PPT-Berlin – Capital of the Cold War

Objectives To identify critical developments in Berlin 194661 to explain why berlin was crucial to both sides in the cold war evaluate berlins significance as a centre of Cold war crisis. Lesson 5.2. Knight’s Charge. Write 4 complex sentences using the words “because” (for 2) and “when” (for 2). Write them about WWII and the Cold War.. Examples:. BECAUSE. the USSR and the US had different political and economic systems, there was a lot of tension between the two countries during the Cold War.. 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. 3. rd. Year History. Causes of the Cold War. Political . differences. Disagreements during WW2 . The US slow to open ‘second front’. 27 m Russians died.. Atomic bomb not shared with USSR.. The Iron Curtain. Buffer zone of ‘satellite states’. Tension.. Chapter 15.1. Two sides face off. Cold War begins in Europe between the two . super powers. : U.S. and U.S.S.R. U.S. leads the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the western portion of Europe. Space and Nuclear Race. Berlin Wall. Cuban Missile Crisis. End of the Cold War. Nuclear Arms Race. Reading. : http://. www.historylearningsite.co.uk. /. nuclear_arms_race.htm. Space Race:. Reading: http. L/O – To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade on relations between the superpowers. The Occupation of Germany. In 1945, Germany was invaded by Western Powers and Soviet forces. It was decided at Yalta and Potsdam to . 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. . The Cold War. 1945-89. Cold War . – Struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.. “Means Short of Action/War?”. Alliances. CONTAINMENT. Space Race. Arms Race. Although Germany and Berlin (the capital) had been divided between the U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France after WWII, the divisions were not on complete opposite sides. . West Berlin (controlled by the US, Britain and France) was situated within East Germany (controlled by the Soviet Union). . Standard SS6H7: . THE STUDENT WILL EXPLAIN CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN Europe to the 21. st. century.. b. Explain the origins of the Cold War and the rise of Superpowers.. c. Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the end of the Cold War and German reunification.. a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. . 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 . • a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . • b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. . a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. .