• 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!!!!