SIN #30
SWBAT: Describe the effects of WWII in Europe that led to the Cold War.
Skim pages 627-631 .
- What caused WWII according to Americans?
- USA wanted to promote… (pg 627)
- Cold War (definition):
- Yalta Conference
- What does Stalin agree to do in Poland?
- How was Germany divided?
- Satellite nations (definition):
- Iron curtain (definition):

 Most Americans believed it was the economic depression that led to the rise of dictators in
Europe
 Need to prevent it from happening again

 Economic growth by increasing world trade
 USA goal was to rebuild
European economy so they can be trading partners
 Spreading democracy and capitalism in the west

 Confrontation, competition, tension between the USA and the
Soviet Union from 1948-
1990
 No actual direct fighting was done
 Soviet Union wanted to spread communism among eastern Europe

 European leaders met to decide the next steps in Europe
 Stalin agreed to hold free elections in
Poland since it was a democratic country prior to the war
 Stalin will not keep his promise

 Split Germany into 4 occupation zones (Soviet Union, France,
Britain, USA)
 Split capital city, Berlin, in the same way
 Eventually Allies combine zones in West Germany (democratic) vs. East Germany (communist)
** Draw in notes

 Soviet block
 Communist countries of eastern Europe
 Stalin used them to create a buffer around the Soviet Union

 Phrase from Churchill’s speech
 Symbolic idea that there is a heavy division/separation between western and eastern
Europe

 SIN # 30 cont. - due tomorrow
 Use list of countries on front to color NATO,
Warsaw Pact, and Neutral countries on back (Spain 2 colors)
 Answer 4 circled questions on front.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ iron curtain speech