1. How did each event affect the Cold War?  A: WWII Alliances  Tensions were high b/c of ideological differences  US & USSR had different political plans for Eastern Europe  B: Economic & Military Alliances after WWII :  Economic plans increased tension b/w two superpowers  NATO and Warsaw Pact led to build up of armies

2. How did each event affect the Cold War?  C: Communist Rebellions in Greece & Turkey  Truman Doctrine, contain the spread of communism, justified getting involved in regional conflicts/proxy wars  This was the first indirect conflict b/w US and USSR

3. How did each event affect the Cold War?  D: Development of Nuclear weapons  USSR now competes with US in development of nuclear weapons  Each superpower built up large number of nuclear weapons  Each superpower chose to fight indirectly with economic and military aid to other nations

4. Event E: The Berlin Crisis  Post WWII: Germany was under military rule and divided into four zones: British, American, Soviet, and French  Berlin was also divided into four sectors.  Berlin was located in the Soviet zone.  Stalin did not want it divided.  The Soviets believed the Americans wanted to create a separate West German state.

5. Germany Divided into 4 Zones

6. Berlin divided into four zones:

7. Berlin Blockade: June, 1948  France, U.S., Britain planned to introduce a new currency in Germany  The Soviets were not consulted and withdrew from the Allied Control Council  Soviets protested by blockading Berlin  Stalin then cut off West Berlin from food, fuel, power  U.S. started an airlift of supplies in August  May, 1949, Stalin reopened routes to Berlin

9. 1961: The Berlin Wall  Soviet Premier Khrushchev built the wall to prevent people in East Berlin from going into West Berlin.  The wall remained a barrier between two parts of Berlin until November, 1989.

10. In a masterfully-planned operation, spanning just 24 hours, the streets of Berlin were torn up, barricades of paving stones were erected, tanks were gathered at crucial places and subways and local railway services were interrupted, so that within a day the West of Berlin was completely sealed off from the East. As of that same day inhabitants of East Berlin and the GDR were no longer allowed to enter the West of the city (including the 60,000 who had been commuters). In response to international criticism that such drastic measures inevitably drew, the GDR claimed that the barricade had been raised as an ‘anti-fascist protection wall’, and that they had moved to prevent a third world war.Berlin

13. Berlin Wall: 1961 - 1989

14. F: The Korean War: 1950-1953  Civil war breaks out between North and South Korea at the 38 th parallel  USSR aides North Korea with military  The United Nations aides South Korea with troops from 22 countries

15. The Spread of Communism  Communism becomes a global threat after the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Korean War  Competition for global influence increases  Both superpowers gain control in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East  The world belongs to either the Soviets or the Americans

16. U.S.: Blue U.S.S.R.: Pink and Stripes France: Green

17. G: Soviet Invasion of Hungary  Soviets draw an “Iron Curtain” around themselves—the world becomes more suspicious of communism  Soviets ruled with force and repression  1956: Hungarian freedom fighters fought against the Soviets  Soviet army used brutal force to end the Hungarian uprising: 2,500 killed; 13,000 wounded

18. Freedom fighters appear to win in the Hungarian uprising