The document summarizes key events and reactions during the early Cold War period between the US and Soviet Union. It describes the US Marshall Plan to provide aid to Western European countries, and the Soviet reaction of introducing their own Molotov Plan. It also discusses the Berlin Blockade by the Soviets and the US Berlin Airlift in response, as well as the formation of NATO by the US and Warsaw Pact by the Soviets as military alliances.
Time line and discussion of major events during the Cold War. Including, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall, Vietnam, Korea, with many photos.
Discussion of effects of the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War Two.
Time line and discussion of major events during the Cold War. Including, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall, Vietnam, Korea, with many photos.
Discussion of effects of the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War Two.
A revision presentation covering the Cold War topic for GCSE History on the AQA B course. Brief notes on each area of the Cold War needed. Hope this helps :)
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The Cold War, United States, USSR, Vietnam War, Korean War, Space Race, Nuclear Arms Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, Iron Curtain, Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Detente, Red Scare, Ronald Reagan, Perestroika, Glasnost
A revision presentation covering the Cold War topic for GCSE History on the AQA B course. Brief notes on each area of the Cold War needed. Hope this helps :)
Found at http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CC8QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myhistoryclass.net%2Fpowerpoint%2Fchapter_17_powerpt.ppt&ei=r3BhU9rhMKfKsQTFi4CwBA&usg=AFQjCNHjwTnHrPt4eeMySYNnhttevFTJEQ&bvm=bv.65636070,d.cWc&cad=rja
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The Cold War, United States, USSR, Vietnam War, Korean War, Space Race, Nuclear Arms Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, Iron Curtain, Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Detente, Red Scare, Ronald Reagan, Perestroika, Glasnost
Edexcel, GCSE History: The Cold War 1945-91 Amy Davidson
These flash cards are specially made for those studying History A: The Making of the Modern World, Unit 1: Peace and War 1900-91, Sections 4- 6, Exam board: Edexcel. Or for anyone who wants a quick overview of the cold war.
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Lecture over the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War; discusses formation of UN, NATO, Warsaw Pact; Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan and nuclear proliferation beginning (MAD)
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In the same month, the western part of Germany officially became a new
nation, the Federal Republic of Germany, also called West Germany. It included
West Berlin. A few months later, from its occupation zone, the Soviet Union creat-
ed the German Democratic Republic, called East Germany. It included East Berlin.
THE NATO ALLIANCE The Berlin
blockade increased Western European
fear of Soviet aggression. As a result,
ten Western European nations—
Belgium, Denmark, France, Great
Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Norway, and
Portugal—joined with the United
States and Canada on April 4, 1949, to
form a defensive military alliance
called the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO). (See map,
page 830.) The 12 members of NATO
pledged military support to one
another in case any member was
attacked. For the first time in its histo-
ry, the United States had entered into
a military alliance with other nations
during peacetime. The Cold War had
ended any hope of a return to U.S.
isolationism. Greece and Turkey joined
NATO in 1952, and West Germany
joined in 1955. By then, NATO kept a
standing military force of more than
500,000 troops as well as thousands of
planes, tanks, and other equipment.
814 CHAPTER 26
•United Nations (UN)
•satellite nation
•containment
•iron curtain
•Cold War
•Truman Doctrine
•Marshall Plan
•Berlin airlift
•North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)
1. TERMS & NAMES For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
MAIN IDEA
2. TAKING NOTES
Use a graphic organizer like the one
below to describe the U.S. actions
and the Soviet actions that
contributed most to the Cold War.
Write a paragraph explaining which
country was more responsible and
why you think so.
CRITICAL THINKING
3. EVALUATING LEADERSHIP
People who had served as aides to
President Franklin Roosevelt worried
that Truman was not qualified to
handle world leadership. Considering
what you learned in this section,
evaluate Truman as a world leader.
Think About:
• his behavior toward Stalin
• his economic support of
European nations
• his support of West Berlin
4. MAKING INFERENCES
Which of the two superpowers do
you think was more successful in
achieving its aims during the period
1945–1949? Support your answer
by referring to historical events.
5. ANALYZING MOTIVES
What were Stalin’s motives in
supporting Communist governments
in Eastern Europe?
