PPT-AIM: Who started the Cold War: the United States or Soviet Union?

AIM Who started the Cold War the United States or Soviet Union Do Now Study for quiz Stalins Election Speech 1946 communism and capitalism cannot coexist The Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain. Deeba. . Mazhar. 3/20/13. APUSH . Congo Crisis. Who was involved?. Congo. The Congolese men in the army mutinied against the remaining white officers that lead the Congolese army and attacked the Belgian officers. . HORTON HIGH SCHOOL. 2014. GLOBAL HISTORY 12. Unit 2 – The Cold War. Causes of the Cold War. Soviet Union vs. United States. Bomb Envy. US and USSR had no one to compete against. After the battle of Stalingrad in Europe and the Battle of the Midway in the Pacific, the . 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. . This time period is marked by . fear/paranoia. Nuclear weapons are supposed to be a “deterrence” but instead increase tension between the countries. Soviet Union and United States never go to war directly, they instead fight their conflicts in other countries (. Communism. -. Economic and political system in which the state owns the means of production and a single party rules. No real “. wealthy. ” people. State/country controls everything business related. 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. . Period after WWII is referred to as the Cold War. : the tense relationship between capitalism (mainly the USA) and communism (Soviet Union). Postwar (after WWII) discussions were . postponed as long as possible. 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 . (the “grim struggle for world power between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. in the post World War II world”). How did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries?. Roots of the Cold War. Unit 5 Grade 6 Social Studies . Ms. Earnst. Info Source:. http://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/collapse_soviet_union.php. Collapse of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union started in . 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. Nonetheless, the transition from wartime allies to enemies was not inevitable and was, in part, the result of the events and decisions of these years. Acting out of their perceived national interest, both the United States and the Soviet Union favoured the creation of two opposing blocs, competing for influence over a devastated European continent. By the end of 1947, the initial hopes that the Allies could continue to cooperate peacefully had been replaced by a vision of two political and social systems fundamentally at odds, and engaged in a struggle for global supremacy.. --US Businessman Bernard Baruch, 1947. The Start of the Cold War. As One War Ends…A New One Begins. By the end of 1945, with the Second World War over, tensions between the Allies (United States and the Soviet Union) were already apparent. The situation only grew more tense the follow year. In 1946, the following occurred:.