Bell Ringer #12 (3/22 & 4/2)
Get vocab graphic organizer out
for a homework check
What is the Cold War?
List one vocab term that you
learned and the definition.
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AND LABEL YOUR NOTES….
Rise of the Cold War
(1940-1970s)
Learning Goals
Describe how
treaties/agreements at the
end of WWII changed national
boundaries and created
multinational organizations
Analyze how the US and Soviet
Union became superpowers
and competed for global
influence
Where we last left off…
 End of WWII
 Tensions start to rise
 Yalta Conference
 Germany and Berlin to be divided
into four parts (spheres of influence)
 East Germany: Soviets
 West Germany: British, French,
Americans
 Berlin divided in same way
 Soviets set up Communist
governments
VOCAB CHECK:
SATELLITE
A smaller country that is
economically or politically
dependent on a more
powerful nation.
Cold War examples:
Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Romania, E. Germany
VOCAB CHECK:
COLD WAR
(1945-1991) - decades
following WWII
Time of suspicion and
hostility between
communist & democratic
nations
Waged primarily by
political/economic means
rather than weapons
Cold War Begins
Two countries rise from
WWII as “superpowers”
Two Superpowers
US (capitalism)
USSR (Communism) –
Stalin
VOCAB CHECK:
SUPERPOWER
A state with a dominant
position in the international
arena
State has the ability to
influence events to its own
benefit and can project
power on a worldwide
scale to protect its interests
Two Superpowers
Soviet Goals
U.S. Goals
Protect from W.
Threats
Wanted
democratic
governments
Set up a buffer
zone
Demanded
Germany be
divided into two
Prevent spread of
Communism
Wanted a unified
Germany (that
would be friendly
to west)
Cold War Begins Cont..
Two countries rise from WWII as
“superpowers”
Two Superpowers
US (capitalism)
USSR (Communism) - Stalin
Clash of ideologies
Not a “Hot War” -- no military
conflict
Iron Curtain
VOCAB CHECK:
IRON CURTAIN
Imaginary
line/boundary
separating the
Communist nations
of E. Europe from
the mostly
democratic
nations of W.
Europe
VOCAB CHECK:
MARSHALL PLAN
U.S. program of
economic aid
to European
countries to
help them
rebuild after
WWII
VOCAB CHECK:
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
U.S. President
Harry Truman’s
policy
Gave economic
and military aid to
free nations
threatened by
internal/external
opponents
(communists)
VOCAB CHECK:
CONTAINMENT
 Policy outlined in Truman Doctrine
 Stated the U.S. must stop the spread of
communism, as it was a threat to democracy
 Aimed to create alliances and help weak
countries to resist Soviet advances
COLD WAR METAPHOR
COLD WAR METAPHOR
Ace up sleeve:
atomic bomb
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
Tense brow:
upset at poker
losses in past
(WWI & WWII)
Ace up sleeve:
atomic bomb
Berlin
Capitalism
Communist
Symbol
Cold War World
United States
Soviet Union
During the Cold War (1945-1990), the
United States and the Soviet Union
were reluctant to become involved in
direct military conflict mainly
because of
 A. the peacekeeping role of the
United Nation.
 B. pressure from nonaligned
nations.
 C. the potential for global nuclear
destruction.
 D. increased tensions in the Middle
East.
Which statement best describes
most Eastern European countries
immediately after World War II? They
A.
adopted democratic reforms
in their political systems.
B.
became satellite states of the
Soviet Union.
C.
became dependent on aid
provided by the Marshall Plan.
D.
emerged as world economic
powers.
THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK
1984
Parable
Nuclear Weapons,
Arms Race