PPT-The context of the Cold War changed in 1953. The death of Joseph Stalin opened up new

The United States was also under new leadership from 1953 with the inauguration of President Eisenhower After twenty years when the Democrats Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman held the presidency there was now a Republican in the White House Eisenhower was no ordinary Republican He was already famous as Ike the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the Second World War Eisenhower had fought the war alongside Soviet allies in the Grand Alliance he knew many Soviet generals and diplomats personally He was determined to formulate new policies to combat Communism in the Cold War but he was also determined to avoid war and to hold down the huge expenditures demanded by the arms race with the Soviet Union. 39 Stalin Stalin OVERVIEW J leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, employed terror, repression, and execution to maintain his control over the Soviet people. Fami The Ussr under the age of Stalin. 1924-1956. Biography. Joseph Djugashvili. Born on 21 January 19879. . in Gori, Georgia. Son of a shoemaker and grandson of serfs. 1888-99: He receive 11 years of education( which was rare for a person of his class). By Han Lee and Jamie Au .  . Biography. Born as . Iosif. . Vissarionovich. . Dzhugashvili. on December 21, 1879 in Georgia.. Stalin’s father had abused his mother and Stalin. After his father left, Stalin had excelled in academics and graduated first of his class. History 12 – Ms Leslie. Vladimir . Illich. . Ulyanov. . (later known as Lenin) was born in . Simbirsk. , Russia, on 10th April, 1870. Father was a school Teacher. His Brother, Alexander . Ulyanov. War Communism . (Lenin). . . what. When. . : 1918 -1921. What. : Industry was nationalized, compulsory . labour. was introduced and private trade was suppressed. Why. : because of the desperate need to obtain food for the Red Army & the urban population. 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. 1924 - 1953 Struggle for Power Issue over the NEP split the party into right and left. Trotsky wanted the NEP gone because it created Kulaks and led to a lack of government control in the countrysi It was a cold, dark night and the wind was blowing. One man . was driving a . car and . suddenly the . car stalled. He began examining it and he . heard a . beautiful melody of the piano. The man went . ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why did the Cold War Last So Long?. TEKS and Objectives. We will…. (8B) describe . how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race, the space race, McCarthyism, and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the findings of which were confirmed by the . L/O – To compare the two dictatorships of Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler. Starter. – Hitler and Stalin were rulers of which European countries? Do you know when?. Investigating Dictatorships. During the first half of the 20. 1953: July -- Korean War ends. 1954: March –KGB established. 1954 -- CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala . 1954: July -- Vietnam split at 17th parallel. 1955: May -- Warsaw Pact formed. Containment. Mutually Assured Destruction. Korean War, 1950-1953. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Afghanistan, 1979-1989. Mikhail Gorbachev. The Kitchen Debates, 1959. The First Phase, 1947-1953. George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” and the policy of containment. Revision for HSC 2014. The 1945 Conferences. Yalta Conference. In February 1945 Winston Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference. At this conference it was decided that Germany would be divided into four allied sectors after the war; that the Soviet Union would join the war against Japan; free elections would be held throughout Eastern Europe and the Lublin Committee, provisional Polish government, would no longer consist of just Communists. However, the Soviet Union did not adhere to these terms and instead; Stalin began to install communist governments in other Eastern European countries. . The Russian Revolution. Review.. 15. Who fought in the Russian Civil War? . 14. What did Lenin promise Russia when he took control?. 13. Which two figures were in charge following the October Revolution?.