Bracket -- Martin Luther vs. John Locke Chronology Quiz Get out a clean sheet of paper 14.1 NOTES The Cold War under Stalin QUIA TEST – take it this weekend if you want as a means of review Random Fact of the Day During the 18th century, you could pay your admission ticket to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.
14.1
SOVIET Democracies are hostile to communism Democracies stalled to open western front in WW2 Has a right to control Eastern Europe after liberating them from Nazis AMERICAN Stalin sought to create “spheres” of influence in Europe Stalin lied at peace conferences Iron Curtain speech Churchill: Iron Curtain speech
1949 West Germany East Germany
KEEPING COMMUNISM IN CHECK
US pledges to stop spread of communism Eastern Europe is left to communism US helps Greece and Turkey to put down communism Marshall Plan US sends $13 billion to war- torn Europe to help rebuild Triggers “economic miracle”
Soviets attempt to remove Allied powers from Berlin – blockade the roads USA leads airlift to drop supplies to west Berlin Soviets lift blockade after 11 months
BERLIN CANDY BOMBER
Western democracies unite to support each other in the event of a Soviet attack Warsaw Pact West Germany joins NATO in 1954…triggers creation of Warsaw Pact (USSR-led)
Bracket – da Vinci vs. Columbus Finish 14.1 NOTES Start 14.2 NOTES TURN IN UNIT 13 PETS Random Fact of the Day In Bangladesh, children of 15 years old and older can be put in jail for cheating on their final exams.
1949 – Communist revolution in China Led by Mao Zedong Korean War ( ) Korea divided after WWII…North invades South BIG test for United Nations Cease fire reached in 1953
POST WWII
Eastern Europe Communist parties dominated politics and reported to Moscow Josip Broz Tito ▪ Yugoslavia the lone exception – Josip Broz Tito Czechoslovakia, a democracy before war, was transformed to one-party communist state 12 million citizens died from Most die in the gulags Five-year plans return…culture/art purged