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Learning Targets
• I can trace the development and manifestations of the Cold War.
• I can analyze Truman’s and Eisenhower’s leadership during The Cold War.
• I can explain the causes and consequences of the Korean War.
Questions
• To what extent was The Cold War inevitable?• To what extent were Cold War tensions
exacerbated by misunderstandings and mistakes?
• What role did personalities play in escalating the conflict?
• How did The Cold War affect US culture?• What role did democracy play in the escalation
of the Cold War?
What is The Cold War?
• cold war: a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
• The Cold War: period of tension between the US and Soviet Union lasting from the end of WWII to the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 90s.
Origins: Competing Philosophies
Marxism, Leninism, & Stalin
• Free Market Capitalism• Keynesian Economics &
New Deal Capitalism• Key to world peace:
economic prosperity & trade– Wilson– Roosevelt
• Free Trade
American Capitalism
• View of history– Proletariat– Bourgeoisie
• Communism • Linen & Bolshevik
Revolution• Stalin
– Rise to power– 5 Year Plans
Origins: Competing Personalities
Truman• Background• Vice President• Death of Roosevelt• Personality
Stalin• Background• Politician• Ruthless dictatorship• Sought Soviet sphere’s of
influence in E. Europe
Origins
• US support for White Army during the Bolshevik Revolution
• Disagreements during WWII– Western front– Yalta (45)– Potsdam (46)
Origins
• Greek Civil War (46-7)• Turkish instability• Truman Doctrine • Aid package• Marshall Plan
– US v. Soviet view
Escalation
• Soviets cut off Berlin (4/48)• Berlin Airlift (48-49)• Some other stuff going on– Creation of Israel (48)– Election of 48
Escalation
• The Soviets test a bomb (49)• National Security Act (47)– Creates National Security Council– NSC 68