The Early Cold War: 1947-1970 The Early Cold War: 1947-1970
Thanks to Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
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1945 - 1991
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Copy Down Vocab Superpower an extremely powerful and
influential nation, both economically and militarily Containment
U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances
and helping weak countries Cold War the state of diplomatic
hostility between the U.S. and Soviet Union Proliferation the
growth or spread of something such as nuclear weapons Communism
economic and political belief where everything should be owned by
the public
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Copy Down Vocab Arms Race competition between countries to
expand the amount of weapons they have Dtente policy of reducing
Cold War tension between the U.S. and SU Democratization the
process of making a country into a democracy Nonalignment nations
that remained neutral and did not pick a side in the Cold War
Nuclear Holocaust annihilation of humanity by nuclear warfare
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Post-WWII Europe EQ: How does Europe change after WWII and how
does it recover?
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Post-War Europe How is Europe after the war? Devastated by war,
60 million dead (2/3 civilians) Cities destroyed, famine, and
disease How are the people of Europe? They are looking for new
leadership Desire stability and peace
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Europes Question: Who will countries look to for
leadership?
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Emergence of Superpowers Before WWII There were several great
powers: France, Great Britain, Germany, U.S., USSR, Japan After
WWII United States and Soviet Union (winners of WWII) emerge as
superpowers VS
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Europe is Divided What happens? By 1945, Europe is divided
between the Soviets in the East and the Western Powers (U.S., GB,
and France) in the West Germany and Berlin are divided Why does
this happen? Stalin takes over eastern countries for protection
against the West.
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The Iron Curtain Soviets kept the countries they freed from the
Germans Installed communist govts No elections, no freedom It was
as if an iron curtain divided Europe
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American vs Soviet Goals U.S. Goals Encourage democracy Rebuild
Europe to create stability and new markets Reunite Germany Stop the
spread of communism Soviet Goals Encourage communism Control
Eastern Europe for protection Keep Germany divided
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Allies Become Enemies
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Americas Challenge What is Americas challenge? How to keep the
Western European countries democratic and rebuild their economies
What does the U.S. decide to do? U.S. will give money, aid, food,
machines to countries in Europe This was known as the Marshall Plan
Very successful in helping Europe recover
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Directions Complete the Marshall Plan worksheet on the back of
the graphic organizer Answer all of the questions Turn in when
completed for a grade
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Post-War World: International Cooperation
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Essential Question How were the efforts made after WWII at
creating a lasting peace more successful than those after WWI?
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Quick Review of Post-WWI Germany is severely punished Creation
of League of Nations U.S. did not join so not powerful Dictators
and Aggression throughout Europe WWII Begins
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Allies Debate Post-War World Need to think beyond Europe The
Big Three meet at Yalta in 1945 to discuss post-war plans The
issues discussed: Germany, reparations, and the formation of
international organizations
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Thinking Internationally The Allies agree that they need to
change how the world works to avoid war, famine, atrocities, etc
Instead, need to promote peace, security, stability, and
tolerance
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How do we achieve this? By creating international organizations
where countries can cooperate and help one another
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United Nations Think of it as a congress for countries around
the world Diplomacy first talk out your issues before jumping into
war Promote peace and stability 193 countries are members as of
2013
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Security Council This is the leadership branch of the UN The
permanent members of the Security Council have veto power U.S.,
Russia, France, Great Britain, and China (winners of WWII)
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World Health Organization Branch of the UN Researches and
fights off diseases Promotes public health around the world
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World Bank Goal: fight poverty and increase the standard of
living Provides loans and investments to countries Schools,
electricity, disease control
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International Monetary Fund Purpose is to maintain economic
cooperation and trade so not to repeat 1930s Depression Give loans
to countries
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Directions Use the sheet (front and back) to answer the
following questions on the back of your graphic organizer. The
first six questions go with the WWI & WWII Compare &
Contrast The next five questions go with the League of Nations vs
UN sheet
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The Cold War: Strategy and Competition
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Essential Question How did Cold War strategies and competition
foster conflict?
