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The Cold War Begins HWH UNIT 12 CHAPTER 17.5, 18.1, and pp. 619-622.

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1 The Cold War Begins HWH UNIT 12 CHAPTER 17.5, 18.1, and pp. 619-622

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3 The “ Iron Curtain ”

4 The United Nations

5 General Assembly Security Council USAUSSRFranceBritainChina*

6 US vs. USSR Soviet attitudes Western attitudes Communist Pressure France, Italy, Greece, Turkey The Truman Doctrine, 1947 Greece and Turkey Containment

7 Economic Recovery The Marshall Plan or ERP (1948-1952) Mixed Economies The Welfare State Health Care UnemploymentPensions Subsidized housing Higher tax on wealthy

8 The Berlin Blockade/Airlift, 1948

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11 Two Germanies, 1949 The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) or FRG The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) or GDR (DDR)

12 West Germany Konrad Adenauer (1949-1962) Christian Democrats The German “ Economic Miracle ” or Wirtschaftswunder

13 NATO (1949)

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15 Economic Recovery The “ mixed ” economies of the West The Coal and Steel Community (1951) Schuman Plan France, W. Germany, Italy, Benelux Nations The European Economic Community or “ Common Market ” (1957) The European Economic Community or “ Common Market ” (1957) Precursor to the European Union

16 Stalin and the USSR More Five Year Plans More industrialization Collectivization in Eastern Europe More Purges ArtistsJews Perhaps 12,000,000 Soviets died from 1946-1953 “ As long as capitalism exists, war is inevitable. ”

17 Soviets get the A-Bomb (1949)

18 The Nuclear Arms Race USA develops the Hydrogen Bomb (1952) USSR develops the Hydrogen Bomb (1953) ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), 1959 Mutually Assured Destruction

19 Stalin’s Death (1953)

20 Khrushchev and “ De-Stalinization ” New party members Consumer goods Renewed freedom for writers Inadvertently encouraged uprisings in satellite states

21 The Warsaw Pact (1955)

22 “ Peaceful Coexistence ”

23 Hungary, 1956

24 Sputnik (1957)

25 The Berlin Wall, 1961

26 The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1961-2)

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28 Détente? Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963

29 Brezhnev and “ Re-Stalinization ” (1964)

30 Prague, 1968 ( “ Prague Spring ” )

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