Table of Contents

• 57. WWII Study Guide• 58. Holocaust• 59. WHNN Project• 60. Cold War Begins• 61. Cold War Heats Up• 62. Cold War Study Guide• 63. Communism in China

WARMUPBefore we discuss the

COLD war!

Warmup• 1. What did the Allied leaders do to Germany

at the Yalta conference? – Do you remember who each had a section?

#2.

• Why were the USA and England mad at Stalin at the end of WWII?

I thought they were friends!

#3

• What did the USSR do to puppet/satellite countries?

• Stalin decided to install Communist governments in “buffer” countries to protect themselves– Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech.,

Romania, Poland, Yugoslavia

#4

• Why did the United States financially support European countries with the Marshall plan?

Drama, drama, drama

The Cold War

Picture Day

• Today is picture day!• Don’t worry – your hair looks cute.

• Whenever a picture comes up, you and your partner will discuss.

• Then I will call on a person to explain the picture and how it relates! – C-A-N-D-Y for good answers!

Write down three things you notice about this picture

Pic #1

The “Iron Curtain”

• Europe became divided among the Communists and Democrats

• This became known as the “Iron Curtain” by Winston Churchill

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

“A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory…From Stettin in the

Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe…All these famous cities and

the populations around them lie in what I must call, the Soviet sphere. And all are subject in one form

or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and…increasing measure of control

from Moscow.” –Winston Churchill

Discuss with your partner

1. What is the “iron curtain” that Churchill is referring to that has fallen across Europe?

2. What should the United States do with the Soviet Union at this time?

Pic #2Write two things you notice

Containment

• President Truman adopted a foreign policy called containment

• Intended to block Soviet influence and stop the expansion of communism

• How can they block it?

Let’s see your picture

Truman Doctrine

• Who was Harry Truman?• Truman Doctrine –

– Truman’s support for countries that rejected communism

• Why would the United States be afraid of communism?

Pic #3

Unification of Germany

• England, France, and the USA allowed their zones to form one country– Withdrew their armies– Even did this in Berlin!

• Why?• How would Stalin

feel?

Berlin Blockade

• Stalin wanted the capital, Berlin – How could he get it?

• USSR cut off highway, water, and rail traffic into Berlin’s western zones– The city faced starvation

• Stalin gambled that the Allies would surrender West Berlin

Describe the symbolism in this picture

Pic #4

Berlin Airlift• American and British officials flew food and supplies

into West Berlin for nearly 11 months!!

• In May 1949, the Soviet Union admitted defeat and lifted the blockade

http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/11/berlin.airlift/

The Berlin Airlift

Why is this called the “Cold War?”

• Cold war = struggle over political differences carried on by short military action or war

• Included:– Spying– Propaganda– Diplomacy– Secret Operations

Pic #5

Summary

• Work on your study guide!

Warmup

• 1. Take out your Cold War Study Guide

THE COLD WAR HEATS UP!!

NATO• The world had to pick

sides– Democracy or Communism

• 1949, ten western European nations joined with the US and Canada to form a defensive military alliance– NATO = North Atlantic

Treaty Organization

Warsaw Pact• What do you think the Soviet Union

will do?– Form its own communist pact!

• Warsaw Pact = Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania

Have you heard of the Berlin Wall?

Berlin Wall

• East Germans built up a wall to separate East and West Berlin

• What does this symbolize?

• East Berlin = Communist

• West Berlin = Democratic

Graffiti

Heating Up• What happened in

Nagasaki?• US had atomic bombs• 1949- Soviet Union

exploded its own atomic bomb

• President Truman wanted to develop a more deadly weapon before the soviets

Hydrogen Bomb

• “H-BOMB” - THOUSANDS more powerful than the A-Bomb

• United states tested first h bomb – 1952

• Soviets tested h bomb – 1953

THEY COULD BLOW UP THE WORLD IF THEY

WANTED TO!!!!!

1950s “Duck and Cover” messages

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1MQ4eyg6U4&feature=fvst

“Arms Race”• Race to gather more deadlier weapons• Brinkmanship – Eisenhower’s policy of

threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression– Strengthen military– Make nuclear weapons!

Space Race• Science and Education race!

– Why?• Oct. 4, 1957 – Soviets launched Sputnik

– the first unmanned satellite above the earth’s atmosphere

• 1958 – Americans launched its own satellite

• USA: “We should be able to fly over!”• Soviet Union: “NO”• 1960, Soviets shot down a U-2 plane

that was on a spy-flight over Soviet territory

What will happen??