The Cold War 1947-1991 Winston Churchill: United Kingdom Harry Truman: United States Nikita Khrushchev: Soviet Union

Dividing Europe During World War II the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union shared a common goal….to defeat Hitler and his allies. After the war ended these countries had little reason to work together. Most Western European countries were limited governments, but most Eastern European countries were communist and controlled by the Soviet Union.

Map of Western and Eastern Europe http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/euro1970.htm

Who supported. the United States. in the Cold War Who supported the United States in the Cold War? Who supported the Soviet Union in the Cold War?

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/coldwar1.htm World Alliances in 1959

The Division of Europe… There was a distinct dividing line between Western and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. What was the division line called? Iron Curtain

Cold War Vocabulary Iron Curtain - the barbed wire and mined division built to separate Western Europe from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union The Iron Curtain was a policy of isolation set up by the Soviet Union (USSR) after World War II. It involved rigid censorship and restrictions on travel. The Iron Curtain acted as a barrier to communication and the free exchange of ideas between Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Russia/photo85289.htm

This is where the Iron Curtain was located.

Transportation Barrier Questions???? Was the Iron Curtain a transportation barrier or transportation corridor? How did the Iron Curtain impact cultural borrowing? Transportation Barrier

Why was the United States so interested in what was going on in Europe? The United States feared that The Soviet Union was trying to spread communism around the world. The Soviet Union thought the United States was imperialistic. Imperialism is a policy of extending a nation’s authority by gaining land or influencing their economies.

Cold War Vocabulary Truman Doctrine -1947 - a promised policy issued by President Harry Truman in response to a growing frequency of communist revolutions. The policy stated the intention of the United States to give aid to any government that was fighting Communism. How did this doctrine impact United States involvement in Germany, Korea and Vietnam?

Impact in Germany Western Eastern During the Cold War Germany was divided into East and West Germany. Which side had United States support? Which side had Soviet support? Western Eastern

West Germany East Germany All of Germany

http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/maps/berlinwallmap_02.htm The city of Berlin was in East Germany, but it was divided into East and West Berlin.

Cold War Vocabulary Berlin Wall – a wire and concrete wall that divided East Berlin from West Berlin from 1961-1989. The wall basically enclosed West Berlin from the rest of East Berlin and East Germany. West Berlin stood as an island of freedom in a communist East Germany.

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was built in August of 1961. US Supported Soviet Supported Berlin Wall

The End of the Cold War The fall of the Berlin Wall The Cold War ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. What major event in history marks the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe? The fall of the Berlin Wall http://www.photovault.com/Link/People/R/StrikesRalliesProtests/show.asp?tg=PRSVolume03/PRSV03P05_17

No Actual Fighting??? Was the Cold War really a war without blood? The Korean War (1950) and Vietnam War (May 1961) both occurred during the Cold War. The Soviets supported North Korea and North Vietnam. The United States supported South Korea and South Vietnam.

Timeline of Communist growth and decline The following is an animated world map of the growth and decline of Communism around the world beginning with 1917 and ending with 2000. What event occurred in 1917 that began communism? In what year did the world contain the largest number of communist countries? http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/communis.htm

Application How is the United States’ conflict in Iraq similar to the Cold War? Think About Why the US got involved The Truman Doctrine Similarities between Iraq and the Soviet Union

Sources Most are sited on the slide http://www.opb.org/education/coldwar http://www.paradeclassroom.com/serials/files/reagan/reagan_lessonplan.pdf http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRchurchill.htm http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/prco-presidents-truman.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev http://berlin-wall.org/b_muren.html