1. Introduction to the Cold War
Pre-IB World History
Introduction to the Cold War

2. Cold War What is a Cold War? What events can lead to a Cold War?
Era of confrontation and competition between two nations which become increasingly hostile but refrain from physical war.
What events can lead to a Cold War?

3. World War I
Cold War,
I argue it started at the end of World War I
Russia pulls out of Great War
Allies want Germany to fight a two front war
Treaty of Versailles
US, Britain, France, and Italy
Russia not invited
They lost the most people
Is it fair Russia wasn’t invited?

4. Cold War 1919 labor strikes fuel fears of Communists
Growing trend of hostility toward communism
1922 Vladimir Lenin establishes communist state in Russia (USSR)
Joseph Stalin takes power after Lenin (1924)
Stalin’s a psycho

5. World War II Nazi-Soviet Pact
Russia signs treaty to stay out of war
Germany wants to avoid a two front war
When Russia does enter the war they want the Allies to start a two front war in France.
Allies start in Italy
Churchill was afraid Russia would push Germans back and not give up territory.