Bell Ringer #12 (3 /22 & 4/2)

Bell Ringer #12 (3/22 & 4/2)

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What is the Cold War?

List one vocab term that you learned and the definition.

Rise of the Cold War(1940-1970s)

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Learning Goals

Describe how treaties/agreements at the end of WWII changed national boundaries and created multinational organizations

Analyze how the US and Soviet Union became superpowers and competed for global influence

Where we last left off…

End of WWII

Tensions start to rise

Yalta ConferenceGermany and Berlin to be divided

into four parts (spheres of influence)East Germany: SovietsWest Germany: British, French,

Americans Berlin divided in same way

Soviets set up Communist governments

VOCAB CHECK: SATELLITE A smaller country that is economically or politically dependent on a more powerful nation.

Cold War examples: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, E. Germany

VOCAB CHECK: COLD WAR(1945-1991) - decades following WWII

Time of suspicion and hostility between communist & democratic nations

Waged primarily by political/economic means rather than weapons

Cold War Begins

Two countries rise from WWII as “superpowers”

Two Superpowers US (capitalism)USSR (Communism) – Stalin

VOCAB CHECK: SUPERPOWERA state with a dominant position in the international arena

State has the ability to influence events to its own benefit and can project power on a worldwide scale to protect its interests

Two SuperpowersSoviet Goals

Protect from W. Threats

Set up a buffer zone

Demanded Germany be divided into two

U.S. GoalsWanted democratic governments

Prevent spread of Communism

Wanted a unified Germany (that would be friendly to west)

Cold War Begins Cont..

Two countries rise from WWII as “superpowers”

Two Superpowers US (capitalism)USSR (Communism) - Stalin

Clash of ideologies

Not a “Hot War” -- no military conflict

Iron Curtain

VOCAB CHECK:IRON CURTAIN

Imaginary line/boundary separating the Communist nations of E. Europe from the mostly democratic nations of W. Europe

VOCAB CHECK:MARSHALL PLAN

U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII

VOCAB CHECK:TRUMAN DOCTRINEU.S. President Harry Truman’s policy

Gave economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal/external opponents (communists)

VOCAB CHECK:CONTAINMENTPolicy outlined in Truman Doctrine

Stated the U.S. must stop the spread of communism, as it was a threat to democracy

Aimed to create alliances and help weak countries to resist Soviet advances

COLD WAR METAPHOR

COLD WAR METAPHOR

Tense brow: upset at poker losses in past (WWI & WWII)

Communist Symbol

Ace up sleeve: atomic bomb

Soviet UnionUnited States

Capitalism

Ace up sleeve: atomic bomb

Cold War World

Berlin AirliftBerlin Blockade

Berlin

During the Cold War (1945-1990), the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of

A. the peacekeeping role of the United Nation.

B. pressure from nonaligned nations.

C. the potential for global nuclear destruction.

D. increased tensions in the Middle East.

Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries immediately after World War II? They

A. adopted democratic reforms in their political systems.

B. became satellite states of the Soviet Union.

C. became dependent on aid provided by the Marshall Plan.

D. emerged as world economic powers.

THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK

1984

Parable

Nuclear Weapons, Arms Race