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Winston Churchill:
United Kingdom
The Cold War
Truman:
1947-1991 Harry
United States
Nikita Khrushchev:
Soviet Union
Dividing Europe
► During
World War II the United States,
United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union
shared a common goal….to defeat Hitler
and his allies.
► After
the war ended these countries had
little reason to work together. Most
Western European countries were limited
governments, but most Eastern European
countries were communist and controlled
by the Soviet Union.
Map of Western and
Eastern Europe
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/euro1970.htm
War?
Who supported
the United States
in the Cold
Who supported
the Soviet Union
in the Cold War?
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/coldwar1.htm
World Alliances in 1959
The Division of Europe…
► There
was a distinct dividing line between
Western and Eastern Europe during the
Cold War.
► What
was the division line called?
Cold War Vocabulary
Iron Curtain - the barbed wire and mined division built
to separate Western Europe from Eastern Europe and
the Soviet Union
The Iron Curtain was a
policy of isolation set up by
the Soviet Union (USSR)
after World War II. It
involved rigid censorship
and restrictions on travel.
The Iron Curtain acted as a
barrier to communication
and the free exchange of
ideas between Eastern
Europe and the rest of the
world.
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Russia/photo85289.htm
This is where
the Iron
Curtain was
located.
Questions????
•
Was the Iron Curtain a
transportation barrier or
transportation corridor?
•
How did the Iron Curtain impact
cultural borrowing?
Why was the United States so interested in
what was going on in Europe?
► The
United States feared that The Soviet Union
was trying to spread communism around the
world. The Soviet Union thought the United
States was imperialistic.
► Imperialism
is a policy of extending a nation’s
authority by gaining land or influencing their
economies.
Cold War Vocabulary
Truman Doctrine -1947 - a promised policy
issued by President Harry Truman in
response to a growing frequency of
communist revolutions. The policy stated
the intention of the United States to
give aid to any government that was
fighting Communism.
►
How did this doctrine impact United
States involvement in Germany, Korea
and Vietnam?
Impact in Germany
► During
the Cold War Germany was divided
into East and West Germany.
► Which side had United States support?
► Which
side had Soviet support?
West
Germany
East
Germany
All of
Germany
http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/maps/berlinwallmap_02.htm
The city
of Berlin
was in
East
Germany,
but it was
divided
into East
and West
Berlin.
Cold War Vocabulary
► Berlin
Wall – a wire and
concrete wall that
divided East Berlin from
West Berlin from 19611989.
► The wall basically
enclosed West Berlin
from the rest of East
Berlin and East
Germany.
► West Berlin stood as an
island of freedom in a
communist East
Germany.
US
Supported
Berlin Wall
The Berlin
Wall was
built in
August of
1961.
Soviet
Supported
The End of the Cold War
► The
Cold War ended
in 1991 when the
Soviet Union
collapsed.
► What major event
in history marks the
collapse of Soviet
control in Eastern
Europe?
http://www.photovault.com/Link/People/R/StrikesRalliesProtests/show.asp?tg=PRSVolume03/PRSV03P05_17
No Actual Fighting???
►Was
the Cold War really a war without
blood?
►The
Korean War (1950) and Vietnam
War (May 1961) both occurred during the
Cold War. The Soviets supported North
Korea and North Vietnam. The United
States supported South Korea and
South Vietnam.
Timeline of Communist growth and decline
► The
following is an animated world map of the
growth and decline of Communism around the
world beginning with 1917 and ending with
2000.
► What
event occurred in 1917 that began
communism?
► In what year did the world contain the largest
number of communist countries?
► http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/communis.htm
Application
How is the United States’ conflict
in Iraq similar to the Cold War?
Think About
 Why the US got involved
 The Truman Doctrine
 Similarities between Iraq and the
Soviet Union
Sources
►Most
are sited on the slide
http://www.opb.org/education/coldwar
► http://www.paradeclassroom.com/serials/files/re
agan/reagan_lessonplan.pdf
► http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRchurchill.
htm
► http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/prco-presidentstruman.html
► http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev
► http://berlin-wall.org/b_muren.html
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