The Cold War Lamya and Doua 9C
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The Cold War began in 1946 due to tensions between the Western world led by the US and the Communist world led by the Soviet Union. Stalin wanted control over Eastern Europe and a weak Germany while the US wanted independent states and a strong Germany. This led to differing views on security and the domination of Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union. In response, the US implemented the Truman Doctrine to provide aid to Greece and Turkey, and the Marshall Plan to give economic aid to Europe to prevent the spread of communism. When Stalin blocked access to West Berlin, the US launched the Berlin Airlift to supply the city by plane until the blockade ended.
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The Cold War was a state of political and military tension between communist and western nations from 1946 to 1991. Differences arose between the US and Soviet Union on economic and political ideologies at the end of WWII, with the US supporting democracy and the Soviets pushing for communism in Eastern Europe. In response, President Truman implemented policies like the Truman Doctrine to contain communism through aid and military assistance to Western nations, as well as the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe and the Berlin Airlift when Stalin blocked access to that divided city.
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The Cold War began after WWII as Truman wanted peace and democracy for Western Europe while Stalin wanted to spread communism. This led to an ideological division between Eastern Europe dominated by the Soviet Union and the democratic West. In response, Truman adopted a policy of containment to prevent further communist expansion and launched the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, and Berlin Airlift to support Western Europe economically and militarily against Soviet influence.
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The Cold War began in 1946 as tensions grew between capitalist Western nations led by the United States and communist Eastern nations led by the Soviet Union. The Truman Doctrine established U.S. policy of providing economic and military aid to countries resisting Soviet influence. Stalin sought to control Eastern Europe and blockaded West Berlin, but the U.S.-led Berlin Airlift provided food and supplies, preventing West Berlin from falling under Soviet control. By 1947, the world was divided into communist and capitalist spheres as the Cold War escalated.
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The document provides background information on the Cold War, including key events and policies in the late 1940s that led to increased tensions between the Western world and Soviet Union. It discusses the Truman Doctrine and how it marked the beginning of the Cold War by pledging US support to countries resisting communism. It also summarizes Stalin's blockade of Berlin and the Western allies' response through the Berlin Airlift to supply the city despite the blockade.
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The document summarizes the escalation of tensions between the Western allies (US, UK, France) and the Soviet Union following World War 2. It describes how the Soviets set up communist governments across Eastern Europe and divided Germany, leading the Western powers to implement the policies of containment and the Truman Doctrine to provide military and economic assistance to countries resisting Soviet influence. It also discusses the formation of NATO in response to the Berlin Blockade, as the Western powers sought to counter the Soviet military threat through a defensive alliance.
Unit 2 vocabulary
The document outlines key concepts and events from the 20th century, including:
- World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI and imposed penalties on Germany.
- The rise of Nazism under Adolf Hitler in Germany and the start of WWII in 1939 due to German and Japanese expansionism.
- Post-WWII included the Holocaust where Hitler systematically destroyed Jewish populations, and ghettos and concentration camps were used.
- The Cold War emerged as a struggle between communist USSR and capitalist US and allies over ideas of government, with each forming military alliances like NATO and the Truman Doctrine providing aid.
In the same month, the western part of Germany officially beca.docx
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.
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The Cold War began in the aftermath of World War II as tensions grew between the United States and the Soviet Union. The document outlines some of the key events that contributed to the escalation of the Cold War in its early years from 1945-1963, including disagreements over the occupations of Germany and Korea, the Berlin Blockade, McCarthyism, nuclear arms buildup, and the Space Race between the US and USSR. Both sides sought to contain the influence and spread of the other's ideology through foreign alliances, espionage, propaganda, and proxy wars, bringing the world closer to the brink of direct nuclear conflict.
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The Cold War began in roughly 1946 and lasted until 1991. It represented the ongoing political conflict between the United States and its capitalist allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its communist allies on the other. Key events that exacerbated tensions included the establishment of communist governments in Eastern Europe that the Soviet Union dominated, leading the US to implement the Truman Doctrine to provide aid to Greece and Turkey. Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948 led to the Berlin Airlift to supply West Berlin by air until the blockade was lifted.
Cold war begins
After World War 2, tensions grew between the US and USSR as they emerged as rival superpowers. Stalin installed communist governments in Eastern Europe and blocked access to West Berlin, leading to the Berlin Airlift to supply the city. The Cold War began as the US sought to contain the spread of communism through policies like the Marshall Plan and as Churchill warned of an "Iron Curtain" dividing Europe.
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The document summarizes the history of the Berlin Wall, which was built in 1961 by East Germany to stop the flow of people escaping from East to West Berlin. It stood as a symbol of the Cold War division of Germany for 28 years. The Wall was a response to the mass emigration of over 2.5 million East Germans to the more prosperous and free West between 1949-1961, which undermined East Germany's communist regime by depriving it of professionals and intellectuals. Despite earlier attempts to restrict movement, the communist governments of East Germany and Soviet Russia ultimately decided to close the border entirely with the Berlin Wall to gain control over emigration.
