Cold War Intro, Map, Docs
Origins of the Cold War
• Ideological Differences
• Communism vs. Capitalism
• Totalitarian vs. Democracy
• WWII
• 2nd Front – Sov Union felt “owed”
• Potsdam – Stalin broke promise
• A- Bomb - 1949
• Destruction of Europe
• Power Vacuum
• End of Colonial Empires
Cold War Characteristics
• Indirect warfare of 2 Superpowers
• Worldwide Alliance Systems
• Lasts 45 years
• 1945-1991
• Tactics
• Eco. Pressure
• Propaganda
• Subversion
• Nuclear Intimidation
“IRON CURTAIN”
Winston
Churchill
Truman Doctrine
Aid to Greece &
Turkey /
US Global
Policeman
Marshall Plan
Rebuilding Germany
Eco. Aid/ Military
Presence
Telegram by
Kennan “X”
Containment
One fundamental US assumption:
USSR seeks to expand and therefore poses a threat to the US.
Alliance
System
NATO (1949 )
- If the Soviet Union attacked any European
allies, it would be an attack on the US itself.
First US peacetime military alliance
Warsaw Pact (1955)- Military
alliance of the Eastern European
Soviet Bloc. Organized against
the perceived threat from NATO.
Cold War Origins Recap
Truman Doctrine- 1947
Marshall Plan- 1947
NATO Formed- 1949
Warsaw Pact- 1955
Intro Cold War Map Activity
• Directions:
• Shade your Map:
• NATO countries
• Warsaw Pact countries
• Locate Berlin
• Answer the questions and
consider the following:
• What did the Western
Powers and the USSR do
with Germany after the War?
Why?
• What is the significance of
the position of Berlin?
BERLIN
Division of Germany
Berlin
Berlin Blockade
The Arms Race
1949
Russians
Explode
A-Bomb
How did the Arms Race contribute to the Cold War?