1. The Origins of the Cold War: 1945-1954
AP US History
The Origins of the Cold War:

2. The Cold War (1945-1991) United States Democracy Capitalism Religion
Soviet Union (USSR)
Communist Dictatorship
Socialism
No Religion
Both nations compete for control of world affairs between There were numerous regional conflicts around the world, but never a “hot war” between the two nations. The USSR dissolves in 1991.

3. War Conferences Teheran (11/43)
US and Britain would open up a 2nd front in Western Europe
USSR would help against Japan after Germany was defeated
Yalta (2/45)
Occupation and division of Germany
Free elections in Eastern Europe
Creation of the UN
Potsdam (7/45)
Unconditional surrender in Japan
War crimes trials for Nazi leadership

4. Postwar Cooperation by Allies
United Nations
UN Security Council
US, USSR, Britain, France, China
Achievements
Nuremberg War Trials

5. Inquiry: What caused the Cold War?
Why did wartime cooperation between the US and the USSR collapse in ?
What was containment and how was it applied in ?
How and why did the US formally commit itself to the defense of Europe?
How did the Cold War spread to Asia and how successfully was US strategy?

6. Q1 - Why did wartime cooperation between the US and the USSR collapse in 1945-1946?
How can info from each document help you answer Q1?
Doc A
Doc B
(read C-G as a group)
Doc C
Doc D
Doc E
Doc F
Doc G
Key Terms:
Second Front
Yalta
Division of Europe
Division of Germany/Berlin
Iron Curtain

7. Q2 - What was containment and how was it applied in 1947-1948?
How can info from each document help you answer Q2?
Doc A
Doc B
Doc C
Doc D
Doc E
Key Terms:
Containment
George Kennan
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan (2)

8. Q3 – How and why did the United States formally commit itself to the defense of Europe?
How can info from each document help you answer Q3?
Doc A
Doc B
Doc C
Doc D
Key Terms:
Berlin Airlift (2)
NATO
Warsaw Pact

9. The Cold War in Asia Japanese Reconstruction (45-47)
Chinese Civil War - 2
Communists (Mao Zedong) v. Nationalists (Chiang Kai-Shek)
US Aid to Nationalists
“Loss” of China (1949)
China and Taiwan
Korean War ( )
map

10. Discussion Questions
Who is to blame for the Cold War? Assign blame to the nations (US/USSR) and the individuals (Stalin, FDR, Truman).
Were the Soviets a real or imagined threat? Why?
How successful was the policy of containment in Europe during the Truman administration? Use examples.
How successful was the policy of containment in Asia during the Truman administration? Use examples.

11. Evaluate the reasons for the development of the Cold War.
Context: Thesis Paragraph One Paragraph Two Synthesis

12. Evaluate the extent to which the Second World War shaped the Cold War.
Context: Thesis Paragraph One Paragraph Two Synthesis

13. The Second Red Scare (4 Minutes)
The Cold War at Home
The Second Red Scare (4 Minutes)
What caused the Second Red Scare?
How did the Red Scare progress in the late 1940s/early1950s?
Loyalty Review Boards
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Richard Nixon
Spy Cases
Hiss Trial
Rosenbergs
McCarthyism ( ) - 2

14. Discussion Question
Why did McCarthyism appeal to so many Americans in the early 1950s? Thesis: Support for Thesis:

15. Practice SAQ
1) Briefly explain ONE similarity between the First Red Scare and the Second Red Scare? 2) Briefly explain ONE difference between the First Red Scare and the Second Red Scare? 3) Briefly explain the reason for either the similarity OR the difference?

16. War Conferences

17. World War II in Europe

18. Europe Divided By the Iron Curtain

19. Germany Berlin

20. Kennan- The Long Telegram
Containment
The US will use a policy of trying to contain or stop the spread of communism.

21. Truman Doctrine
“I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
“I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.”

22. Marshall Plan

23. Marshall Plan

24. Berlin Airlift

25. Berlin Airlift

26. National Security Act Department of Defense National Security Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Security Council
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

27. Mao Chiang

28. Chinese Civil War

29. Korean War

30. Richard Nixon on HUAC

31. Espionage Cases

32. Joseph McCarthy

33. McCarthyism