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1 Eva, Roman, Isabella, and Kaitlyn
Berlin Crisis Eva, Roman, Isabella, and Kaitlyn

2 Background Potsdam Agreement German Unification? Or Seperate States?
Mao thought Khrushchev was soft on Capitalism Buffer State Same time as Cuban Missile Crisis

3 Description Paris summit 1960
June 4th failed negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev at Vienna Khrushchev gives ultimatum with a 6 month deadline By million East Germans fled to West Berlin Caused economic distress Stand off on border between Soviet Union and U.S.A tanks Solved diplomatically

4 Outcome and Effects Aug : Khrushchev decided to build the Berlin Wall The wall resulted in a USSR and US standoff Atlantic Alliance was ALMOST broken Jan. 1963: Khrushchev proclaimed that the wall was so successful that the treaty with Berlin was no long necessary (end of ultimatum) Khrushchev pulls back to avoid direct confrontations inside his sphere of influence

5 Impact on Cold War Weakness of soviet bloc
Berlin no longer an interest Spheres of influence defined View of Communism tarnished Focus shifted to other countries

6 Fun Facts Khrushchev’s first name Nikita Acoustic Kitty
Kennedy’s Berlin Speech Kennedy Purple Heart Kennedy cometh

7 ACTIVITY! It’s Jenga time!


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