PPT-Big Picture: The Cold War was born in the uneasy World War II alliances between the Soviet

Chapter 25 The Cold War Begins Main Idea At the end of World War II tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States deepened leading to an era known as the Cold War Chapter 25 Section . By:. Matthew Wilson. Dakota Berger . And Dummy. Culture in the cold war. The Cold War was reflected in culture through music, movies, books, television and other media. . The United States had a very specific Stereotype they wanted to Employ when making their films in the Cold War, that Stereotype was to depict the Soviet Union to be the Villains in just about every film that was made with them in the plot. . ‘Peace Through Strength’. or. ‘New Thinking’. Orthodox. The first school of interpretation to emerge in the U.S. was "orthodox". For more than a decade after the end of the Second World War, few U.S. historians challenged the official U.S. interpretation of the beginnings of the Cold War.. Chapter 15.1. Two Sides Face Off. Superpowers-US and USSR. NATO/Warsaw Pact. Iron Curtain-Winston Churchill describing the separation of Western and Eastern Europe. Berlin Wall. Eastern Europe resists USSR. FOCUS QUESTION:. What do you think the cold war was?. The COLD War . UnFOLDS. Meeting of Allied Leaders in Feb. 1945. Stalin, Churchill, FDR. Discuss post-war world. Results:. United Nations Created. Mikhail . Gorbachev rises . to power in . 1985. Meetings between Gorbachev and Reagan. The . fall of the Berlin Wall in . 1989. Ger. m. any's reunification. The . collapse of the Soviet . Union . in 1991 . The Origins of the Cold War. The Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945, Crimean coast) is often considered the starting point of Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. ‘Big Three’ – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin were present. . Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union unraveled. . Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. . Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin. . Roots of the Cold War. Philosophical Differences -. Philosophical differences between the Soviet Union and the United States reached back to the 1920s.. Soviet Union: communism, totalitarian dictatorship. 1945-1963. Containment in a Divided World. The Cold War began at the close of WW2 in 1945 and ended in 1991.. The Cold War in Europe, 1945-1946. Yalta. Yalta Conference the “Big Three” met to reconcile . Prosperity at Home, Cold War Abroad. The U.S. had tremendous prosperity in the 1950s – with an increase in national income each year.. But to counter the spread of Soviet influence, the U.S. also maintained a peacetime draft (Universal Military Training), and a large peacetime army, navy, and air force.. Why a cold war?. Setting the stage: During and After WWII . The U.S. and Soviet Union were . allies. during WWII. Both counties . spied. on each other during WWII . Both wanted to share as little as possible in the victory over the . VUS.13d. Both internal and external pressures caused the collapse of the Soviet Union . The collapse of the Soviet Union . brought an end to the Cold War . that had dominated American . foreign policy for forty years!. SPONGE:. Please put ALL notes/books away!!!! There is ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING!!!!. Find Someone Who Has…... Matching Review . Please put ALL notes/books away!!!! There is ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING!!!!. Some students will be given words or dates (BLUE PAPER).. 1979 - 1989. Causes:. Soviet Union had historical presence in Afghanistan. Communist government was struggling to maintain control due to strong opposition by the Afghans. Soviets wanted to keep communist influence in area.