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1 The Origins of the Cold War
US History

2 German Expansion

3 War Conferences

4 German Expansion

5 The Cold War (1945-1991) United States Democracy Capitalism Religious
Soviet Union (USSR) Communist Dictatorship Socialism No Religion Both nations compete for control of world affairs between There are numerous regional conflicts around the world, but never a “hot war” between the two nations. The USSR dissolves in 1991.

6 Postwar Cooperation by Allies
Nuremberg War Trials United Nations UN Declaration of Human Rights

7 Why did wartime cooperation collapse?
Source/Context/Significance? Main Idea? How does it answer Q? D1 D2a D2b D2c (2) D3

8 What was containment and how was it applied?
Source/Context/Significance? Main Idea? How does it answer Q? D4 D5 D6a D6b

9 Source/Context/Significance?
How and why did the US formally commit itself to the defense of Europe? Source/Context/Significance? Main Idea? How does it answer Q? D7a D7b D7c D8

10 The Cold War in Europe Containment Truman Doctrine (1947)
$400 million to Greece and Turkey Marshall Plan (1947) – 2 $12-13 billion to rebuild Western Europe Berlin Airlift (6/48-5/49) - 2 NATO (1949)

11 What caused the Cold War? T – Answer the question
TEA Paragraph What caused the Cold War? T – Answer the question E – Present 3 pieces of evidence to support you assertion A – Conclude with analysis to reinforce your assertion

12 The Cold War in Asia Chinese Civil War - 2 Korean War (1950-1953) map
Communists (Mao Zedong) v. Nationalists (Chiang Kai-Shek) US Aid to Nationalists “Loss” of China (1949) Korean War ( ) map

13 Discussion Questions: Korean War
According to each textbook, how did the Korean War start? Which of these textbooks do you find more trustworthy? Why? Where else would you look in order to figure out how the Korean War started? Which textbook comes from North Korea? Which comes from South Korea?

14 Think/Pair/Share How was Europe divided after World War II?
What did the US and USSR cooperate on after World War II? How successfully did Truman deal with the Cold War in Europe? (Use examples) How successfully did Truman deal with the Cold War in Asia? (Use examples)

15 War Conferences

16 Europe Divided By the Iron Curtain

17 Germany Berlin

18 Kennan- The Long Telegram
Containment The US will use a policy of trying to contain or stop the spread of communism.

19 Truman Doctrine “I believe that 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.” “I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.”

20 Marshall Plan US Gives Western European Countries $12-13 Billion to Rebuild After WW2

21 Marshall Plan

22 Berlin Airlift

23 Berlin Airlift

24 National Security Act Department of Defense National Security Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

25 Mao Chiang

26 Chinese Civil War

27 Korean War


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