1. AIM: Why did the Cold War intensify in 1949?
Do Now: BRAIN DRAIN:
What problems exist between the SU and US and where do they exist?

2. Berlin Airlift

3. Berlin Airlift
Stalin blocked roads, bridges, and canals in West Berlin
Allies started an airlift.
food, medicine and other necessities.

4. Berlin Air Lift--German children watching American planes bring food, 1948
German children watching an American plane in "Operation Vittles" bring food and supplies to their city. The airlift kept a city of 2 million people alive for nearly a year and made West Berlin a symbol of the West's resolve to contain the spread of Soviet communism.

5. Girl in front of dome atomic bomb shelter
As the Cold War intensified and the Soviets became a nuclear power, the government began to consider methods to survive a nuclear war. One "solution" was to encourage people to build backyard bomb shelters. Pictured here is one family's atomic bomb shelter that slept six. The cost was $1,250 in 1951.

6. Berlin: 1949-1961 5,000 East Berliners fled to West Berlin
1961: USSR built the “Berlin Wall”

7. 1949 Soviet Atomic Bomb & China
1949: SU successfully tests a-bomb
Mao Zedong: communist leader takes over China
US refuses to recognize Chinese gov’t

8. Korea divided at 38th parallel
North: communist
South: democratic
1950: North Koreans invade South Korea with Soviet weapons

9. Exit Ticket
Main Idea: Could conflict in Korea have been prevented? Why or why not?
Inquiry: How have foreign affairs shaped modern American society?