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Cold War Connections. Lesson Essential Question. What common trends connect global conflicts?. Economic Systems. What is capitalism? What is communism?. C&C United States and Soviet Union. Capitalist economic system Individuals control economic activities Harry Truman = Elected President. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cold War Connections
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Lesson Essential Question
•What common trends connect global conflicts?
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Economic Systems
• What is capitalism?
• What is communism?
Capitalism
Communism
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C&C United States and Soviet Union
• Capitalist economic system• Individuals control
economic activities• Harry Truman = Elected
President
• Communist economic system• Government controls
economic activities• Joseph Stalin = Authoritative
ruler
United States Soviet Union
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The United Nations
• Est. June 26, 1945• Headquarters in NYC• Peacekeeping body,
aka the earlier League of Nations
Notice the world map
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Potsdam Conference
• US, GBR, USSR leaders met at Potsdam, near Berlin, July 1945
• What was the compromise?
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Potsdam
• Germany would be divided into four occupational zones
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Potsdam Conference: Goals
Create a world where all nations had the right of self-determination
Gain access to raw materials Rebuild Europe, ensuring
stability and a market for goods
Reunite Germany
Encourage communism as part of the worldwide struggle between workers and the wealthy
Rebuild its war-ravished economy
Gain influence in Eastern Europe to balance US influence in Western Europe
Keep Germany divided to prevent future threats
United States wanted to… Soviet Union wanted to…
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Potsdam Conference: Results
• Communist governments set-up in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland– Satellite nations– Containment
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Results: Division of Germany
• Germany divided: West and East
• Soviets blocked all trade and travel to and from East Germany
• Isolated West Berlin
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Stalin’s Promise at Potsdam
• The people of Eastern Europe will be allowed to choose their own governments
• Berlin was divided as well
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Warsaw Pact
• Stalin needs a buffer zone of friendly countries to guard against another attack
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Iron Curtain
• “Iron Curtain” speech by Winston Churchill
• Iron curtain represented the division between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
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Truman and Containment
• Truman Doctrine• “It must be the policy
of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”
• What does that mean?
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Truman & Containment: Economics
• Marshall Plan• 16 countries received
$13 billion in aid• By 1952, Western
Europe was flourishing and Communist parties lost their appeal to voters
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Truman & Containment: Economics (2)
• Truman Doctrine– Pledged to provide
economic and military aid to prevent the spread of communism.
– Congress agreed to send hundreds of millions in aid to Greece and Turkey
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Korea• Soviet troops occupied
the area to the north and a pro-Soviet communist government came to power.
• The United States of America provided 88% of the 341,000 international soldiers.
• Containment
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South Korea’s Economy
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Cuban Missile Crisis
• Kennedy versus Kruschev
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Causes of the Cold War
• Disagreements between the Allies
• Differing U.S. and Soviet political and economic systems
• Different goals for postwar Germany
• Soviet expansion of communism in Europe
• Resistance to Soviet aggression by the U.S.
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Effects of The Cold War
• Political and military struggles around the world
• Increased military spending
• Arms race• Ever-present danger of
nuclear war
400 Million
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Common Trends
• BRAINSTORM: What common trends connect global conflicts?
• Think P-E-S.• Think M-A-I-N.• Think!– Propaganda– Geography– Leadership– Problems with peace
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Vietnam
• You design the slides!• You need a total of
three slides; Causes, Background, and Effects.
• Include one graphic image on each slide
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Vietnam ~ Causes
• The best one goes here!
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Vietnam ~ Background
• The best one goes here!
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Vietnam ~ Effects
• The best one goes here!
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Think ~ Write ~ Share
•What common trends connect global conflicts?
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Name: _______________________________________ Directions: Using your notes and your textbook, please complete this graphic organizer using specific information relevant to each conflict. I have given you the classic causes and effects as well as one more common
pattern. Please identify a second pattern and follow your example across to each conflict.
BOLD = Causes
WWI WWII COLD WAR
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Political Costs
Economic Costs
4,101 Billion in FY 2011 $
Social Costs
Pattern: geography
Creation of Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland
Germany was divided Vietnam reunified, Germany reunified, China loses Taiwan
Pattern: