THE POST WAR WORLD EUROPE WEST AND EAST

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THE POST WAR WORLD EUROPE: WEST AND EAST AFTER WORLD WAR II Introduction

THE POST WAR WORLD EUROPE: WEST AND EAST AFTER WORLD WAR II Introduction

THE COLD WAR: A WAR OF TENSIONS! COLD WAR- State of tension between the

THE COLD WAR: A WAR OF TENSIONS! COLD WAR- State of tension between the superpowers. (US and USSR) TRUMAN DOCTRINE- Money/aid to nations to resist Soviet aggression. CONTAINMENT-Limiting Communism to areas already under Soviet control. DOMINO THEORY- One nation after another will fall to communism once the first one does.

WHAT TWO COUNTRIES EMERGED AS SUPERPOWERS AFTER WORLD WAR II? a. b. c. d.

WHAT TWO COUNTRIES EMERGED AS SUPERPOWERS AFTER WORLD WAR II? a. b. c. d. England USSR England France USSR and US US and England

COLD WAR LINGO CONTINUED! MILITARY ALLIANCES – Groups of countries that supported each other.

COLD WAR LINGO CONTINUED! MILITARY ALLIANCES – Groups of countries that supported each other. NATO and Warsaw Pact. SUPERPOWERS- US and USSR-rivals to dominate global politics! NON ALLIGNED NATIONS- Countries that did not side with either super power. (E. G. India!)

COLD WAR LINGO CONTINUED! MARSHALL PLAN- 1947– Billions of dollars from the U. S.

COLD WAR LINGO CONTINUED! MARSHALL PLAN- 1947– Billions of dollars from the U. S. to Europe to recover from WW II. ARMS RACE- U. S. and U. S. S. R. arm themselves to withstand an attack from the other. SPACE RACE- The superpowers compete in space. 1957 USSR sent Sputnik (satellite) into orbit. 1958 The U. S. sent a satellite up. 1961 USSR sent a man into space. In 1969, the U. S. put a man on the moon. Spy technology increased.

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SOVIET SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED INTO SPACE? a. b.

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SOVIET SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED INTO SPACE? a. b. c. d. Moscow Sputnik Khrushchev Yuri

SATELLITE NATIONS Countries not truly independent, they revolved around the USSR and its directives

SATELLITE NATIONS Countries not truly independent, they revolved around the USSR and its directives Satellite nations: East Germany Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

COLD WAR DIPLOMACY NATO led by the United States Western European nations: GB, France,

COLD WAR DIPLOMACY NATO led by the United States Western European nations: GB, France, West Germany, Italy Warsaw Pact Led by USSR and member nations: Satellite nations

NATO WAS LED BY WHAT SUPERPOWER? a. b. c. d. Poland USSR France United

NATO WAS LED BY WHAT SUPERPOWER? a. b. c. d. Poland USSR France United States 0

COLD WAR

COLD WAR

BERLIN A COLD WAR “HOT SPOT” After the war the city of Berlin was

BERLIN A COLD WAR “HOT SPOT” After the war the city of Berlin was divided into 4 zones and occupied by the Allies Under orders from Stalin, in 1948, USSR blockades the city in an attempt to drive the Allies out of East Germany = airlift of supplies to West Berlin 1961, Khrushchev builds a wall to stop the flow of people fleeing the Eastern Communist countries

HOW MANY ZONES WAS GERMANY DIVIDED INTO AFTER WORLD WAR II? a. b. c.

HOW MANY ZONES WAS GERMANY DIVIDED INTO AFTER WORLD WAR II? a. b. c. d. 2 4 5 3

WHY WAS THE WALL BUILT BY THE EAST GERMANS? a. b. c. d. It

WHY WAS THE WALL BUILT BY THE EAST GERMANS? a. b. c. d. It was an artistic achievement It helped stop the spread of disease It stopped the brain drain from east to west West Germany demanded the Wall be built

A divided Berlin West Berlin is an Island of democracy in a sea of

A divided Berlin West Berlin is an Island of democracy in a sea of COMMUNISM!

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