The Cold War

DAY 1

The Allies form the United Nations

A. United Nations (UN) has 2 parts1. General Assembly

•Purpose: Countries talk about the issues

•Each country has a representative2. Security Council

•Purpose: Responsible for military•15 countries serve •10 serve a 2 year term – 5 are permanent

The Allies form the United Nations

B. Value of UN1. Worked to keep peace between

countries2. Allowed countries to talk about issues

C. Problems with UN1. if permanent member vetoed an action =

no military action2. rivalry prevented action (ex: US & SU)3. newer, smaller countries joined together

D. Recreated homeland for Jews = Israel

Hi. I’m Walter Lippman.

I coined the word “Cold War”

A Cold War is a conflict between two countries in which they don’t fight each other

directly.

So, you may be asking: Well, Walter,

what do they do then?

In a Cold War, countries:

1. Form military alliances

2. Conduct an arms race

3. Support opposing sides in other country’s civil wars

And now, you’re asking:

How could this have started Walter?There are two MAIN

underlying factors that contributed to the Cold War….

And four CONTRIBUTING factors that further instigated matters.

There MAIN causes are ones that arose between 1920 and 1944.

The CONTRIBUTING factors are ones that took place between 1944 and continued through the 1950s.

1st MAIN Reason the Cold War Began

The Yalta Conference

Soviet Union takes

control of the Baltics

Germany is divided

into 4 sectionsSU to enter the

war against JapanUnited Nations

is formed

Decisions Effects

Domination over all of Eastern

EuropeWest Germany & East Germany are

formedConflicts in Korea & Vietnam arise

Conflicts over China’s

membership

2nd MAIN Reason the Cold

War Began

2nd MAIN Reason the Cold War Began

Differences between Democracy and Communism

Communism Democracy

Economic

System

How leaders come into

power

Rights given to people

Socialist-Gov’t owns all

-No private property

-No competition

Capitalist-Gov’t

regulates some

but…-Private property

-Competition

Seizes power

No alternatives

Elected by ppl

Alternatives

No civil rightsStrict

control

Civil rights