PPT-The Cold War

Part 1 Activator From Stettin in the Balkans to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent Behind that line lies the ancient capitals of Central and Eastern Europe. What was Africa’s role in the Cold War? . How . did American attitudes toward Africa change in the Cold War period? . Neo-colonialism. It can be argued many African nations were pawns on the cold war chessboard – victims of neo-colonialism by US, USSR and PRC. IN THE 1960s, THE 1970s, . AND THE 1980s. Essential Questions. :. What were the important . Cold War events . of the 1960s and 1970s?. . How did the . Cold War end . in the 1980s?. Joseph Stalin . led the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the prospect of communist subversion at home and abroad seemed frighteningly real to many people in the United States. These fears came to define–and, in some cases, corrode–the era’s . 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.. P. resentation. By . Trinitee. Allen. Who was involved during the cold war?. John F. . Kennnedy. was involved during the cold . war and the soviet union also the united states.. What was the cold war?. W - . 5. Lessons and Legacies. Vietnam. Détente. Economic shocks. The end of the Cold war. Vietnam: A profound FP setback. Robert McNamara, . In retrospect. The power of nationalism. Ignorance of history, culture and politics. 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. . 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.. A.P. U.S. History. Mr. Krueger. Filling in the Gaps…. Flexible Response. Berlin Wall. Containment in S.E. Asia. Bay of Pigs. Cuban Missile Crisis. War on Poverty. Great Society. Medicare. Voting Rights Act 1965. By end of WWII, alliance between G.B., U.S., and U.S.S.R. disintegrating. Cold war = competition for global influence between democracy/capitalism and communism. Led to: alliances (-> “iron curtain”), client states, arms race, diplomatic . Homework. Chapter 17 Section 3: Questions 1-3. Start preparing for Final. Learning objectives. Engage in visual learning regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. Analyze Cold War imagery and writing. Prepare for District Assessment. If your cold emails do not match these standards then yes, you’ve got to go back and revise them. Yes, that’s a pain, but at least you’ll know what to do the next time around.