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The cold war was a decades-long geopolitical conflict between the United States and Soviet Union stemming from ideological differences and competition for global influence. Tensions arose after WWII as the former allies disagreed over the reunification of Germany and the Soviet Union's influence in Eastern Europe. This started a nuclear arms race and proxy wars as the superpowers sought to contain the spread of the other's ideology and sphere of influence. The Cold War ended in the late 1980s as reform in the Soviet Union caused its collapse.
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The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991 and involved political and military tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Key events included the Yalta and Potsdam conferences dividing post-WWII Europe, the Truman Doctrine providing aid to countries resisting communism, and the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 separating East and West Berlin. Other notable developments were the Space and Arms Races, wars in Korea and Vietnam, and Mao Zedong's rule in China including the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.
Cold war Overview
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945-1991. It involved proxy wars, espionage, massive military buildups, and ideological battles between capitalism and communism. Key events included the Berlin Blockade, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Space Race, as the two superpowers competed for global influence and tried to spread their opposing economic/political systems.
Start of the Cold War or Origins of the Cold War
The post-World War II alliance between the US and Soviet Union unraveled as their differences in ideology and goals for postwar Europe emerged. The Soviets expanded their control over Eastern Europe, establishing satellite states separated from the West by an "Iron Curtain." In response, the US implemented the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan to contain communism and rebuild the West. When Stalin blockaded West Berlin, the US conducted the Berlin Airlift to break the blockade and demonstrate its commitment to defending democracy. These actions marked the start of the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union and their respective military alliances, NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
coldwwr.pptx
The document provides an overview of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945-1991. It discusses the ideological differences between capitalism/democracy and communism that fueled tensions. Key events that exacerbated conflict included the Berlin Blockade, Truman Doctrine, Soviet control of Eastern Europe, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cold War ended in the late 1980s-early 1990s with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and dissolution of the Soviet Union.
18 US CHAPTER 18.ppt
After WWII, increasing political and ideological differences led the U.S. and U.S.S.R. into a state of tension and rivalry known as the Cold War. The two superpowers had opposing views on political and economic systems, and each sought to spread their influence across the globe. This division escalated conflicts like the Korean War and an arms race that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war on several occasions. The Cold War dominated international affairs from 1945 to 1991 and shaped global politics for nearly 50 years.
THE BIPOLAR WORLD
After WWII, tensions rose between the two emerging superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, leading to the establishment of a bipolar world order. The Soviets expanded their influence over Eastern Europe while the US asserted itself as a dominant military and economic power in the West. This division hardened at conferences like Yalta and Potsdam as mutual distrust grew. The US implemented the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan to contain communism and rebuild the Western allies, while the USSR established control over its satellite states in the Eastern bloc. The world was now split into two ideologically opposed camps in the early stages of the Cold War.
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- 1. The Cold War: Beginnings Done By: Doua Kosaji and Lamya Bukhashim Grade 9C
- 2. The Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension and economic competition between the Communist World (the Soviet Union, satellite states and allies) and the Western World (the US and its NATO allies)
- 4. The reasons behind the differences between Russia and the US at the end of WWII Stalin wanted a weak and divided Germany and Eastern Europe under German control (he wanted to spread communism) The US and Great Britain wanted independent states in Eastern Europe The US and Great Britain wanted a strong united Germany
- 5. The differences between the US and Russia US Russia Rulers believed in Rulers believed in democracy communism Ruled by President Ruled by Stalin (dictator) Truman Wanted a strong united Wanted a weak and Germany divided Germany
- 6. President Truman’s response to the Soviet Domination of Eastern Europe The Truman Doctrine A policy set forth by President Truman in March 1947 stating that the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent those countries from falling into the Soviet sphere. The Marshall Plan A 4 year program where the US helped aid Europe by giving them food, fuel and money, so that they could combat communism. The Berlin Airlift An operation that allowed the US to send supplies to West Berlin, using airplanes, because Stalin had closed roads, stopped barges and blocked railways.
- 8. Causes and Results of the Berlin Blockade Causes Results • Stalin wanted to capture • Supplies couldn’t enter West Berlin West Berlin because Stalin had closed roads, stopped barges and blocked railways • The Berlin Airlift
- 9. The Candy bomber, who dropped small parachutes containing gifts of chewing gum, chocolate bars, and assorted candies down to the children of West Berlin.
- 10. Terms Satellite State: a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country. Iron Curtain: A symbol of the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989. Containment: A policy that kept communism contained and stopped it from spreading across its existing borders .
- 11. The Iron Curtain