The Early
Cold War:
1947-1970
Ms. Susan M. Pojer
and Mrs. Sophia Caramagno
Please do not talk at this time
Oct 2
HW: Chapter 17.1 Cornell Notes- this will be pg. 40
• Please get a Chart handout at
the front of the room.
• Keep the White handout East
Vs. West (Pg. 38A).
• Colored handouts are a class
set! They are at your desks
already…
Quick review of Communism and Capitalism
Communism
Capitalism
Turn your paper to the West
Vs. East Side.
I will give you a list of statements.
Rewrite these statements in the
correct boxes.
Put statements that apply to the
US in the US column.
Put statements that apply to the
USSR in the USSR column.
Put statements that apply to BOTH
in the Both column.
You may simplify statements when
you rewrite them.
Use your Prior Knowledge, Your
Communism/Fascism Cornell
Notes (Pg 14A) and Chapter
17.1 to help you.
US
Both
USSR
Economy
Believes in trade and profit
at the expense of some of the
people.
Promotes Capitalism
Wants to spend money on
technology and science
Spent a large portion of the
national budget on developing
weapons and defense systems
The government should control
wealth.
The wealth of a country should
be shared amongst the whole
population
There should be no competition
because it could lead to extreme
wealth and extreme poverty.
Supports Socialism
Government
Wants to control countries
that Italy and Japan had
conquered during WWII
Distrusts Stalin and his
dictatorship.
Wants to contain the spread
of communism
Used propaganda as a means to
influence other countries
Wants to control countries that
Germany had conquered during
WWII
Distrusts nations that did not
come to its immediate aid during
WWII
Promotes a weak Germany
Wants to spread the influence of
communism
Weapons
Long-term
goals
Use whatever means they
could, short of war, to gain
influence with other countries.
Builds up nuclear bombs
Armed smaller countries with
weaker weapons.
Financially supported
countries that ally
themselves with the ideas of
democracy and capitalism
Would like to limit the
influence of the other.
Financially supported countries
that ally themselves with the
ideas of communism
Restoring the Peace
The Early
Cold War:
1947-1970
Ms. Susan M. Pojer
and Mrs. Sophia Caramagno
Look at pg. 14A of your Notebook- Cornell Notes on Communism and Fascism.
Consider the US and the USSR
• Why would these two nations become enemies?
• Why would they decide to divide up the world?
• How is this decision related to economic systems?
Communism Vs. Capitalism
In Communism, all goods are collected from the whole territory (the
larger, the more variety in goods) and redistributed to the population.
There is NOTHING left over to trade with another country.
In Capitalism, trade is the only way to succeed. You MUST compete in
the market and sell your goods as often as possible to as many people as
possible to be successful.
Any Country that is Communist is Lost to the Americans.
Any Country that is Capitalist is Lost to the Russians.
Restoring the Peace
Please do not talk at this time
Oct 3/4
HW: Vocab Word Maps for Cold War,
Containment, Iron Curtain, Super
Power- Pg 42A
Please check your Chpt. 17.1 Cornell
Notes: Do they have Vocab, ASQ,
BSQ, and a summary? Turn these in
to the Turn in Box
You also need 4 colored pencils and a
BIG map for today!!
B.A.S.I.C Cartoon Analysis
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Background
Argument
Symbolism
Irony
Caricature
Remember
This!
Use the BASIC
method to
analyze this
Cartoon on
Pg. 39A
Background
Argument
Symbolism
Irony
Caricatures
Please do Vocab Word Maps for:
• Cold War- From just after WWII until 1991, when the
U.S. and the U.S.S.R. competed with one another to
increase influence around the world
• Containment- U.S. policy directed at blocking Soviet
influence and stopping the expansion of communism.
• Iron Curtain-Europe’s division between mostly
democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern
Europe
• Super Power- An extremely powerful nation capable
of influencing international events and the acts and
policies of less powerful nations.
