Aim: What was the impact of the Cold War on the world?
slide 1
¡NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization – military defense treaty amongst North Atlantic Nations
¡Warsaw Pact – military defense treaty amongst Communist Nations
Slide 2
¡Yalta Conference(1945) – US, UK, and USSR meet to reorganize Europe
¡Potsdam Conference(1945) – US, UK and USSR meet to decide further effects of W.W. 2
¡Berlin Airlift (1948)– UK & US planes supply East Berlin with provisions
¡Berlin Wall (1961) – cuts off East Berlin from West Berlin
¡Cuban Missile Crisis – nuclear missiles placed into the hands of Fidel Castro in Cuba
§Bay of Pigs– failed CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro
Homework due Friday March 14th – Cold War Packet
