PPT-The Origins of the Cold War 1945-1953

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 . IDEAS AND POLITICAL POWER: THE COLD WAR. The Origins of the Cold War. 2. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. Learning intention: Describe . how mistrust developed between the Soviets and the United States. 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. Dean Acheson: foreign policy advisor . Soviet Union posed a threat to U.S. security. Shaped policy to contain communism. The Chill Sets in…. Soviet Sacrifices: +20million citizens killed in WWII and vast amounts of agricultural & industrial capacity. 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. . APUSH, Unit . 12. Post WW1 Foreign Policy. Unilateral … acting independently. Didn’t join League of Nations. Promote a vision of international order. Maintain US Isolationism. “Select” Military Intervention. 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 identify the key features and turning points of the Cold War and understand the nature of the conflict. What was the Cold War?. Cold War. . = . a period of extreme tension between states stopping just short of war.. Truman and the atomic bomb . FDR dies April 12, 1945. Truman becomes President . Atomic Bomb dropped August 6. ,. 1945. Truman’s “Get Tough” Style. Truman had a personality ill suited for diplomacy. . 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. . 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. T.S. – Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions. Objective- to . understand how . The Cold War . shaped foreign. policy throughout . the 1950s. Cold War under Eisenhower. Brinkmanship. : taking the country to the brink of war to avoid war (Sect. of State Dulles). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0&index=38&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s. . Due Friday: . Reading Quiz on Friday. Overview. Study Guide . Supporting Documents. African American Theme Sheet Part 1. 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. . Origins of the Cold War – . #8 Kennan’s Long Telegram & Containment. Developed by a young diplomat and State Department Soviet specialist, George F. Kennan. The Long . Telegram (1946) . was widely circulated within U.S. bureaucracy.