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Cold War History: Post-War Prosperity & Conflict Dissected

Explore post-WWII Europe and early Cold War events with key dates, ideologies, and conflicts. Includes propaganda, leaders, and pivotal moments like the Berlin Wall and Hungarian Revolution.

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Cold War History: Post-War Prosperity & Conflict Dissected

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  1. Cold War Part 1

  2. Review Start Up Work • How was Europe after WWII? • Why did no one want to have another World War? • Why was the Cold War called Cold?

  3. Instructions • Take your time! • Match the event to the date on the timeline • You may use your computers to help you • Use Blank Paper! • This is SOLO work unless you are mature enough to work with ONE classmate.

  4. Switching Things Up • -Secretary of State John Hay negotiates treaty with Columbia • -Japan surrenders • -Holiday Inn opens in Memphis, Tennessee • -Russian Revolution • -John Scopes Trial • -Korean War begins • -Stock Market Crash • -Pearl Harbor attacked • -Prohibition begins in the United States • Brown vs. The Board of Education • -Hitler takes power in Germany • -Panama Canal opens • -Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President • -Teddy Roosevelt becomes President • -Rosa Parks and Montgomery, Alabama • -World War II begins4 • -World War I begins • -Jonas Salk - Polio vaccine • -Mussolini takes power in Italy • -John F. Kennedy born • -Joseph Stalin dies • -Charles Lindbergh solo flight over Atlantic Ocean

  5. Very Important Dates! • 1900 • 1905 • 1910 • 1915 • 1920 • 1925 • 1930 • 1935 • 1940 • 1945 • 1950 • 1955 • 1960

  6. Why is it important? • Why do a timeline? • Think. It’s not just busy work…I promise!

  7. Post-War Prosperity • After World War II America was living the dream! • Wars promote economic growth very rapidly. • Capitalism: an economic and political system where private owners regulate trade and industry NOT THE STATE! • Private owners snatched up any chance to make money

  8. The threat of the Unknown • Truman Doctrine- VERY IMPORTANT! • President Harry S. Truman states that the U.S. would any assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. • What force will we see come to threaten the way of Democracy?

  9. Propaganda • Create a propaganda poster for the Cold War • Must use color • Must use effort • Have fun and be creative!

  10. Rebuild and Regulate • Marshall Plan: America would give Western Europe 12 Billion Dollars to help rebuild the economy and structures. • Bretton Woods Conference: 730 delegates from the 44 Allied nations met to discuss and regulate the monetary situation of the world.

  11. Harry Truman • May 8, 1884, Lamar, MO • Died: December 26, 1972, • 33rd U.S. President • Stepped in as President after F.D.R. passed away. • Approved to the dropping off both atomic bombs on japan during World War II.

  12. Communism • Communism: Founded by Karl Marx • No such thing as private property • 1 person or group regulates everything amongst a common group of people. • For example…

  13. Karl Marx • German philosopher, economist, sociologist • Born: May 5, 1818 • Died: March 14, 1883 • “There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.”

  14. The Cold War Begins • Capitalism VS Communism • Western World VS Eastern World • Why?

  15. Containment • What does it mean? • Apply it to Communism. • Contain Communism where?

  16. The Domino Affect • If one falls they all fall. • The West: worried about Communism spreading Westward • The East: worried about Capitalism spreading Eastward. • Two sides to a coin.

  17. Berlin Wall • Cut off East Berlin from West Berlin • Meant to separate the Western countries from the Communists in the East • Patrolled by guards with assault rifles and machine guns.

  18. Berlin Airlift • Allied nations dropped food, water, and other supplies to people in East Berlin • Dropped almost 10,000 tons a day • Did the Soviets respond with force?

  19. Hungarian Revolution Part 1 • The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 • nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic • Soviet-imposed policies brought the people to their knees. • The Revolution lasted from October 23 until November 10, 1956

  20. Hungarian Revolution Part 2 • Soviets say they are willing to discuss peace • Do they? • The Soviet forces move in and crush the revolution • Results: Over 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed. • 200,000 Hungarians fled as refugees

  21. Prague Spring • Revolt against Soviet rule in Czechoslovakia • Began in January 1968 and ended in August of 1968 • Soviets called in the Warsaw Pact to help. • The Pact sent 1,000,000 troops to occupy the country • No real conflict.

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