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What Happened After WWII?
The Cold War: 1945-1989
Before WWII Ended …
Yalta Conference – February 1945
Who was present?
What did they decide?
_____________________ government recognized
Declaration of ____________________________ established
Germany ________________.
Potsdam Conference – July 1945
Who was present?
What did they decide?
German-Polish border established; German reparations refigured.
What was significant about these conferences?
What is a “Cold War?”
Tension between nations with __________________________________________.
Specifically, problems and ________________ between the U.S. and Soviet Union from after
WWII in the late 1940’s to late 1980’s.
Why don’t they agree?
Despite being ______________ during WWII the U.S. and Soviet Union believed in very different things.
United States
Soviet Union
Government
Economy
According to the chart:
In capitalism – All industry, business, and agriculture should be owned by _________ people or
firms. __________ between rival factories or shops or farms will cause prices to _______ and make
firms more _________________.
In communism – Everything belongs to the _________ and should be run by the government on
behalf of the people. A ___________ society achieved by overthrowing capitalism by revolution.
Describe 2 other differences between capitalism and communism from the chart.
Capitalism
Communism
1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
What happened to Germany?
After the war, the Allies divided Germany into _______ zones.
British, French, American, and Soviet troops each _________________ a separate zone.
The capital of Germany, _______________, was divided too.
But Berlin was located deep in the ____________ zone.
Important Early Ideas of the Cold War
Soviet Expansion
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Soviet Blockade
Berlin Airlift
New Military Alliances
Soviet Expansion
The Soviet Union controlled the ________________ part of Germany at the end of WWII.
The Soviet Union took control of ____________, ____________, and ________________ (1945)
near the Baltic Sea.
Other nations install _______________ governments: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and
Czechoslovakia (1945-1947)
Called ________________ nations
_________________ by the Soviet Union
How do you think these countries “help” the Soviet Union?
Iron Curtain
___________________________ saw the division in Europe and coined the term “iron curtain.”
Iron Curtain – metaphor for the __________________ between the _______________ nations
of Eastern Europe and the _______________ nations of Western Europe.
Why do you think Churchill chose the words “iron curtain?”
Truman Doctrine
Created in March of 1947.
To “contain” communism by not allowing it to _______________ to other countries.
Policy of ________________________
To aid nations that were threatened by Communist expansion
Promised that the U.S. “would _______________ free peoples who are resisting
______________ by armed minorities or by outside pressures”.
The U.S. would give ________________ to countries to help them fight off communism.
For example, the U.S. gave Turkey and Greece $__________ million in aid.
Marshall Plan
Created by _______________________________ in June of 1947.
A large scale plan to help Europe and Japan _______________ its economy after WWII.
Provided more than $_________________ to Western Europe between1948-1952.
Soviet Blockade
In June 1948, France, Great Britain, and the U.S. decided they would ___________their zones to
form the country of _________________________.
In response, Stalin ________________ all roads, railways, and river routes that connected Berlin
with West Germany.
Stalin wanted to starve West Berlin into _______________________ the communists.
This began the blockade of ________________________.
Berlin Airlift
Truman’s __________________ to the Soviet Blockade.
He decided to begin a great _________________ in the summer of 1948.
His plan was to fly _______________ and ___________ into Berlin against the decree of Stalin.
Allied planes flew in _________, __________, and other supplies to 2 million West Berliners.
The blockade and the airlift lasted until _____________________.
Stalin eventually __________________ his blockade but did not give up on his communist ideas.
New Military Alliances
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Date:_________
U.S. and Western Europe
Agreed to come to the aid of anyone
who was attacked.
Using the map, identify 4-5 countries in each alliance:
NATO –
Warsaw Pact –
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union’s response to NATO
Date: _________
Soviet Union and its satellite nations.