1. Warm-Up 12/9/2015
Germany was divided into 4 parts after WWII. Why do you think this happened? (Answer this question on your Warm-Up sheet for this week)
Create pages in your vocabulary journals for the following words and write what you think they mean:
Cold War (page 110)
Superpowers (page 111)
Iron Curtain (page 112)
4. Berlin Wall (page 113)
5. Eastern Bloc (page 114)
6. Western Bloc (page 115)

2. Impact of WWII
Impact
SS6H7b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.

3. E.Q.
How did WWII impact the world in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers?

4. Holocaust Review of Key Facts
Holocaust: systematic killing of 6 million Jews
Key person: Adolph Hitler
• Location: Germany (which later spread to parts all over central Europe)
Time period: WWII
Genocide: planned killing of a race of people
How:
1. identified Jews with yellow star
2. took away rights/freedoms
3. gathered/imprisoned Jews in ghettos
4. shipped Jews to concentration camps

5. Concentration Camps Review! Left Old, weak, young Sent to “showers”
Gassed to death
cremated
Right
Workers
Sent to showers
Heads shaved
Given prison clothes
Tattooed with number
Worked to death

6. Not Just Jews Killed Political prisoners Mentally ill Disabled
Review!
Not Just Jews Killed
Political prisoners
Mentally ill
Disabled
Gypsies, Poles, and others
Helene Gotthold, a Jehovah's Witness, was beheaded for her religious beliefs on December 8, 1944, in Berlin. She is pictured with her children. Germany, June 25, 1936.

7. After Survivors – no homes left
United Nations divided Palestine into Arab and Jewish “states” (countries)
Israel became a Jewish nation – 1948

8. Liberation (freedom) & The End of WWII…
Soviet (USSR) & allied forces of WWII were surrounding Germany, Austria- Hungry, and Poland (Central Powers) and were closing in. As they came through, the Nazis had to destroy the evidence of the concentration camps to try to keep the evil secret. Several camps were found destroyed in 1944 and info 1945, but when Auschwitz was discovered with some living poisoners able to tell their stories, the secret was out! Hitler, knowing his regime was over and he’d have to pay the consequences, committed suicide on April 30, Only eight days later, Germany & the Nazi regime surrendered on May 7, 1945 officially ending WWII in Europe. [***The Pacific (Asian) side of WWII, did not end until August 1945 with the USA dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese (Nagasaki & Hiroshima).]

9. Review Questions
1. What is genocide? The planned killing of a race of people 2. Who created the country of Israel? United Nations 3. Who was spared in the Holocaust? None of the above 4. What actions did the United Nations take as a result of the Holocaust? Created a Jewish state and made genocide a crime

10. Cold War Key Facts When: end of WWII – 1945
What: period of distrust and misunderstanding
Who: between Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) & U.S.A. (and former allies)
Why: Soviet Union was communist/command (strong central government controls businesses). U.S.A. believed businesses should be privately owned.

11. The World Following WWII

12. Eastern Bloc vs. Western Bloc
Eastern Bloc vs. Western Bloc
Eastern (red)
Western (blue)
Soviet Union
Most eastern European countries
U.S.A.
Most western European countries
IRON CURTAIN

13. Germany Divided after WWII into 4 parts
1948: divided into West Germany (free) and East Germany (Soviet controlled)
Capital – Berlin – divided into East Berlin and West Berlin
1961: Berlin Wall built to separate city

14. Potsdam Conference
Why would the communists want to keep people from going into west Berlin?
Airport (leaving country)
Keep control of east Germany
Stop the spread of democracy

15. Fears
“red scare”
Each side believed the other wanted to rule the world.
People feared a nuclear war would happen.
Countries formed alliances for protection.
1949
Western Bloc plus Canada formed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Eastern Bloc formed Warsaw Pact

16. Review Questions
5. Which country was the leader of the Eastern Bloc? Soviet Union 6. What 2 terms describe the dividing line between eastern & western, communist & noncommunist areas? Berlin Wall & Iron Curtain 7. Which was 1 of the areas of disagreement between the U.S.S.R. & the U.S. during the Cold War? Best type of economic system 8. When was the Cold War? After WWII 9. The Warsaw Pact was to the U.S.S.R. as NATO was to the U.S.

17. World Superpowers
M.A.D.

18. Rise of the Superpowers
Soviet Union
U.S.A.
Communist, Command
Permanent seat on U.N. Security Council
Largest country in the world
Military and space technology
World-wide spy network (KGB)
One of largest stockpiles of nukes in world
Influenced world events
Constitutional Republic, Free market
Permanent seat on U.N. Security Council
4th most populated country in world
Powerful military support from NATO
Largest navy in world
Military bases all over world
CIA (spies)
Large reserve of nukes
Influenced world events

19. Review Questions
10. As a world superpower, the U.S.S.R. had A seat on the UN Security Council 11. As a world superpower, the U.S. had Military bases all over the world 12. Which condition is required to be a world superpower? Influence over world events

20. Collapse of the Soviet Union
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Problem: Soviet Union spent $$$$$$$
Putting down revolts in its countries
protecting its borders
keeping up with the arms race against the U.S.A

21. Collapse of the Soviet Union
Collapse of the Soviet Union
1985
Result
improved relations with U.S.A.
inspired other Eastern Bloc countries to demand freedom
leader Mikhail Gorbachev
reduced government control of business
increased freedom for citizens

23. German Reunification Nov 1989: Berlin Wall torn down
Germany began to reunify
Germany was 1 country again in 1990
Cold War was over
Soviet republics gained freedom from Soviet Union.
Many new countries were made. Russia is the largest.

24. Review Questions
13. Why did Gorbachev reduce government control of the economy? An unstable economy due to increased military spending 14. What marked the end of the Cold War? Destruction of the Berlin Wall 15. What was the largest country created from the former Soviet Union? Russia