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Origins of the Cold War

Origins of the Cold War. Crises and Policies 1945 - 49. Origins: The Big Question. To what extent were each of the superpowers responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War? In Class Essay – Thu April 4 th

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Origins of the Cold War

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  1. Origins of the Cold War Crises and Policies 1945 - 49

  2. Origins: The Big Question • To what extent were each of the superpowers responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War? • In Class Essay – Thu April 4th • “It’s December 01, 1949 and we are in a Cold War. Blame the _________________!!!” Be prepared to write from either perspective. You may bring up to 6 primary documents from the era, but no personal notes.

  3. WWII Causes • Polish Question • Manhattan project • 2nd front • Ideological conflict • Reparations

  4. Plan for poland and partition of Germany

  5. 1945 - 1947 • Gouzenko affair • Greek Civil War • Creation of Soviet satellite states in E. Europe • Cominform created

  6. Igor Gouzenko

  7. Iron Curtain Speech • Read the text of the speech Churchill made March 05, 1946 • Could this be considered a cause of the Cold War?

  8. Truman Doctrine • “ I believe that it must be the policy of the US to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures…”

  9. 1948 • Feb – Coup in Czechoslovakia • Cominform expulsion of Tito’s Yugoslavia

  10. Marshall Plan • Goal • Who was eligible • $ • OEEC

  11. Berlin - Crisis #1

  12. Origins of Berlin Crisis • Occupation zones • “listening post” irritant • Bizonia / Trizonia • New currency

  13. Berlin blockade • Blockade begins 24 June 1948 • Purpose • Response?

  14. Berlin Airlift • Purpose • Details • Results

  15. Berlin airlift

  16. Nature of the crisis

  17. North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949

  18. Other events of 1949 • Federal Republic of Germany • German Democratic republic • which is which?

  19. 1949 con’t • Soviet atomic bomb • Chinese revolution

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