1. The Cold War 1945-1990

2. CAPITALISM an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government

3. COMMUNISM a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property

4. 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

5. What challenges faced the world at the end of World War II? Destruction Power Vacuum Loss of old power balance Collapse of colonialism

6. The Iron Curtain

7. Who were the superpowers? United States Soviet Union

8. 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

9. Why were they superpowers? Location Armies Economies Atomic Bomb

10. What were their goals?

11. USSR Expansion of Communism Expansion of influence National Security United States Containment of communism Expansion of US influence National Security

12. 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

13. What was the greatest fear during the Cold War?

16. How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? Marshall Plan

17. How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? Greece and Turkey Truman Doctrine

18. How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? The Berlin Airlift

20. How did the early Cold War unfold in Europe? 1956 Hungarian Uprising

22. How did the early Cold War unfold in Asia? Reconstruction of Japan

23. How did the early Cold War unfold in Asia? Communist Revolution in China

24. How did the early Cold War unfold in Asia? The Korean War

25. How did the early Cold War unfold in the United States? Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

26. How did the early Cold War unfold in the United States? McCarthyism

27. How did the early Cold War unfold in the United States? Sputnik

28. How was the Cold War fought? Indirect Brinkmanship Symbolic

29. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Tension in Berlin Kennedy ’ s Visit The Berlin Wall

30. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Revolution in Cuba The Bay of Pigs The Missile Crisis

31. 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

32. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? 1968 Prague Spring

35. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Détente

36. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Nixon and China

37. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Soviet Union

38. How did the Cold War progress diplomatically? Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties SALT I SALT II

39. Where was the Cold War fought indirectly? Afghanistan

40. Where was the Cold War fought indirectly? Central America

41. Where was the Cold War fought symbolically? 1972 Summer Olympics

42. Where was the Cold War fought symbolically? 1980 Winter Olympics

43. Where was the Cold War fought symbolically? 1980 Summer Olympics 1984 Summer Olympics

44. How did the Cold War progress under Ronald Reagan? Military Buildup Star Wars (SDI)

45. How did the Cold War progress under Ronald Reagan? Iran Contra Affair

46. How did the Cold War progress under Ronald Reagan? Glasnost and perestroika

47. How did the Cold War end? Berlin

48. How did the Cold War end? Eastern Europe Poland Hungary Bulgaria

49. Czechoslovakia: Velvet Revolution

50. Romania

51. How did the Cold War end? Russia

52. Before and After

53. 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 1989 -3:25 minutes