• After today’s class, SWBAT…– Analyze the causes of the Cold War– Evaluate the characteristics and main details of the

Cold War

A. ~1945 to early 1990s…

B. Between ______ vs ________– Competed for…– _______ supremacy

in the world (Europe) …think PERSIAGM

• Tension & Hostility– Many disagreements

and conflicts– but NEVER an armed

conflict between the 2 sides

– What is done to Europe?

• Many small disputes that fall under a giant, long Cold War Umbrella

• Never a short major dispute (WWII)

• Both want to sell their product to the rest of the world (whoever is buying)

• Product =–Economic and Political

Systems, and an Alliance!• USA’s product?• USSR’s product?

• 1st Origin…1919…– Paris Peace Conference…why?

• Who was left out?• West makes worst decision possible• Trust?

• Yalta Conference– First showdown…over what?– Stalin is very bitter…why

• Potsdam Conference

• Who is receiving little respect right now?

• What does Truman reveal?

• What is still disputed?

• Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Why would this be a cause of the Cold War?

• There are 3 Themes (Reasons)– have

PERSIAGM in them

• Ideological Differences– Communism

and Democracy/ Capitalism are not friendly systems

• Balance of Power shifts after WW2• 2 competitors for top superpower• Giant Chess match to spread influence around the

world and have more countries follow your system

• Misperception stuck around a long time– both sides

viewed themselves as good and other as evil

– Any action by the other was viewed negatively

• Power Vacuum exists after WWII…what has to happen to it?– WWII leaves Europe

in Shambles• Europe needs

rebuilding– USA and USSR want

to rebuild it IN THEIR IMAGE!!!!