1. Cold War Overview and Fall
Directions:
Answer questions 1-8 in the PPT.

2. 1945: The Cold War Begins
Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R
Democracy and the Free Enterprise System v. Communism and Command Economic System
Superpowers
1. Why are these two nations “Superpowers”?

3. United States supported. Soviet Union supported.
By 1945, there were two Chinese governments
The Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek based in southern and central China
United States supported.
The Communist government of Mao Zedong in Northern China
Soviet Union supported. 3

4. In 1946, a civil war broke out between the Nationalists and the Communists. Many peasants were attracted to the Communists by the promises of land.
By 1949, the People’s Liberation Army, commanded by Chairman Mao had defeated the Nationalists. Chiang Kai-shek and two million followers fled to the island of Taiwan. 4

5. Officially, in 1949, the Communist Party, led by Mao Zedong, took over China.
Today, communism is still the government of China, but changes have taken place since 1949.
2. Do you think China is changing politically to give people more voice and freedom? Why or why not? 5

6. Iron Curtain
“Iron Curtain” divides the continent, symbolized by Berlin Wall
(Built in 1961)
The Soviet East v. Democratic West
3. What did you learn from the video?

7. NATO v. Warsaw Pact
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization allied with the USA
Warsaw Pact – allied with the USSR
4. Alliances!! Where
have we seen this in
history before? What
was the outcome?

8. Policy of Containment
US President Truman’s foreign policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism
5. What exactly is President Truman
Trying to “contain”? Why?

9. Cold War Heats Up 6. What similarities do you see? Vietnam War
Korean War
6. What similarities do you see?

10. Nuclear Threat Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear Weapons and theory of deterrence

11. New Leader for Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Come to power 1985
Calls for glasnost
Urges perestroika
Last president of the Soviet Union

12. Cold War Ends Fall of Communism 1989
Berlin Wall comes down November 9, 1989
Germany unifies October 3, 1990
7. What words would you use to describe the feelings during the fall of the Berlin Wall?

13. Why Cold War Ends Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries
Soviet economic collapse
Expansion of NATO
8. Which reason in the song do you think most contributed to the end of the Soviet Union.