The Early
Cold War:
1947-1970
Ms. Susan M. Pojer
and Mrs. Sophia Caramagno
Please do not talk at this time
HW: Chapter 17.1 Cornell
Oct 4
Notes- this will be pg. 36A
• Please get a Chart handout at
the front of the room.
• Keep the White handout East
Vs. West (Pg. 35A).
• Colored handouts are a class
set! 1 per pair!
• Please take a minute to review
what you know about
Communism (Pg 13A-D)
Quick review of Communism and Capitalism
Communism
Capitalism
Quick review of Communism and Capitalism
Communism
Capitalism
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 13A) and Chapter
17.1 to help you.
US
Economy
Government
Weapons
Long-term
goals
Both
USSR
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
Look at pg. 13A 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
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Oct 7
HW: Please finish your DBQ handout.
Documents online.
I am gone today. Please complete the
Cold War Starts DBQ as your class
assignment and finish it for
Homework.
All Make Up Work/ Resubmissions and Late work must
be turned in by Tuesday, Oct 15th to be included in the
1st quarter grade.
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Oct 8
HW: Vocab Word Maps for Cold War,
Containment, Iron Curtain, Super
Power- Pg 38A
Please check your Chpt. 17.1 Cornell
Notes: Do they have Vocab, ASQ,
BSQ, and a summary? Please have
these out to be checked off for an On
Time Grade.
All Make Up Work/ Resubmissions and Late work must
be turned in by Tuesday, Oct 15th to be included in the
1st quarter grade.
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. 38A
S.C.I.B.A. Cartoon Analysis
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Symbolism
Caricature
Irony
Background
Argument
Remember
This!
Use the BASIC
method to
analyze this
Cartoon on
Pg. 39A
Symbolism
Caricatures
Irony
Background
Argument
Cold War Map Assignment
Pg. 40A/B:
We will be taking graphic notes on this
illustrated map.
You will also take lecture notes on the main
events of the Cold War.
Your lecture notes can be in any form you
want for this unit.
You can do Cornell Notes, bubble graphs,
picture Notes, bullet notes…. Any thing you
want for lectures.
All these notes will be Page 40
Have your Cold War DBQ out also
A World Divided
The Cold War is all about East Vs. West
Document 1: This is an excerpt from Winston
Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech, March 5, 1946
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron
curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that
line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and
Eastern Europe. . . . All these famous cities and the
populations around them lie in the Soviet sphere (under the
“protection” of the USSR) and all are subject in one form or
another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and
increasing measure of control from Moscow.
3. How is the “iron curtain” a dividing line?
Document 2: Excerpt from Winston Churchill’s “Iron
Curtain” speech, March 5, 1946
The Communist parties, which were very small in these
Eastern European nations, have been raised to power far
beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to
obtain totalitarian control. Police governments are
prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in
Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. This is
certainly not the liberated Europe we fought to build up.
Nor is it one which contains the essentials of permanent
peace.
4. Describe the type of governments that Churchill believes are
governing Eastern Europe and how this contrasts with why
the Allies fought in WWII.
Iron Curtain- A Physically Divided
World
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 color in the Key on the
right
Add the Iron Curtain to your Lecture Notes and
underline it.
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.
Please do not talk at this time
Oct 9/10
HW: Cold War Personal Experience, Pg. 41A- 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 Monday
Don’t know anyone? Try Ms. LaMarche, Mr. St.Clair, or Mr. Grissom!
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.
All Make Up Work/ Resubmissions and Late work must
be turned in by Tuesday, Oct 15th 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. 37A
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. 37A
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. 37A
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. 37A
Economically Divided- 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
Document 3: This is an excerpt from Secretary of
State Marshall’s speech explaining his plan for
European recovery, June 5, 1947
I need to say that the world situation is very serious. . . . Europe
must have a great deal of additional help, or face heavy
economic, social, and political damage. This would have a
harmful effect on the world at large. There are also
possibilities of disturbances (fighting) because of the
desperation of the people concerned...So the United States
should do whatever it can to help restore normal economic
health to the world. Without this there can be no political
stability or peace. Our policy is directed not against any
country or doctrine . . .[but] against hunger, poverty,
desperation and chaos (disorder). Its purpose is to revive
a working economy in the world.
5. Why did Secretary of State Marshall suggest this plan for
European recovery?
Marshall Plan- 1947
•
“European Recovery
Program.”
•
Imagined by Secretary of
State, George Marshall
•
The U. S. should provide
aid to all European nations
that need it.
•
$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 •
•
right), indicate that
countries that color are
•
members of the Marshall •
Plan
•
• Add the Marshall Plan to •
your Lecture Notes and •
underline it.
•
•
•
•
•
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
• Add the Molotov Plan to
your Lecture Notes and
underline it.
•Soviet Union
•Poland
•Czechoslovakia
•East Germany
•Hungary
•Bulgaria
•Romania
Truman Doctrine
1947
•A Civil War broke out in Greece over
limited resources. Local Communists
looked like they might win.
•Turkey was under pressure from the
Communist 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 Communists both inside
or outside their borders.
• He made the Truman Doctrine US
Policy.
Document 4: This is an excerpt from President
Truman’s speech to Congress, March 12, 1947.
I believe it must be the policy of the United States to
support free peoples who are resisting attempted
subjugation (take over) by armed minorities or by outside
pressure. Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this
fateful (important) hour, the effect will be far-reaching to the
West. The seeds of totalitarian dictatorships are watered by
misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of
poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope
of a people for a better life has died. Therefore, I propose
giving Greece and Turkey $400 million in aid.
6. Explain the policy President Truman suggested in this
speech.
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
• Add the Truman Doctrine to your Lecture Notes
and underline it.
Politically DividedMultinational 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
Document 5: This is an excerpt from the North Atlantic
Treaty, which was signed by the United States,
Canada, and ten nations of Western Europe in 1948.
The parties agree than an armed attack against one or
more of them in Europe or in North America shall be
considered as an attack against them all. They agree
that if such an armed attack occurs, each of them will
assist the party or parties so attacked. Each will
immediately take whatever action it considers necessary
to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic
area. It will, if necessary, use armed force.
7. What is the purpose of NATO?
NATO Countries
USSR
Warsaw Pact
Other Countries
8. How do these “satellites” in the Warsaw Pact provide a buffer for the Soviet Union?
Cold War Map- NATO/Warsaw Pact
• 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


