1. Foundations of the Cold War

2. Post WW2
Now that you’ve seen 2 major world conflicts begin and end (the world wars), think about the causes and effects of those wars.
For the following open-ended questions, speak to a neighbor before submitting your response
You do not have to have the same response as your neighbor…just talk it out before you submit

3. Open-ended question 1
WW2 begins: What were the major issues in Europe that led up to WW2? What were various countries mad/concerned about after WW1?
I’m looking for Germany being shamed, great depression, Hitler taking land for himself, dictators

4. Open-ended question 2
WW2 Ends: What do you think should be the goals to keep peace this time? (What should happen to prevent WW3?)

5. Open-ended question 3
What would cause post-war tension/mistrust between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Looking for atomic bomb, communism vs. capitalism, that soviet union was once on same side as axis powers

6. President Truman FDR dies in April 1944
(Take NoTeS on slides)
FDR dies in April 1944
Truman was only his V.P. for a few months before he has to take over
Didn’t even know about the atomic bombs!
Truman is now in charge of negotiating peace treaties after WW2

7. Truman and Self-Determination
Truman has to pick up the pieces at the end of war –
Including making sure the Soviet Union kept its promise to let the countries it occupied make their own election decisions
Self-determination: when a nation of people get to freely elect what kind of government they want and determine their own identity
Soviet Union breaks promise
Banned free elections and democratic parties

8. Soviet-occupied Europe after ww2

9. Post WW2 Booming economy Expanded military Atomic bomb technology
United States
Soviet Union
Booming economy
Expanded military
Atomic bomb technology
Position of power to get what they wanted since they helped the Allies win the war in both the European and Pacific theaters
Land and people devastated
Expanded military
Industries doing better
Wanted Germany to pay them for damages

11. Major Differences
Besides having different post-war goals for Europe, the Soviet Union and the United States had very different ideas about the government/economy in general

13. Comparing the Two (T-chart in NoTeS)
Capitalism
Communism
Private ownership of most businesses/factories
Free competition – the most deserving company will “win” because people have choice of where to shop and will go with best for their money
Tried to correct problems of capitalism (like class divisions – Carnegie vs. his factory worker)
No private ownership (encourages greed)
Wealth should be equal and gov’t should step in to help make it so

14. Drawing – symbolic representation of Communism vs. Capitalism

15. Stalin in Europe
Stalin puts Communist governments into place in many Eastern European countries
He also states that Communism and capitalism cannot work together and that another war was certain.
Satellite Nation – a country that is dominated politically and/or economically by another nation

16. Terms to Know
Containment – the policy of trying to prevent communism control spreading further than it already was (“containing” it)
Iron Curtain – The symbolic split between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe

17. Iron curtain speech

18. The Cold War
Why Cold?
“Cold” because no direct fighting ever occurred
U.S. and Soviet Union had tensions and threats that put the world on the brink of nuclear war
From the end of WW2 (1945)
To the break up of the Soviet Union (1991)

19. Student Activity Task:
Continue taking NoTeS on the Cold War in Europe (taking careful note of the terms) on pages of the etext