1. Cold War
Thursday, February 17

2. Cold War Interesting Facts
George Orwell coined the term “Cold War”
What famous book is George Orwell known for?
It cost the U.S. $8 trillion
$50 million per day on nuclear weapons
It was predicted by Adolf Hitler (1945)
“… there will remain in the world only two Great Powers capable of confronting each other -- the United States and Soviet Russia. The laws of both history and geography will compel these two Powers to a trial of strength, either military or in the fields of economics and ideology. These same laws make it inevitable that both Powers should become enemies of Europe. And it is equally certain that both these Powers will sooner or later find it desirable to seek the support of the sole surviving great nation in Europe, the German people.”

3. Global Superpowers

4. What is an ideology? What is your ideology in regards to school?
Democratic
Ideology
Communistic
Ideology

5. Yalta & Potsdam Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference February 1945
July 1945

6. “Hot War”
What is a “Hot War?”
Open military conflict

7. “Cold War”
“Cold War”
Words, Diplomacy, Propaganda, Spying, Secret Operations
Nuclear Arms Race, Space Race