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Containment (1947) President Truman says the U.S. will follow a
policy of containment Contain communism Use military alliances and
economic aid to protect countries
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948) Soviets block Western Berlin
so U.S. cannot send in supplies Why? Soviets want control of all
Berlin Berlin Airlift Allies/U.S. fly food/supplies into Berlin for
11 months Stalin backs down
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Soviets Get Atomic Bomb (1949) Soviets test their first atomic
bomb U.S. no longer has atomic bomb advantage
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Formation of NATO (1949) North Atlantic Treaty Organization is
formed Defensive Alliance against the Soviet Union
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Korean War (1950 1953) North Korea (communists) invades South
Korea UN puts together force led by U.S. to push them back
Stalemate at 38 th parallel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcmMtNOVORc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uojhwx0k8A
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U.S. and Soviets Create H-Bomb (1952-1953) Now it becomes an
arms race as to who can develop the deadliest nuclear weapons
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Nuclear Weapons
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Soviets Launch Sputnik (1957) Soviets launch satellite using
ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) Americans feel they are
falling behind in space Competition in space
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Cuban Revolution (1959) Communists overthrow the American
backed dictator in Cuba Only ninety miles off the coast U.S. starts
plotting invasion
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Essential Question How did Cold War strategies and competition
foster conflict and communication?
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U-2 Incident (1960) U.S. U-2 spy plane is shot down over the
Soviet Union and pilot is captured
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Bay of Pigs (1961) President Kennedy allows CIA and U.S.
military to back Cuban-refugee invasion to overthrow Castro
(dictator backed by the Soviets). Epic fail Soviets feel they need
to protect Cuba
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There is an old saying that victory has a thousand fathers, but
defeat is an orphan. ~President Kennedy
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Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) The closest the world came to
nuclear war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj_19REPJ7Q Soviets
shipped nuclear weapons to Cuba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50RNAbmy3M U.S. finds out and
quarantines the island (blockade) from Soviets Soviets back down as
Kennedy works out an agreement
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http://www. youtube.co m/watch?v =Ig8UdfQK XSY
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Kennedy-Khrushchev Connection1962 Kennedy and Khrushchev create
a direct telephone link to one another They begin a semi-friendly
dialogue
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Partial Test Ban Treaty (1963) Signed by President Kennedy and
Khrushchev Banned the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere,
water, or space Work on disarmament
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Vietnam War (1965-1973) Kennedy had planned on withdrawing
troops in 1964 He was assassinated in Nov 1963 Lyndon Johnson
assumes office and pledges full support to South Vietnam
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Cuban Missile Crisis Letter Analysis Read the three letters
from Khrushchev, Bobby Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy Answer the
analysis questions to understand the deals they made
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Vietnam War Essential Question: How are people affected by war
and how do they respond to it?
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Background Divided in two after WWII Communists in North and
non- communists in South South Vietnam was ruled by American backed
dictator Communists oppose him
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Why bother with Vietnam? It goes back to containment and
stopping communism Domino Theory if one country falls to communism,
it will spread to others
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U.S. Goes to War Bombs cities and rural areas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M6cpjP7GIo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6_bpLwTrc Enemy uses guerilla
warfare Hit and run tactics U.S. will suffer 60,000 dead and
300,000 wounded Millions of Vietnamese die U.S. pulls out in 1973
Gained nothing
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Vietnam War Song Analysis Listen to the song Be sure to note
the year it was released [Vietnam War 1965-1973] After listening to
each song, answer the questions.
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Vietnam War Songs Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I98KeKV_F9ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I98KeKV_F9g
Ballad of the Green Berets by Barry Sadler (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNfscIsSIfQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNfscIsSIfQ
War by Edwin Starr (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dKAX7Jp8wohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dKAX7Jp8wo
Whats Going On by Marvin Gaye (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jKE6YIxmchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jKE6YIxmc
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Cold War Study Guide All ten vocabulary words U.S. Marshall
Plan Escalation and De-Escalation Events U.S. vs Soviet Goals
International Organizations What is healthy competition? Space Race
Domino Theory Vietnam: Why we were there? What happened? United
Nations vs League of Nations