The Origins of the Cold War US History
German Expansion
War Conferences
German Expansion
The Cold War (1945-1991) United States Democracy Capitalism Religious Soviet Union (USSR) Communist Dictatorship Socialism No Religion Both nations compete for control of world affairs between 1945-1991. There are numerous regional conflicts around the world, but never a “hot war” between the two nations. The USSR dissolves in 1991.
Postwar Cooperation by Allies Nuremberg War Trials United Nations UN Declaration of Human Rights
Why did wartime cooperation collapse? Source/Context/Significance? Main Idea? How does it answer Q? D1 D2a D2b D2c (2) D3
What was containment and how was it applied? Source/Context/Significance? Main Idea? How does it answer Q? D4 D5 D6a D6b
Source/Context/Significance? How and why did the US formally commit itself to the defense of Europe? Source/Context/Significance? Main Idea? How does it answer Q? D7a D7b D7c D8
The Cold War in Europe Containment Truman Doctrine (1947) $400 million to Greece and Turkey Marshall Plan (1947) – 2 $12-13 billion to rebuild Western Europe Berlin Airlift (6/48-5/49) - 2 NATO (1949)
What caused the Cold War? T – Answer the question TEA Paragraph What caused the Cold War? T – Answer the question E – Present 3 pieces of evidence to support you assertion A – Conclude with analysis to reinforce your assertion
The Cold War in Asia Chinese Civil War - 2 Korean War (1950-1953) map Communists (Mao Zedong) v. Nationalists (Chiang Kai-Shek) US Aid to Nationalists “Loss” of China (1949) Korean War (1950-1953) map
Discussion Questions: Korean War According to each textbook, how did the Korean War start? Which of these textbooks do you find more trustworthy? Why? Where else would you look in order to figure out how the Korean War started? Which textbook comes from North Korea? Which comes from South Korea?
Think/Pair/Share How was Europe divided after World War II? What did the US and USSR cooperate on after World War II? How successfully did Truman deal with the Cold War in Europe? (Use examples) How successfully did Truman deal with the Cold War in Asia? (Use examples)
War Conferences
Europe Divided By the Iron Curtain
Germany Berlin
Kennan- The Long Telegram Containment The US will use a policy of trying to contain or stop the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” “I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.”
Marshall Plan US Gives Western European Countries $12-13 Billion to Rebuild After WW2
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift
National Security Act Department of Defense National Security Council Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Mao Chiang
Chinese Civil War
Korean War