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Warm-Up - Mon. 4/24 and Tues. 4/25
● Pick up the map and notes at the front table● Begin working on the Cold War map… you can use your
phone!○ That is on the back of the Capitalism v. Communism
Agenda - Mon. 4/24 and Tues. 4/25
● Look at Cold War maps● Topic 1: Origins of the Cold War notes● Communism versus Capitalism worksheet
The Origins of the Cold War (the Best Years start-14:00)● What is the United States’ position in the world after
World War II?● With all the other world powers in ruins, the United
States becomes a world power.
B.● Japan was occupied by the United States.● Japan will become a democracy and a strong ally of the
United States.
C & DThe Soviet Union (Russia) occupied most of Eastern Europe, Central Europe and the Eastern part of Germany.
Germany was partitioned (separated) into East and West.
West Germany
● American, British, and French sectors
● Independent Democracy
East Germany
● Run by the Soviet Union● Communist
E.
Europe was in ruins so the United States launched the Marshall Plan
● The Marshall Plan provided financial support to rebuild countries so they do not turn to Communism.
G.The split between the US and the Soviet Union brought on the Cold War which influenced world foreign affairs until the 1980s.
Origins of the Cold War
● The Cold War lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.
● Cold War: competition between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for power; both tried to influence Europe.
The US and USSR had different ideals and values.
● The US and USSR never directly confronted each other during the Cold War
● Battle of world supremacy ○ Communism versus Capitalism
● The little battles were fought like a game of chess with the smaller, third-world countries as the game pieces (pawns)
Political System & Government
United States - Democratic government
The Soviet Union - one-party Socialist Republic; totalitarian
Economic System
United States - Capitalist (free market)
Economic system in which the factors of production are owned individually; different social classes exist
Soviet Union - Communist (socialist)
Economic system in government makes all economic decisions; no private property
Why were they angry with each other?
United States
1. US disliked/feared Communism (remember the first Red Scare post-Russian Revolution in 1917?)
2. USSR dropped out of World War I3. USSR signed a pact with Hitler
(Germany) - the Non Aggression Pact 1939
Soviet Union
1. Allies waited to invade Berlin & Germany in WWII
2. Took the U.S. 17 years to recognize the Soviet Union (1933)
3. USSR was not invited to Peace Conferences in WWI
4. U.S. did not tell the Soviets about the Manhattan Project (atomic bomb)
What’s going on in the US?
● Post-war life = positive○ Growth of suburbs, end of the Great Depression, a consumer society
● Era of conformity ○ Social conformity○ Political conformity - mostly fearing communism
● Threat of a nuclear war at home○ Duck! And Cover.○ McCarthyism and a second red scare○ Atomic Bomb Time Lapse (1945-1998)
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