1. THE COLD WAR

2. BRINKSMANSHIP State of political/military tension of W_______ Bloc (USA + Britain) & E________ Bloc (Russia + China) GermanyTypified by split of Germany (B______ Wall) … and in Korea & Indo-China (V________) Nuclear Arms RaceTypified by Nuclear Arms Race … USA (T_______) vs Soviet Union (S_______)

3. WORLD SPLIT INTO TWO CAMPS

4. OHIO LEARNING STANDARD #18 The United States & Soviet Union became superpowers & competed for Global Influence

5. IT WAS COLD…??? * NOT because it involved Russia -but because was no large-scale fighting d________ … between the TWO major superpowers = N ______ (USA) vs W _______ Pact (USSR) … were several regional ( P _______) wars – like those in Korea & Vietnam

6. DEMOCRATIC VS COMMUNIST

7. NOT ACTUAL FIGHTING, BUT … … About philosophical, economic & political differences over C ________ (socialism) vs C ________ (democracy) … Each side armed heavily in preparation for potential all-out nuclear World War III NATO vs Warsaw Pact N _________ P ___________

8. ARMAMENTS (TANKS) + MISSILES (ICBMS)

9. US enacts M________ Plan - pledging Economic aid for all European countries willing to participate & pledge loyalty to Alignment with NATO

10. DIVIDED EUROPE Disagreement over “responsibility” (P_______) to rebuild/influence post-war Europe - especially Germany Both “sides” desire to secure “B______ Z______” between themselves & the other Bloc Winston Churchill calls this … The Iron Curtain

12. EASTERN BLOC = WARSAW PACT East European territories liberated from Nazis & then O________ by Soviet Red Army during WWII - East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czech Rep. Soviet-style R________ arose with Communist Gov (Russian-style) Secret Police systems (KGB - Russia & Stasi - German) put in place to crush anti- communist resistance

13. WESTERN BLOC = NATO Adopt C__________ Policy … goal is to stop spread of Communism Framing conflict in post-WII world as contest for re-establishing (B_______ of P_______) as between free peoples (Democracy) v T_________ regimes (Communist)

14. WEST VS EAST

15. “TRI-ZONIA” IN WEST GERMANY Re-building German economy including the introduction of new currency – Deutsch Mark Success of Marshall Plan in American Zone – leads to merger of other zones into one West Germany

17. RESPONSES TO WEST GERMANY Stalin institutes B______ B_______ – prevent NATO food & supplies from arriving into Berlin US & Britain begin massive A_________ to fly supplies in to cutoff sections of West Berlin

18. EAST GERMANY (SOVIET SECTOR) After Berlin Blockade - Stalin & Comm Party intensify efforts toward “State” control Creation of GDR – stronger form of Central Gov S__________ - “implement Soviet-style Socialism”

19. VOLKSPOLIZEI Strike in East Berlin spread across East Germany into over 500 towns & villages East German Gov calls Soviet Tank Forces in to bring protests was under control

20. BERLIN WALL Following Volkspolizei uprising - East German Gov took over even more of the business planning & ownership -New quotas, Expanded hours, Reduced Salaries To keep workers from escaping to West Germany – GDR builds Wall & expands fencing