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Monday, April 2nd, 2018 Learning Goal #17 – Explain the causes of the Cold War. Warm-up: Explain how the Space Race was related to the Arms.

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1 Monday, April 2nd, 2018 Learning Goal #17 – Explain the causes of the Cold War. Warm-up: Explain how the Space Race was related to the Arms Race during the Cold War. Agenda – NATO vs. Warsaw Pact Introduction NATO & Warsaw Pact WebQuest Textbook Reading: pg. 848 – The Politics of Containment

2 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
United States Belgium Britain Canada Denmark France Iceland Italy Luxemburg Netherlands Norway Portugal 1952: Greece & Turkey 1955: West Germany 1983: Spain

3 Warsaw Pact (1955) U. S. S. R. Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
East Germany Hungary Poland Rumania

4 Monday, April 2nd, 2018

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