1. Social 30-1 Chapter 7 – Part 2

2. Housekeeping… Let’s pass the homework in. It is today, or not at all! Let’s discuss the picture. I’ll get you in-class back in a few days!

3. Review Cold War? Iron Curtain? Expansionism? Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine? Also, Containment… What was the outcome of Yalta and Potsdam?

4. Berlin 1945-1949 We’ve talked about how the Germany was separated. The City of Berlin was situated 175 miles within East Germany (Communist). It was divided in the same manner as the country. (US, UK, FR, and USSR).

7. Berlin

8. Stalin get’s ticked! The new Deutsche Mark was becoming the preferred currency in both east and west. The West revitalized (with the Marshall Plan) much faster then the East. Stalin witnessed this as a threat to Communism.

9. A New Berlin June 24, 1948. Stalin blocks all transportation by Rail, Road, or Canal. The 2.1 West Berliners were cut off from all supplies. The US idea of Containment meant complete support for its allies in Germany.

10. Berlin Airlift The west began to fly supplies in. They calculated caloric intake and amount of food for each person. Fish, baked goods, Salt, everything needed to be shipped in.

11. Perspectives The East said it was a futile attempt to save its capitalist position. The west (America) said it was proof that nothing could stop progress.

12. It’s effect At the height, a plane landed every three minutes. Airports got larger and more efficient. Crews would not leave the planes, just have unloading crew and take off again. Over 11 months, 277 804 flights landed. 17 American and 8 British plans crashed.

13. The Berlin Wall As tensions grew between both east and west, the Russian wanted to stop the drain to Capitalism. At midnight on August 12, 1961 the soldiers actually blocked the streets within the city. They tore up streets and put barbed wire in. Soon it grew into a more elaborate fence with two walls and a distinct no-mans land.

14. Its development Wire fence (1961) Improved wire fence (1962–1965) Concrete wall (1965–1975) Grenzmauer 75 (Border Wall 75) (1975–1989)

18. Escape People still tried to get out. They were often killed and left in no-mans land. Some people stowed away in Cars.

21. Wire fence (1961) Improved wire fence (1962–1965) Concrete wall (1965–1975) Grenzmauer 75 (Border Wall 75) (1975–1989)

24. The End of the Wall By 1989 the government fell. The wall officially fell in November 1989. It took much longer to tear it down, much still remains. The guards at this point become a joke and have no authority. People pass openly from East to West. Finally German reunifies in 1990.

25. LET’S DO SOME MORE WORK! This will be for homework!