Transcript Cold War Begins

In preparation for a couple of videos, write down the
following questions w/ spaces in between:
- “Iron Curtain” speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ
- “THE COLD WAR - PART 2- Containment”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kX6ZkiGuE
• (1) What was the main point of the “Iron Curtain” speech, and how
did this change relations between the United States and the Soviet
Union?
• (2) Potsdam Conference Agreements …
• (3) Stalin’s response to the Deutsche Mark …
• (4) Berlin Airlift …
• (5) Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact …
Questions in response to pages
532 to 537:
• (1) What issues caused tension between the
U.S. and the Soviet Union that arose during
the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences in 1945
that led to the “Cold War?”
• (2) Why did President Truman believe he
“must stand up” to the Soviet Union and take
a firm stance?
Questions in response to pages
532 to 537:
• (1) What issues caused tension between the U.S.
and the Soviet Union that arose during the Yalta
and Potsdam Conferences in 1945 that led to the
“Cold War?”
At Yalta,
three major
agreements:
(1) Agreement
about political
future of Poland
(2) Declaration of Liberated Europe
(3) Germany divided into spheres of occupation
** Soviet Union does not allow free and fair
democratic elections
At Potsdam, a
major agreement
on reparations:
- Exchange of
resources between
“Eastern” and
“Western” Germany,
to provide goods and
products instead of
cash.
** Tensions increase between the Soviet Union
and the United States
Questions in response to pages
532 to 537:
• (2) Why did President Truman believe he “must
stand up” to the Soviet Union and take a firm
stance?
Questions in response to pages
532 to 537:
• (2) Why did President Truman believe he “must
stand up” to the Soviet Union and take a firm
stance?
** He was fearful that appeasement led to the rise of Hitler,
as European countries were too easy on Germany. Truman
did not want to make the same mistake with the U.S.S.R.
Cold War Begins
(1945 – 1990)
• “Containment”
- Prevent the spread of
communism to other areas of the
world by all means, including use
of military aid (Truman Doctrine),
covert CIA operations, and use of
propping up dictators in Latin
America
• (Example) Problems with Cuba …
• U.S. private investments in Cuba
• U.S. Supports General Batista, 1940-44 &
’52
• Cuban Revolution, 1953-59
• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 – Oct. 16-28
“Eastern - Soviet
Block” or “Satellite
Nations”
“Domino
Theory” in Asia
In preparation for a couple of videos, write down the
following questions w/ spaces in between:
- “Iron Curtain” speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ
- “THE COLD WAR - PART 2- Containment”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kX6ZkiGuE
• (1) What was the main point of the “Iron Curtain” speech, and how
did this change relations between the United States and the Soviet
Union?
• (2) Potsdam Conference Agreements …
• (3) Stalin’s response to the Deutsche Mark …
• (4) Berlin Airlift …
• (5) Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact …
Cold War
Begins
• “Containment”
• Berlin Airlift
– Emergency food
and aid to people
of West Berlin
• Truman Doctrine
– Economic aid to stabilize governments and militaries, at first
Greece and Turkey, to stop the spread of Communism
Cold War
Begins
• Marshall Plan
– Economic aid to
rebuild Europe
• Post-WWII Alliances
– NATO
– Warsaw Pact