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

Belgium
Britain
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
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
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
 1952: Greece &

Turkey
 1955: West Germany
 1983: Spain
• NOW, 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 the Warsaw Pact
 U. S. S. R.
 Albania
 Bulgaria
 Czechoslovakia
 East Germany
 Hungary
 Poland
 Romania
How did the Cold War divide
Europe
The Cold War divided Europe
____________ with the
_____________. This divided
Europe because_____________
Document 7: Excerpt from a speech by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev in 1956 in which he explains his
point of view on U.S. actions.
The inspirers of the “cold war” began to establish military
alliances like the North Atlantic bloc (NATO)…[They claim]
they have united for defense against the “communist threat.”
But this is sheer hypocrisy! …The leaders want a “position of
strength” policy. Furthermore, they assert that it makes
another way impossible because it ensures a “balance of
power” in the world. Western leaders offer the arms race as
their main recipe for the preservation of peace! It is perfectly
obvious that when nations compete to increase their military
might, the danger of war becomes greater, not lesser.
Capitalism will find its grave in another world war.
9. What is Khrushchev’s view of U.S. actions? According to
Khrushchev what will happen?
Please do not talk at this time
Oct 11
HW: Cold War Personal Experience, Pg. 41A- 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 Monday
Don’t know anyone? Try Ms. LaMarche, Mr. St.Clair, or Mr. Grissom!
Please get out your Cold War DBQ
and your Map
All Make Up Work/ Resubmissions and Late work must
be turned in by
today.
Tuesday,
Please
Oct
write
15th to be included in the
1st quarter grade.
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 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.
Add the Berlin Blockade and Airlift to your
Lecture Notes and underline it.
The Bomb- Pg 34A
East Vs. West- Pg 35A
Chapter 17.1 Cornell Notes- Pg 36A
Cold War DBQ- Pg 37A
1945 Cartoon Analysis- Pg 38A
Vocab Word Maps- Pg 39A
Cold War Map and Lecture Notes- Pg
40A
Cold War Personal Experience- Pg 41A