Do Now: What does “U.S.S.R. stand for? What does it mean ... · of the Cold War • Soviet Union...
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Soviet Union = U.S.S.R. = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Do Now: What does “U.S.S.R. stand for? What does it
mean?
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Objectives
• Debrief yesterday’s activity
• Make connections to current unit
EQ: What is the proper role of gov’t in people’s lives?
Agenda • Debrief
• Notes
• Assignment
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Origins of the Cold War
“The Cold War was
a war of
perception.”
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VS.
Cold War = The period of conflict between the U.S. and
USSR, that was built around competition of ideas—capitalism
(U.S.) vs Communism (Soviet Union); lasted over 40 years!
We WANT… because We WANT…because
•Why was it “cold”?
•No shots fired; never a direct military engagement
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Who Started the Cold War?
Conservative historians have
blamed the Soviet Union.
aggressive attempts to spread
communism
commitment to world revolution
hostility towards capitalism.
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Who Started the Cold War?
Liberals have argued that
Soviet actions were
a defensive response to U.S.
actions
driven by fears of American intentions.
Most historians today emphasize that both countries were responsible.
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Development of the Cold War
• The Cold War (1945-91) – neither side fully understood the intentions/ambitions of
the other
– mistrust & military build-ups.
• United States
– thought Soviet expansion would continue and spread throughout the world.
– saw Soviet Union as a threat to their way of life (democracy, universal rights, capitalism)
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Stalin wanted to keep
a sphere of influence in
Eastern Europe.
› Soviets controlled
Eastern Europe. In a position
to enforce their will by force.
U.S. could not control
events there.
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Development of the Cold
War • Soviet Union
– felt that they had won World War II • sacrificed the most (25 million vs. 300,000 total dead)
• deserved the “spoils of war.”
• had lost land after WWI because they left the winning side; now they wanted to gain land because they had won.
– They wanted to economically raid Eastern Europe to recoup their expenses during the war.
– They saw the U.S. as a threat to their way of life; especially after the U.S. development of atomic weapons.
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Objectives
• Understand conflicting goals of U.S./USSR
• Decide on a Cold War policy
EQ: What is the proper role of gov’t in people’s lives?
Agenda • Notes
• Assignment
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Truman vs. Stalin
Rocky vs. Drago???
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U.S. Response
U.S. feared this was the first step
of a larger plan of global conquest.
Truman demanded Stalin honor
Yalta agreements. Called for “free
elections” and self-determination
in Eastern Europe.
Truman adopted tough, combative
policy towards Soviets.
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Stalin Cracks Down
Tightened grip on Eastern
Europe and denied Western
observers promised access.
Gave belligerent 1946
speech in which he declared
that capitalism and
communism were
“fundamentally incompatible.”