1. Post World War II Europe THE COLD WAR

2. POST WAR GERMANY Paris Peace Conference -Feb 10, 1947- formal treaties signed, agreements made Divided into four occupied parts Federal Republic of Germany “Fully Sovereign Nation” March 15, 1991 No Formal UN protection to this day!

3. POST WAR GERMANY

4. CONTAINMENT & US FOREIGN POLICY Truman Doctrine- based on happenings in Greece “Free people who are resisting… outside pressures” Basically protect against COMMUNISM Marshall Plan- US economic recovery packages to countries who wish to be “democratic” Soviet satellites wanted to join, Soviet Union threatens them.

5. IRON CURTAIN- WINSTON CHURCHILL- 1946

6. BERLIN BLOCKADE- BERLIN AIRLIFT 1948 Berlin located in Soviet Occupied Germany Soviets upset at treatment by US and Britain

7. NEW ALLIANCES North Atlantic Treaty Organization- NATO 1949 Mutual assistance if attacked Belgium, Netherlands, France, Britain, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Iceland, Canada, US. (W. Germany, Greece and Turkey too) Warsaw Pact- 1955 Similar to NATO, but for Soviets and its satellites. Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, E. Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR

8. ISRAEL British Balfour Declaration (post WWI) Israel created in the British-owned state of Palestine Post WWII UN decision to create two states- Palestine and Israel May 14, 1948 Independence declared US supports Israel, Soviets support Arabs

9. KOREAN WAR Cold War turns Hot US intervenes under UN ordinance China is threatened June 1950-June 1953 38th Parallel

10. WHO IS KHRUSCHEV? Nikita Khruschev, after Stalin’s death Economic reforms End of total censorship Secret Speech 1956 Sputnik- 1957 Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962

11. SPACE RACE Sputnik- 1957 first satellite into orbit US still no successful launch

12. SPACE RACE Sputnik II- Laika the first living creature sent to space, survived the launch. 1957 Vostok I- Yuri orbits the earth, 2 hour flight. 1961 US still does not have a successful launch

13. BERLIN WALL To keep E. Germans from leaving to W. Germany August 1961-November 1989

14. BERLIN WALL The literal IRON CURTAIN

15. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Fidel Castro establishes Communist government 1962 Soviets place nuclear missiles in Cuba President Kennedy responds with a blockade “Standoff” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

16. RED SCARE AROUND THE GLOBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYl_AH-qyk