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1 Aim: How has Europe evolved in the post-WWII era?
Do Now: What do you already know about Europe in the post-WWII era?

2 EUROPE SINCE 1945 A DIVIDED EUROPE How? East and West “Iron Curtain”
Germany divided

3 AFTERMATH AND LEGACY OF WORLD WAR II
Costly – over 50 million dead Dangers of extreme nationalism and militarism Lessons of Munich (appeasement) Lessons of Holocaust Nuremberg Trials Total War

4 Aim: How has Europe evolved in the post-WWII era?
Do Now: What is meant by the Cold War? Why were the U.S. and the Soviet Union considered “Super Powers”? During the Cold War years how did the U.S. and the Soviet Union compete?

5 EUROPE SINCE 1945 TWO SUPERPOWERS THE COLD WAR BEGINS
U.S. and U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) Economic and nuclear powers THE COLD WAR BEGINS Competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union ( ) Tension and hostility between two superpowers Democracy/capitalism v. Communism Domino theory Policy of containment Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan CRISIS IN GERMANY Berlin Airlift Berlin Wall (1961)

6 EUROPE SINCE 1945 COLD WAR AND OPPOSING MILITARY ALLIANCES
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Warsaw Pact

7 EUROPE SINCE 1945 COLD WAR HEATS UP
Repression in Eastern Europe (East Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia) Arms Race The Space Race

8 EUROPE SINCE 1945 COLD WAR CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD Korean War
Vietnam War Arab-Israeli conflict Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya Africa (civil wars) Latin America (Cuba) Non-alignment Role of the United Nations

9 EUROPE SINCE 1945 ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
West German economic miracle European Economic Unification European Coal and Steel Community (1952) Common Market (1957) – or European Community European Union (EU) – by 2004 had 25 member states including former communist countries New currency – Euro Trend is toward free-trade and free-flow of labor and capital across borders

10 Aim: How has Europe evolved in the post-WWII era?
Summary: What is meant by the “Cold War”? Why was NATO created? Why was the Warsaw Pact created? What is its status today? What purpose does NATO serve today? What is the “domino theory”? What foreign policy came about to counter the “domino theory”?

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