Pg. Pg 42A
Cold War Map Assignment
Pg. 41A/B:
We will be taking graphic notes on this
illustrated time line…
For each event you will record:
A definition on the back of your paper
an item on the timeline
a symbol on the map
a note on the key to explain the symbol
You will use this map every day.
You can use it on the test!
Iron Curtain
Illustrate the following event on your Cold War
Map. Use Chpt. 17, Sec 1, and the next slide to
help you.
Turn to the map on pg. 532, Draw a line between
Eastern and Western Europe to show where the
Iron Curtain fell. Include the Line in the Key on the
left
Add the Iron Curtain to your Timeline.
Define the Iron Curtain on the back of this paper.
1945- Iron CurtainFrom a speech by
Winston Churchill
The Iron Curtain was a
symbol to show that
Eastern and Western
Europe were separated
completely. Nothing
could get through that
imaginary barrier.
No People in or out.
No ideas in or out.
No goods in or out.
Russia feared their
best, brightest most
creative people would
leave for a less
structured life in the
west and that
westerners would
corrupt the Russians.
Strategies of the Cold War
The Cold War was not a conventional war. It was a war of
Strategies over direct confrontation.
Nearly everything that happened in the cold war can be divided
into these 6 strategies:
Foreign Aid
Propaganda
Multinational
Alliances
Brinkmanship
Espionage
Surrogate Wars
Categorization is a useful organizational tool!
Examples of Foreign Aid and the
Cold War
Both the USA and the USSR wanted to avoid the kind of
economic desperation that had helped Hitler rise to
power. They knew they couldn't leave the countries of
Europe with all the destruction and poverty left by WWII.
They solved this problem by offering financial aid to the
nations of Europe, and thus boosted their own
economies as well.
•The Marshal Plan
•The Molotov Plan
•The Truman Doctrine
•US economic support of Batista in Cuba
•Russian Economic Aid to Egypt to build the Aswan
Dam
•US economic support of the Contras in Nicaragua
•US economic support of the Shah in Iran
Marshall Plan- 1947
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“European Recovery
Program.”
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Imagined by Secretary of
State, George Marshall
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The U. S. should provide
aid to all European nations
that need it. This move
“is not against any country or
doctrine, but against hunger,
poverty, desperation, and
chaos.”
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$12.5 billion of US aid to
Western Europe extended to
Eastern Europe & USSR, (but
this was rejected).
Cold War Map- Marshall Plan
• Color the following
countries one color (your
choice) on your map.
• In your map key (on the
Left), indicate that
countries that color are
members of the Marshall
Plan
• On the back of this paper
explain what the Marshall
Plan was
• Put the Marshall Plan on
the time line in 1947
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Great Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
Netherlands
Austria
Belgium & Luxembourg
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Turkey
Ireland
Sweden
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Iceland
The Molotov Plan- 1947
This economic plan was the USSR's
answer to the Marshall Plan. It was
exactly the same idea. These countries
received money and help to rebuild in the
image of the USSR- the Communist
image.
Cold War Map- Molotov Plan
• Color the following
countries one color (your
choice) on your map.
• In your map key (on the
Left), indicate that
countries that color are
members of the Molotov
Plan
• On the back of this paper
explain what the Molotov
Plan was
• Put the Molotov Plan on
the time line in 1947
•Soviet Union
•Poland
•Czechoslovakia
•East Germany
•Hungary
•Bulgaria
•Romania
Truman Doctrine
1947
•A Civil War broke out in Greece over
limited resources.
•Turkey was under pressure from the
USSR to give up part of the
Dardanelles. (The USSR wanted a
warm water port.)
•Truman felt the U. S. should support
free peoples throughout the world who
were resisting takeovers by armed
minorities or outside pressures (he
meant communists). “We must assist
free peoples to work out their own
destinies in their own way.”
•The U.S. gave Greece & Turkey $400
million in aid.
