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Table of Contents. 57. WWII Study Guide 58. Holocaust 59. WHNN Project 60. Cold War Begins 61. Cold War Heats Up 62. Cold War Study Guide 63. Communism in China. WARMUP. Before we discuss the COLD war!. Warmup. 1. What did the Allied leaders do to Germany at the Yalta conference?

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  1. Table of Contents • 57. WWII Study Guide • 58. Holocaust • 59. WHNN Project • 60. Cold War Begins • 61. Cold War Heats Up • 62. Cold War Study Guide • 63. Communism in China

  2. WARMUP Before we discuss the COLD war!

  3. Warmup • 1. What did the Allied leaders do to Germany at the Yalta conference? • Do you remember who each had a section?

  4. #2. • Why were the USA and England mad at Stalin at the end of WWII?

  5. I thought they were friends!

  6. #3 • What did the USSR do to puppet/satellite countries?

  7. Stalin decided to install Communist governments in “buffer” countries to protect themselves • Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech., Romania, Poland, Yugoslavia

  8. #4 • Why did the United States financially support European countries with the Marshall plan?

  9. The Cold War Drama, drama, drama

  10. Picture Day • Today is picture day! • Don’t worry – your hair looks cute. • Whenever a picture comes up, you and your partner will discuss. • Then I will call on a person to explain the picture and how it relates! • C-A-N-D-Y for good answers!

  11. Write down three things you notice about this picture Pic #1

  12. The “Iron Curtain” • Europe became divided among the Communists and Democrats • This became known as the “Iron Curtain” by Winston Churchill

  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvax5VUvjWQ “A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory…From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe…All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call, the Soviet sphere. And all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and…increasing measure of control from Moscow.” –Winston Churchill

  14. Discuss with your partner What is the “iron curtain” that Churchill is referring to that has fallen across Europe? 2. What should the United States do with the Soviet Union at this time?

  15. Write two things you notice Pic #2

  16. Containment • President Truman adopted a foreign policy called containment • Intended to block Soviet influence and stop the expansion of communism • How can they block it?

  17. Let’s see your picture

  18. Truman Doctrine • Who was Harry Truman? • Truman Doctrine – • Truman’s support for countries that rejected communism

  19. Pic #3 • Why would the United States be afraid of communism?

  20. Unification of Germany • England, France, and the USA allowed their zones to form one country • Withdrew their armies • Even did this in Berlin! • Why? • How would Stalin feel?

  21. Berlin Blockade • Stalin wanted the capital, Berlin • How could he get it? • USSR cut off highway, water, and rail traffic into Berlin’s western zones • The city faced starvation • Stalin gambled that the Allies would surrender West Berlin

  22. Describe the symbolism in this picture Pic #4

  23. Berlin Airlift • American and British officials flew food and supplies into West Berlin for nearly 11 months!! • In May 1949, the Soviet Union admitted defeat and lifted the blockade

  24. The Berlin Airlift http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/11/berlin.airlift/

  25. Why is this called the “Cold War?” • Cold war = struggle over political differences carried on by short military action or war • Included: • Spying • Propaganda • Diplomacy • Secret Operations

  26. Pic #5

  27. Summary • Work on your study guide!

  28. Warmup • 1. Take out your Cold War Study Guide

  29. THE COLD WAR HEATS UP!!

  30. NATO • The world had to pick sides • Democracy or Communism • 1949, ten western European nations joined with the US and Canada to form a defensive military alliance • NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  31. Warsaw Pact • What do you think the Soviet Union will do? • Form its own communist pact! • Warsaw Pact = Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania

  32. Have you heard of the Berlin Wall?

  33. Berlin Wall • East Germans built up a wall to separate East and West Berlin • What does this symbolize? • East Berlin = Communist • West Berlin = Democratic

  34. Graffiti

  35. Heating Up • What happened in Nagasaki? • US had atomic bombs • 1949- Soviet Union exploded its own atomic bomb • President Truman wanted to develop a more deadly weapon before the soviets

  36. Hydrogen Bomb THEY COULD BLOW UP THE WORLD IF THEY WANTED TO!!!!! • “H-BOMB” - THOUSANDS more powerful than the A-Bomb • United states tested first h bomb – 1952 • Soviets tested h bomb – 1953

  37. 1950s “Duck and Cover” messages • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1MQ4eyg6U4&feature=fvst

  38. “Arms Race” • Race to gather more deadlier weapons • Brinkmanship – Eisenhower’s policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression • Strengthen military • Make nuclear weapons!

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