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1 THE COLD WAR 1946-1991

2 Do Now… Watch a clip from Night Flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMwbvIVh2EQ Journal: How are communism and capitalism portrayed in the clip? How do Americans view the Soviets? How do Americans view themselves?

3 Think-Pair-Share With a partner, discuss how you work in a group versus how you work individually on an assignment. Do you put in more work when working alone or with others? Why?

4 Capitalism vs. Communism Capitalism is an economic system in which the economy is privately owned and operated for profit Communism is an economic system in which the economy is owned and operated by the state

5 Who? The Cold War was a conflict between the Communist World (the Soviet Union and its’ allies), which supported socialism and authoritarianism, and the Western World (the United States and its allies), which supported democracy, nationalism, and capitalism.

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10 Soviet Propaganda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phpe0DsisbY

11 Primary Document Activity Group 1: Nuclear Weapons and the United States position on China Group 2: Iron Curtain Speech Group 3: Stalin’s Response to the Iron Curtain Speech

12 The Berlin Airlift One of the first major crises in the Cold War http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=3nvyuif80k I&feature=BFa&list=PL 3FF0FB6FBF7BD587 &index=32 http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=3nvyuif80k I&feature=BFa&list=PL 3FF0FB6FBF7BD587 &index=32

13 Nuclear Arms Race The nuclear arms race was central to the Cold War. People believed that the more nuclear weapons a country had, the more powerful they were. As a result, both America and the Soviet Union built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

14 Nuclear Warfare By 1961, there enough nuclear weapons to destroy the surface of the earth. By 1986, there was the the equivalent of one million Hiroshima-sized bombs.

15 Journal We talked about nuclear weapons on each sides. If a direct confrontation will result in complete destruction of both sides, how can the two sides compete?

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17 Proxy Wars A proxy warfare is a war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly

18 Vietnam War Post WWII – 1975 4 million dead in Southeast Asia

19 Korean War 1950-1953 Over 3 million dead

20 Soviet War in Afghanistan 1979-1988 Over 1 million dead

21 Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phpe0DsisbY

22 Angola 1975 outbreak Over 2 million dead

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