Cold War Map- Truman
Doctrine
• Come up with a symbol, like a star, diamond,
triangle, fist, etc... (your choice) and draw that
symbol on Turkey and Greece on your map.
• In your map key (on the Left), indicate that
countries with that symbol benefited from the
Truman Doctrine
• On the back of this paper explain what the
Truman Doctrine was.
• Put the Truman Doctrine on the time line in 1947
Please do not talk at this time
Oct 5
HW: Cold War Personal Experience, Pg. 43A- Interview someone over 40
about the Cold War. Ask them about their experiences in the 50’s, 60’s, 70,
and 80’s. Ask them what they remember about the events on your map or
what they thought would happen to the world. Due Tuesday
Don’t know anyone? Try Ms. LaMarche, Mr. St.Clair, or Mr. Moody!
Please get out your Vocab Word
Maps and trade them with a partner
• Using the slides on the next page, Add to the
vocab word maps.
• Then turn them in!
All Make Up Work/ Resubmissions and Late work must
be turned in by Wednesday/Thursday next week to be
included in the 1st quarter grade.
Cold War
Examples:
From just after WWII until USA Vs. USSR
1991, when the U.S. and
Communism Vs.
the U.S.S.R. competed
Capitalism
with one another to
increase influence
Cuban Missile Crisis
around the world
Vietnam War
Versions: NA
Glossary Definition:
My Definition:
Picture:
A conflict between the
US and the USSR that
included a war of ideas
and competition for
influence and resources
but no actual direct
fighting.
Pg. 42A
Related Words:
No Hot War: No direct
fighting
Iron Curtain
Espionage
Brinkmanship
Containment
Glossary Definition:
U.S. policy directed at
blocking Soviet
influence and stopping
the expansion of
communism.
Examples:
Roach Motel
USA Vs. USSR- cold
war
Versions: Container
My Definition:
USA attempts to limit
Soviet power during
the Cold War and
prevent other countries
from becoming
communist.
Related Words:
Surround
Contain
Isolate
Box up
Eliminate- removing a
piece from the playing
board
Picture:
Soviets
Inside
Pg. 42A
Iron Curtain
Glossary Definition:
Europe’s division
between mostly
democratic Western
Europe and Communist
Eastern Europe
Examples:
Berlin Wall
East Vs. West
Cold War
Versions: NA
My Definition:
An imaginary line
between the Capitalist
West and the Communist
East in Europe
Pg. 42A
Picture:
Related Words:
Communism Vs.
Capitalism
Berlin Blockade
Divider
Super Power
Glossary Definition:
An extremely powerful
nation capable of
influencing
international events
and the acts and
policies of less
powerful nations.
Examples:
Related Words:
USA, USSR
China today
Superman
Cold War
World Power
International Influence
Versions: NA
My Definition:
Picture:
A country so powerful
they can affect and
influence other
countries and
international policies
Pg. 42A
Strategies….Continued….
Back to our Cold War Maps!
You will need three colored pencils
and your map!
Multinational Alliances
Alliances were meant to intimidate other countries
into holding an attack. Any country in the
alliance could call on all the others for help,
thus causing an instant world war and no one
wanted that.
• NATO- Democratic, Capitalist Nations of the
West
• Warsaw Pact- Socialist, Communist Nations of
the East
• Association of Non Aligned Nations- a Group of
Independent Nations from South Asia and
Africa who refused to take sides
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization- 1949
 United States
 Luxembourg
 Belgium
 Netherlands
 Britain
 Norway
 Canada
 Portugal
 Denmark
 France
 1952: Greece &
Turkey
 Iceland
 1955: West Germany
 Italy
 1983: Spain
These countries
agree to defend
each other
against potential
Soviet
aggression.
Cold War Map- NATO
• Come up with a symbol, like a star, diamond,
triangle, fist, etc... (your choice) and draw that symbol
on the countries listed below on your map.
