a meeting where the ussr, usa, and british leaders discussed how to deal with the world after wwii...

Warm Up 4-29-2013Use what you know to compare and contrast these

two propaganda posters.

Yalta Conference

A meeting where the USSR, USA, and British leaders discussed how to deal with the world after WWII ends.

Soviet Union

Russia and all of the countries under the influence of their government.

Nuclear Device

A bomb, missile, or other device able to set of a nuclear explosion

Connection to Science

Berlin Wall

The wall dividing Communist East Germany from free West

Germany in the city of Berlin.

Berlin Airlift The supplying of West Berlin by aircraft

since it was surrounded by Communist-controlled land.

Red Scare

The fear that Communists were trying to take over the country.

RED SCARE--DEMONSTRATION

Goal—Form the biggest group of students possible without having any Communists in them.

Communist Goal—Get into the biggest group possible without the group discovering who you are.

One out of every 7 students in the room is a communist. I gave out 6 communist tokens.

Space Race

The USA and USSR both trying to get to develop space technology first to prove they are the stronger country.

Korean War The War between

Soviet backed communists in North Korea against the USA supported South.

Vietnam War

War between Communists in North Vietnam and USA supported South Vietnam.

Historical Detectives Use the pictures to try to determine these

two things: #1 What happened? #2 How were the people involved effected by

what happened? http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2067393_2268608,00.html

Chernobyl

The famous nuclear power station in Ukraine that failed and forced 350,400 people to move. The Soviet Union tried to cover up this disaster.