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FOCUS QUESTION: What do you think the cold war was?

FOCUS QUESTION: What do you think the cold war was?. What made it a “Cold” War and not a “Hot” War?. The COLD War UnFOLDS. Yalta C onference. Meeting of Allied Leaders in Feb. 1945 Stalin, Churchill, FDR Discuss post-war world Results: United Nations Created

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FOCUS QUESTION: What do you think the cold war was?

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  1. FOCUS QUESTION:What do you think the cold war was? What made it a “Cold” War and not a “Hot” War?

  2. The COLD War UnFOLDS

  3. Yalta Conference • Meeting of Allied Leaders in Feb. 1945 • Stalin, Churchill, FDR • Discuss post-war world • Results: • United Nations Created • Stalin to enter war vs. Japan • USSR allow for free elections in Poland • Germany Divided into 4 zones • Berlin split in 2 sections

  4. The United Nations • International Peacekeeping Organization • Use peaceful solution and promote justice • United States Congress approves • Remember League of Nations? • 11 Countries on the Security Council • U.S., Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and China have veto power

  5. Germany Divided • Germany split into 4 zones • US, Britain, France, Soviet Union control • US, Britain, France combine = West Germany • Soviet Union = East Germany • Berlin also split into 4 zones

  6. Conflicting post war goals United States Soviet Union Lost 17 million in war Determined to re-build protecting own interests Established satellite nations Created buffer zone on western border Looked to spread communism across world • Americans fought to bring democracy and economic opportunity to conquered nations of Europe. • An economically strong and politically open world created markets for American products.

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