U.S. Actions Soviet
Actions
▼
This cartoon depicts the nations that signed the North Atlantic Pact,
which created NATO in 1949. The nations, shown as hats, are arranged
in a pyramid to show the bigger countries on the bottom supporting the
smaller, weaker nations on top.
D
Superpowers Struggle over Germany
As Europe began to get back on its feet, the United States and its allies clashed
with the Soviet Union over the issue of German reunification. At the end of World
War II, Germany was divided into four zones occupied by the United States, Great
Britain, and France i.
Similar to The Cold War: Actions and Reactions (20)
2. 5 June 1947: US introduces the “Marshall
Plan”, named for Secretary of State George
Marshall
◦ Offered financial aid to help all European countries
rebuild after the war
The Marshall Plan: Action
3. Rationale was that if
the economies of
these countries were
healthy, then there
would be no threat of
communist growth
The Marshall Plan
4. In the end, many
countries in Western
Europe accepted the
money
◦ Between 1948 and
1952, over $13 billion
went to these
countries
The Marshall Plan
5. 1947: As a reaction
to the Marshall
Plan, the Soviets
introduced the
“Molotov Plan”
◦ Named for Soviet
Foreign Minister
Vyacheslav Molotov
The Molotov Plan: Reaction
6. The plan was based
on free trade among
Eastern bloc
countries
◦ Available only to
Eastern bloc countries
Poland, Hungary, and
Romania
◦ Soviet intimidation
forced these countries
to accept this plan over
the Marshall Plan
The Molotov Plan
7. 1. Western European
countries grow
prosperous with US
dollars
2. Eastern European
countries fail to
prosper and come
under greater Soviet
control
Results
8. 24 June 1948: Berlin
Blockade
◦ Related to the post-war
division of Germany
and Berlin that resulted
from decisions made at
Potsdam and Yalta
Berlin Blockade: Action
9. As relations between
the US and USSR
continued to
deteriorate the
likelihood of a
permanent solution
to this temporary
measure became
highly unlikely
Berlin Blockade
10. When the Allies
decided to merge
their 3 zones into a
single unit, the
Soviets felt
threatened and
reacted by blocking
all road and rail links
into West Berlin
◦ (West Berlin was within
the Soviet zone)
Berlin Blockade
11. 28 June 1948: US
reacts against the
blockade by
beginning “Operation
Vittles”- the Berlin
Airlift
◦ Lasted 11 months
Berlin Airlift: Reaction
12. Western powers
staged a massive
airlift of supplies from
Western Germany
into West Berlin
◦ Food, fuel, clothes, and
medicine are flown to
West Berlin
◦ Stalin eventually gives
in and ends the
blockade
Berlin Airlift
13. Permanent division of
Germany
◦ May 1949: The 3
occupation zones of the
Western powers
become the German
Federal Republic with
the capital in Bonn
◦ Oct. 1949: Soviet zone
becomes the German
Democratic Republic
with the capital in East
Berlin
◦ Remains divided until
1990
Results
15. 4 April 1949: US 12 original NATO
action to counter the members:
“perceived” military ◦ US, Canada, UK,
threat from the France, Belgium,
Netherlands, Denmark,
Soviet bloc countries
Norway, Iceland, Italy,
◦ Sent a message to the Portugal, Luxembourg
USSR that the West was
◦ 1955: West Germany
prepared to meet
Soviet expansion with
resistance
NATO: Action
16. Significant because
upon accepting the
leadership of this
organization, the US
must then re-arm
these countries
◦ It is also the first time
that the US joined a
military alliance during
peacetime
NATO
17. 1 May 1955: Soviets Attending countries:
react to NATO by USSR, Bulgaria, East
signing the Warsaw Germany, Romania, A
Pact lbania, Czechoslovaki
◦ Held in a, Poland, and
Warsaw, Poland Hungary
◦ 8 countries in
attendance
◦ IMPORTANT NOTE:
Nikita Khrushchev
has become leader of
USSR (1953)
Warsaw Pact: Reaction
18. Its stated purpose
was to assist one
another in the event
of another attack
(from NATO)
◦ Unified military
command based in
Moscow
Warsaw Pact
19. 29 Aug. 1949: The
Soviets successfully
detonate their first
atomic bomb
◦ Truman responds by
ordering the
development of the
hydrogen bomb
◦ Beginning of the
Nuclear Arms Race
Results