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Origins of the Cold War

Origins of the Cold War. PowerPoint by Mr. Hataway Created 1/25/2012. ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR. After being Allies during WWII, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. soon viewed each other with increasing suspicion

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Origins of the Cold War

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  1. Origins of the Cold War PowerPoint by Mr. Hataway Created 1/25/2012

  2. ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR • After being Allies during WWII, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. soon viewed each other with increasing suspicion • Their political differences created a climate of icy tensionthat plunged the two countries into an era of bitter rivalry known as the Cold War. The Cold War would dominate global affairs from 1945 until the breakup of the USSR in 1991

  3. DID YOU KNOW? • The term Cold Warwas first used by Walter Lippman, a newspaper columnist. He used it to refer to a state of war that did not involve actual bloodshed, but an icy rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.

  4. Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945) • Big Three • USSR – Joseph Stalin • US – Franklin Roosevelt • UK – Winston Churchill • Germany divided into 4 zones of occupation • Germany would pay reparations for causing the war

  5. Yalta Conference

  6. Yalta Conference • FDR dies – Harry Truman becomes US president • USSR fails to follow agreements at Yalta – tensions increase

  7. Tensions Between Nations

  8. Potsdam Conference • July 1945 • Truman met with Churchill and Stalin • Truman against war reparation fearing it would not allow German industry to recover.

  9. Potsdam Conference

  10. SUSPICIONS DEVELOPED DURING THE WAR ISSUES • Even during the war, the two nations disagreed on many issues • The U.S. was furious that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had been an ally of Hitler for a time • Stalin was upset that the U.S. had kept its development of the atomic bomb a secret

  11. THE UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES HOPE • Hopes for world peace were high at the end of the war. • The most visible symbol of these hopes was the United Nations (U.N.). • Formed in June of 1945, the U.N. was composed of 50 nations. • Unfortunately, the U.N. soon became a forum for competing superpowers to spread their influence over others. The United Nations today has 191 member countries

  12. The Iron Curtain • Soviet Bloc Emerges in Eastern Europe • satellite nations: although not directly under Soviet control, had to remain communist and follow Soviet-approved policies. • Soviet army’s presence led to pro-Soviet Communist governments being established in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia

  13. The Cold War Alliances, 1949 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/focuson/film/images/activities/cold-war/europe-cold-war.png

  14. The Iron Curtain • The Iron Curtain Descends • Speech delivered by Winston Churchill at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri (March 5, 1946) • Iron Curtain – phrase used by Churchill to describe the division of Europe between communist and democratic nations.

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