1. What was D é tente? 2. What was détente? Détentemeans a ‘lessening of tensions’. By the 1960s, mainly due to the Cuban Missile Crisis, both sides in the Cold War…

Slide 1 The Hungarian Crisis 1956 L/O – To identify the causes, events and effects of the Hungarian Uprising Slide 2 Hungary under Stalin 1949- 53 Hungary was liberated…

Slide 1 Nixon and Vietnam Henry Kissinger- Nixon’s National Security advisor Vietnamization: Gradual withdraw of U.S. troops = increased efforts of the South Vietnamese…

Slide 1 Gerald ford Ford became Vice President in 1973 when Spiro Agnew resigned due to extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy charges, stemming from when he was governor,…

SWBAT: explain how hopes of post-war peace slowly slipped away and created a new conflict between the US and USSR. Homework: None Do Now: Itâs after WWII. In your opinion,…

Slide 1 Mikhail Gorbachev And the end of The Cold war Remember that after WWII the Soviet Union occupied the nations of Eastern Europe forming the Iron Curtain / Communist…

The Cold War: 1945-1991 The freeze begins between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R⦠COLD WAR THE STATE OF HOSTILITY WITHOUT __________ CONFLICT, THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE UNITED…

SWBAT: explain how hopes of post-war peace slowly slipped away and created a new conflict between the US and USSR. Homework: None Do Now: Itâs after WWII. In your opinion,…

Slide 1 The Space Race The Soviets’ Superior Start 1957 - 1970 Slide 2 The Soviets’ Superior Start The Space Race began with the launching of the world’s first artificial…

Gerald ford Ford became Vice President in 1973 when Spiro Agnew resigned due to extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy charges, stemming from when he was governor,…