1. Focus Question: What was the Cold War? How and why did it begin?
Do Now: Write whether you agree or disagree -
Communism is bad.
The Cold War was a war between the U.S. and Canada.
The U.S. should always give weapons to its allies.
As soon as WW II ended, the U.S. and USSR became enemies.

2. “Come on Sam! It's up to us again.”
Focus Question: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War – the United States or the Soviet Union?
Do Now: What does this cartoon tell us about how some saw the early years of the Cold War?
1947 cartoon by E.H. Shepard for the magazine Punch.
“Come on Sam! It's up to us again.”

3. Soon after, all of Europe was divided West (allied with U. S
Soon after, all of Europe was divided West (allied with U.S.) and East (USSR).
The Iron Curtain

4. Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain speech in 1946

5. free-market economy
private property
Competition between the U.S. and USSR was a battle between capitalism and communism.
The U.S. also defined this competition as a battle between “democracy (U.S.) and “totalitarianism” (USSR).
command economy
government-owned property

6. NATO (1949) and the Warsaw Pact (1955)

7. After WW II, Germany was divided in two - East and West. The U. S
After WW II, Germany was divided in two - East and West. The U.S. and allies controlled the West, the USSR the East.

8. After the war…
Germany was divided into four zones – British, American, French, and Soviet.
The city of Berlin was also divided.
Land routes to Berlin were not negotiated.

9. Conflict Arose
Despite discussions over the topic, Truman, Churchill, and Stalin did not see eye to eye about what should be done about Germany.
Truman and Churchill wanted a strong Germany.
Stalin did not.

10. Berlin Blockaded
On March 31, 1948, Soviet troops began to block all land access to the city of Berlin by French, American, and British troops.
They claimed that there was a bridge that needed repair.

11. Berlin Blockaded
Berlin was still in a massive rebuilding stage from the war.
There was very little food and coal in storage.
The blockade left approximately 2,000,000 people in West Berlin without necessary supplies to live, let alone to rebuild.

12. What should the USA do?

13. From

14. The US wanted to show it would not back down.
Airlift planes at Templehof Airport

15. In 1949 the US showed off by setting a record on Easter Day, with 1,398 flights in 24 hours, carrying a total of 12,941 tons of supplies. A plane landed every 62 seconds that day. The next month the USSR lifted the blockade.

16. Handshake at the last flight to Berlin, after the Soviets lifted the blockade. The Airlift was nicknamed Operation Vittles. The number on the plane denotes total tonnage lifted to Berlin.

17. This is a cartoon that often appears on the Regents exam
This is a cartoon that often appears on the Regents exam. Who are the figures in the cartoon? What is going on?

18. The first “battle” of the Cold War took place in Greece and Turkey.

19. Germany was divided after World War II.
One of the first battles of the Cold War took place because of civil war in Greece.