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Newspaper Project

Newspaper Project. Have your newspaper project out on your desk Also, your research packet Make sure your name is on BOTH!. TOC. 39 – Vocabulary Unit 11- Cold War 40- Notes: Intro to the Cold War (Superpowers, the iron curtain, containment) 41 - Who started the Cold War? reading activity.

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Newspaper Project

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  1. Newspaper Project • Have your newspaper project out on your desk • Also, your research packet • Make sure your name is on BOTH!

  2. TOC • 39 – Vocabulary Unit 11- Cold War • 40- Notes: Intro to the Cold War (Superpowers, the iron curtain, containment) • 41 -Who started the Cold War? reading activity

  3. The Cold War

  4. Superpowers: United States vs. Soviet Union • After WWII devastated much of Europe, two great powers remained: The U.S. and Soviet Union. These nations were known as Superpowers. • Superpower: nations stronger than other powerful nations. • The Cold War between these two nations will cast a shadow over the world for more than 40 years. • Cold War: A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war.

  5. The Iron Curtain • The tension began after WWII when each Superpower formed a military alliance made up of nations that it occupied or protected. • The U.S. led up NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in western Europe. • The Soviet Union led the Warsaw pact in Eastern Europe. • These two alliance systems faced each other along the Iron Curtain, a tense line between the democratic west and the communist east.

  6. The Iron Curtain Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain speech in 1946 Map of the Iron Curtain

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvax5VUvjWQ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ

  8. America’s Policy of Containment • The United States practiced Containment strategy toward communism. • Containment - This was a strategy or policy of containing communism by keeping it within its existing boundaries and preventing further expansion. • This strategy meant supporting any government facing invasion or internal rebellion by communists.

  9. The Truman Doctrine, 1947 President Truman outlined the Truman Doctrine to a joint session of Congress in March of 1947

  10. The Truman Doctrine • President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. • The Truman Doctrine effectively reoriented U.S. foreign policy, away from its usual stance of withdrawal from regional conflicts not directly involving the United States, to one of possible intervention in far away conflicts.

  11. The Marshall Plan • AKA (The European Recovery Program, ERP) The United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.

  12. The Marshall Plan, 1947 Photo shows a delivery of wheat from the U.S. being unloaded in Rotterdam, Netherlands A map showing how the plan’s $20B was distributed by country

  13. Making Comparisons Communist Countries Democratic Capitalism Countries The people and their elected representative make decisions. Market economy where private consumers and producers make most economic decisions and own most property. The political leadership values freedom and prosperity. • The communist party makes all political decisions. • Command economy where the government makes most economic decisions and owns most property • The political leadership values obedience, discipline, and economic security.

  14. Activity: Who Started the Cold War? Central Historical Question Who started the Cold War?

  15. Who was responsible for the Cold war? • Which documents did you think were most trustworthy? Why? • Did anyone’s hypothesis change? How and Why? • What other evidence do you need to strengthen your claim?

  16. A Wall divides Berlin In the 1950’s Berlin became a key focus of the Cold war. • Berlin was split into the Democratic West Berlin and the Communist East Berlin. • West Berlin became known for its peace and prosperity. • Unhappy with communism and angry over low-wages, East Berlin workers decided to flee to West Berlin. • In order to stop the workers from leaving, East Berlin built a massive concrete barrier, topped with barbed wire and patrolled by guards, thus creating the Berlin Wall

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