1. The Cold War Part One: Origins and Escalation

2. Learning Targets I can trace the development and manifestations of the Cold War. I can analyze Truman’s and Eisenhower’s leadership during The Cold War. I can explain the causes and consequences of the Korean War.

3. Questions To what extent was The Cold War inevitable? To what extent were Cold War tensions exacerbated by misunderstandings and mistakes? What role did personalities play in escalating the conflict? How did The Cold War affect US culture? What role did democracy play in the escalation of the Cold War?

4. What is The Cold War? cold war: a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. The Cold War: period of tension between the US and Soviet Union lasting from the end of WWII to the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 90s.

5. Origins: Competing Philosophies Marxism, Leninism, & Stalin Free Market Capitalism Keynesian Economics & New Deal Capitalism Key to world peace: economic prosperity & trade – Wilson – Roosevelt Free Trade American Capitalism View of history – Proletariat – Bourgeoisie Communism Linen & Bolshevik Revolution Stalin – Rise to power – 5 Year Plans

6. Origins: Competing Personalities Truman Background Vice President Death of Roosevelt Personality Stalin Background Politician Ruthless dictatorship Sought Soviet sphere’s of influence in E. Europe

7. Origins US support for White Army during the Bolshevik Revolution Disagreements during WWII – Western front – Yalta (45) – Potsdam (46)

9. Origins Stalin’s rhetoric ( “The Iron Curtain” speech George Kennan- “containment”

10. Origins Greek Civil War (46-7) Turkish instability Truman Doctrine Aid package Marshall Plan – US v. Soviet view

12. Escalation Soviets cut off Berlin (4/48) Berlin Airlift (48-49) Some other stuff going on – Creation of Israel (48) – Election of 48

14. Escalation Creation of NATO

15. Escalation “Losing China” Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) v. Chaing Kai-shek

16. Escalation The Soviets test a bomb (49) National Security Act (47) – Creates National Security Council – NSC 68

17. Getting Hotter: Korea Background – 1910 – Division – Kim Il-sung June 1950

18. Korean War UN resolution “police action” Douglas MacArthur Pusan Perimeter Inchon Landing Approach to the Yalu Firing MacArthur Negotiations begin (51) End of the war