Transcript Chapter 28: Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1970

Joshua Hall
6th hour 4/28/13
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(December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953)
Ruled the Soviet Union and was mainly
responsible for the spread of
communism.
Captured Berlin ending WWII in May
1945. Responsible for dropping the “Iron
Curtain” over eastern Europe.
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(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)
33rd President of the United states of
America
Succeeded Roosevelt after death in April
1945
First major world leader to use nuclear
weapons.
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(April 15, 1894 – September 11, 1971)
Served as First Secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
during the Cold War.
Responsible and in power during the
Cuban Missile Crisis, the tensest year
of the Cold War.
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(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)
34th President of the United States of
America
Five-star general during WWII,
Supreme Commander of the Allied
Forces in Europe
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40 year period of extreme nuclear tension
between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
The U.S.S.R. controlled the eastern half of
Europe spreading communism to all over the
occupied countries.
Times of severe tension: Cuban Missile Crisis,
Korean War, and the Berlin Crisis.
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The wall that separated communist East Berlin
from Allied occupied West Berlin.
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Construction began on August 13, 1961
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Symbolized the division of Europe
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The U.N. was founded in 1945 after the end of WWII,
replaced the League of Nations.
Goal was to keep peace around the world through
peaceful negotiations.
Now includes 193 member states world wide.
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Spread of Communism to Eastern Europe, China, and North
Korea.
Korean War and the Soviet War in Afghanistan.
Creation of NATO and The Warsaw Pact.
Creation of the United Nations.
The Nuclear Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Truman Doctrine. (Promise of U.S. aid to Turkey and Greece.)
The Marshall Plan or European Recovery Plan. (U.S. plan to make
Europe prosperous again by modernizing industry and removing
trade barriers.)
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Hippies! Or the “Permissive Society” People began to experiment
more with their lives.
Their was also a huge feminist movement at the end of WWII. The
Women’s Liberation Movement fought for equal pay and benefits.
Welfare is first introduced as well as Medicare for the elderly.
Birth control was made widely available to the public.
Also with these new standards came the ideas of sexual freedom.
Divorce rates went through the roof, and many married couples
engaged in extramarital sex.
Pornography was widely sold in these years with the sexual
revolution.
Playboy also made its first issues in the 1950s.
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1. The Cold War and the spread of
Communism.
2. The Creation of the United Nations.
3. The strategic support plans such as The
Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.
4. Hippies and “free love.”
5. Women’s rights and breakdown of the
traditional family.