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1 Ch 29: Europe and North America
The cold war Ch 29: Europe and North America

2 Map Activity Locate and label the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, Cuba, Turkey, Canada, South Korea, Iran, France, and Australia. Label the countries that were allies of the Soviet Union, and those that were allies of the US. (Use a key!) This will be on your test Friday!

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4 Potsdam Conference Germany in ruins
Divided Germany & Berlin into 4 zones of occupation Nuremberg Trials Tried more than 200 Nazi and military leaders Germany to pay war reparations

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7 The Cold War Era of hostility and tension between the US and the Soviet Union “Iron Curtain” used to describe sharp division of Europe Truman Doctrine – oppose spread of communism Marshall Plan, 1947, to rebuild Europe US Policy of Containment – block Communist expansion

8 Kick Off December 18, 2013 Textbook page 868 #2, 6, 10, 12, 17, 18

9 Cold War Confrontations
1947, Crisis in Berlin Berlin Airlift

10 Germany West – Federal Republic of Germany
East – German Democratic Republic, or East Germany

11 New Alliances NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
US, Canada, most Western European nations Counter Soviet power Warsaw Pact, 1955

12 Cold War Questions

13 Kick Off January 6, 2013 1. The prom king and queen are always the most popular people in school. Can there be multiple prom kings and queens in the same school? Why or why not? 2. Read page 900, and answer questions 1 and 2 on page 901.

14 The Cold War

15 The Struggle Begins Era of hostility and tension between the US and Soviet Union United States vs. Soviet Union Capitalism vs. Communism

16 Although the US and USSR never fought each other, the tensions heated up and created “satellite wars.”

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18 US Policy of Containment
Truman Doctrine – pledge to provide economic and military aid to oppose spread of communism Marshall Plan – provided $13 billion for rebuilding Europe

19 Confrontations 1947, split Germany into zones of occupation
1948, Soviets blockaded West Berlin Berlin Airlift Soviets call off blockade in 1949

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22 Superpower Rivalries

23 Arms Race Struggle between nations to gain advantage in weapons
1952, US tests hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll US & USSR increase stockpile of nuclear weapons Deterrence – development of military power to prevent attack

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25 Sputnik World’s first satellite to orbit the earth
Launched by USSR in 1957 Causes US government to establish National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958

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27 Public Fears Bomb shelters Air-raid drills Red Scare in the US
1940s and 50s Sen. Joseph McCarthy Expose communists in American film industry and government

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30 Berlin Wall 1961, East German residents working in West Berlin
East Germany erected Berlin Wall to stop exodus Those trying to cross would be shot by guards

31 Cuba 1959, communist rebels overthrow Cuba’s dictator
US tries to overthrow Castro (new communist leader) Bay of Pigs Invasion Invaders defeated

32 Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba 2-week standoff resulted in Soviet leaders removing missiles from Cuba US removed missiles from Turkey

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35 Attempts at Arms Control
Description Effects 1955, Open Skies Treaty 1963, Test Ban Treaty 1968, __________ ________________ (_____________) 1988, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty

36 Changing Societies

37 United States Strong economy, driven by increase in consumer spending
GI Bill of Rights Helped American veterans go to college Baby boom Civil Rights Women’s Rights Counterculture – rebellion of teens and young adults againt mainstream society

38 Postwar Soviet Union Command economy Nikita Khrushchev
Government controls all economic decisions Nikita Khrushchev Leader of Soviet Union Effort to “de-Stalinize” Soviet Union Still committed to communism

39 Revolutions in Eastern Europe
1980, Poland: Solidarity Anti-government protest movement Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution Romanian revolution resulted in bloodshed 1989, East Germany opened gates of Berlin Wall

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41 Mikhail Gorbachev 1985, leader of Soviet Union Glasnost – “openness”
Willingness to openly discuss Soviet Union’s problems Perestroika – “restructuring” Reform of Soviet economic and political system

42 After the Cold War

43 Soviet Union Collapses
1991, Soviet government ceased to function after republics gained independence

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45 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992, declare independence from Yugoslavia Bosnian Serbs wanted to remain part of Yugoslavia, started war to prevent Bosnian independence Serbs used ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims US-led diplomatic effort finally ended violence in 1995

46 Cold War Scavenger Hunt
Vocab word Start at your assigned letter/color. Write it on your paper. Write the statement you see at the bottom of the paper. Complete the statement with a vocab word. Find the vocab word at another station. Repeat!

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