The Cold War
CAPITALISM an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government
COMMUNISM a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property
What’s the Appeal? Communism Greater financial equality End of poverty Healthcare for all Full Employment Often government by dictators Capitalism Greater incentive to work harder-earn more money Better healthcare for those who can afford it Government often democratic, but can be dictatorship
What challenges faced the world at the end of World War II? Destruction Power Vacuum Loss of old power balance Collapse of colonialism
The Iron Curtain
Who were the superpowers? United States Soviet Union
Situation at end of WWII US Largest economy in the world Possesses only atomic weapon in world Virtually no destruction of country in WWII Relatively small loss of life in WWII USSR Largest standing army in the world Country suffers great destruction during WWII Largest losses of any country in WWII- over 20 million
Why were they superpowers? Location Armies Economies Atomic Bomb
What were their goals?
USSR Expansion of Communism Expansion of influence National Security United States Containment of communism Expansion of US influence National Security
What was the greatest fear during the Cold War? Atomic bombs soon became hydrogen super bombs Delivery systems were just as important as warheads Led to a nuclear arms race
What was the greatest fear during the Cold War?
How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? Marshall Plan
How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? Greece and Turkey Truman Doctrine
How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? The Berlin Airlift
How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? 1956 Hungarian Uprising
How did the early Cold War unfold in Asia? Reconstruction of Japan
How did the early Cold War unfold in Asia? Communist Revolution in China
How did the early Cold War unfold in Asia? The Korean War
How did the early Cold War unfold in the United States? Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
How did the early Cold War unfold in the United States? McCarthyism
How did the early Cold War unfold in the United States? Sputnik
How was the Cold War fought? Indirect Brinkmanship Symbolic
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Tension in Berlin Kennedy ’ s Visit The Berlin Wall
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Revolution in Cuba The Bay of Pigs The Missile Crisis
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Vietnam French Indochina The Geneva Conference Slow Escalation The Gulf of Tonkin The Tet Offensive Nixon ’ s Diplomacy
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? 1968 Prague Spring
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Détente
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Nixon and China
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Soviet Union
How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties SALT I SALT II
Where was the Cold War fought indirectly? Afghanistan
Where was the Cold War fought indirectly? Central America
Where was the Cold War fought symbolically? 1972 Summer Olympics
Where was the Cold War fought symbolically? 1980 Winter Olympics
Where was the Cold War fought symbolically? 1980 Summer Olympics 1984 Summer Olympics
How did the Cold War progress under Ronald Reagan? Military Buildup Star Wars (SDI)
How did the Cold War progress under Ronald Reagan? Iran Contra Affair
How did the Cold War progress under Ronald Reagan? Glasnost and perestroika
How did the Cold War end? Berlin
How did the Cold War end? Eastern Europe Poland Hungary Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia: Velvet Revolution
Romania
How did the Cold War end? Russia
Before and After
Slide 1: History channel, Cold War leftovers 2 minutes Slide 5: clip Europe at end of war, end of US isolationism (Best of Years section 1 14:00 min-sec 2 5:20 Min) Slide 6 Iron Curtain (The Best of Years, section1 0:48-2:52) Slide 14: clip about Berlin Airlift (section 2 8:55-11:45) Slide 17: clip Increasing fear of USSR, 1956 in Hungary (Section 3, 3:00-4:40) Slide 20: Korea (Section 2 13:42-section 3 1:55) Slide 24: Nuclear weapons and testing, US testing in Arizona (Happy Days Section 3, 4:40-6:49) NASA, Sputnik (6:50-10:20) Kruschev-Nixon “Kitchen Debate”, self-appraisal in US, “Are we falling behind Russians?” comparing Russian and Us students (10:23-11:50) Slide 26: Cuban Missile Crisis (Poisoned Dreams Section 1 14:20-Section 2 3:20) Slide 28: Prague Spring, 30 seconds Slide 31: Nixon Diplomacy (Approaching the Apocalypse Section 2, 11:20-13:20) Slide 73:Basketball clip 5-6 minutes Slide 40: Star Wars Clip-30 seconds Slide 42: Gorbachev/Reagan (A New World Section 3, 3:49- Slide 43: Magicka Noci-Plastic People clip/revolutions of :25 minutes