman Doctrine: Marshall Plan; Berlin Airlift bipolarization: NATO; Warsaw Pact; Third World Berlin Wall Curtain” “Iron Soviet Bloc domino theory: Korean War; Vietnam War (Viet Cong; Ho Chi Minh; escalation) Afghanistan War Cuban Revolution: Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Castro Glasnost Perestroika Big *Two conflicting economic systems, capitalism and communism, competed for influence and power after World War II. *the tensions between the US and the USSR were there result of many decades of distrust that finally came to a head after WWII when each country’s leaders independently came to the conclusion that Communism and capitalist democracies could not peacefully coexist. *Both the US and the USSR followed 6 major strategies to achieve military and political superiority over each other: foreign aid, espionage, multinational alliances, propaganda, brinkmanship, proxy wars *the superpowers supported and exacerbated the internal conflicts of Latin American and Middle Eastern countries that were economically poor and politically unstable, largely because of a long history of imperialism. Post Cold War Hot Spots
methods of production. These developments had numerous effects. *Shifts in population from to urban areas led to social changes in class structure, family structure, and the daily lives of people. *Social and political reform, as well as new ideologies, developed in response to growth. World War Two The Basics Fascism: nationalistic; imperialistic; Benito Mussolini; Adolf Hitler Axis Powers Allies Hiroshima and Nagasaki superpowers: the Soviet and the United States Big Ideas *most destructive war in human history and became a turning point in history as is resulted in the division of the world into two competing political ideologies: democracy and Communism. *allies occupied and rebuilt Japan and Germany *former colonial possessions of European nations became sovereign nations, establishing their own governments. Cold War The Basics Stalin Krushchev Brezhnev Gorbachev arms race: brinkmanship; mutually assured destruction; deterrence; Truman Doctrine: Marshall Plan; Berlin Airlift bipolarization: NATO; Warsaw Pact; Third World Berlin Wall “Iron Curtain” Soviet Bloc domino theory: Korean War; Vietnam War (Viet Cong; Ho Chi Minh; escalation) Afghanistan War Cuban Revolution: Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Castro Glasnost Perestroika Big *Two conflicting economic systems, capitalism and communism, competed for influence and power after World War II. *the tensions between the US and the USSR were there result of many decades of distrust that finally came to a head after WWII when each country’s leaders independently came to the conclusion that Communism and capitalist democracies could not peacefully coexist. *Both the US and the USSR followed 6 major strategies to achieve military and political superiority over each other: foreign aid, espionage, multinational alliances, propaganda, brinkmanship, proxy wars *the superpowers supported and exacerbated the internal conflicts of Latin American and Middle Eastern countries that were economically poor and politically unstable, largely because of a long history of imperialism. Post Cold War Hot Spots
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