• In your map key (on the Left), indicate that countries
with that symbol are members of NATO
• On the back of this paper explain what the NATO
was.
• Put the dates for NATO on the time line in 1949,
1952, 1955, 1983 (When Franco dies)
United
States
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
1952: Greece &
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Turkey
1955: West German
1983: Spain
Warsaw Pact- 1955
 U. S. S. R.
 Albania
 Bulgaria
 Czechoslovakia
 East Germany
 Hungary
 Poland
 Romania
These countries
agree to defend each
other against
potential American
aggression.
Brinkmanship
The Policy of threatening to go
to war as a response to
enemy aggression.
Put this
definition on
the back of
your map.
You want a
piece of This?!?
Examples of Brinkmanship and the
Cold War
Both the USA and the USSR wanted to avoid an all out
Nuclear War. Instead of fighting directly, they paid others
to fight for them, and then continued a kind of global
game of “Chicken”. The following events are examples
of when the two sides almost committed to total war, but
then pulled back at the last minute and instead did
something clever to stay in the game without losing face.
•The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
•The Korean War
•The Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin
Blockade
& Airlift
1948-49
See video:
Days that
shook the
word: Berlin
Airlift on
United
Streaming
Russians try to claim West Berlin once
and for all by starving them out. Water,
power are cut. Ground transport is
closed.
Americans fly supplies to the people of
West Berlin for almost a year.
Eventually Russia gives up and opens
roads and utility lines again….until next
time….
Cold War Map- Berlin
Blockade and Airlift
Choose a symbol to represent the Berlin
Blockade and Airlift and put it on the small
map of Berlin (not Germany) on your map.
In your map key (on the Left), indicate that
your symbol represents the Berlin
Blockade and Airlift.
On the back of this paper explain what the
Berlin Blockade and Airlift was.
Put the Berlin Blockade and Airlift on the
time line in 1948 - 49
Mao’s Communist Revolution:
1949
China Becomes Communist in spite of
Western intervention
Review Containment
Glossary Definition:
U.S. policy directed at
blocking Soviet
influence and stopping
the expansion of
communism.
Versions: Container
My Definition:
USA attempts to limit
Soviet power during
the Cold War and
prevent other countries
from becoming
communist.
Examples:
Roach Motel
USA Vs. USSR- cold
war
Picture:
Soviets
Inside
Related Words:
Surround
Contain
Isolate
Box up
Eliminate- removing a
piece from the playing
board
The Korean War: A “Police
Action” (1950-1953)
Domino Theory
China
38th Parallel
If Korea becomes Communist, who else will
follow? If all the world becomes Communist,
who will America trade with?
After WWII Korea was split (along the 38th
parallel), just like Berlin and Germany between
the US and the USSR. North Korea invaded
South Korea to unify their nation with Russian
support.
See video:
Democracy Vs.
Communism:
The Korean War
on United
Streaming.
Americans (as a Member of the UN) get
involved to stop the advancement of
Communism. They push the N. Koreans far
back into N. Korea. This brings in the Chinese
who do not want Capitalist neighbours
After countless deaths and destruction, the two
sides leave where they started, Communists in
the North and Capitalists in the South. The
country is still divided along the 38th parallel.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
About the capitalist
states, it doesn't
depend on you
whether we
(Soviet Union) exist.
If you don't like us,
don't accept our
invitations, and don't
invite us to come
De-Stalinization Program
to see you. Whether
you like it our not, history is on our side. We
will bury you. -- 1956
What does this quote reveal about relations between the USA and the USSR in
the 1950’s? How does it reflect the action in Berlin and Korea?
PG 37A- The Bomb
East Vs. West- Pg 38A
BASIC Cartoon Analysis- Pg 39A
Chapter 17.1 Cornell Notes- Pg 40 A
Cold War Map- Pg 41A/B
Cold War Vocab Word Maps- Pg 42A
Cold War Personal Experience- Pg 43A