Origins of the Cold War
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Origins of the Cold War Cris es a nd Poli cies 19 45 - 49
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Origins of the Cold War. Crises and Policies 1945 - 49. Origins: The Big Question. To what extent were each of the superpowers responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War? In Class Essay – Thu April 4 th - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Origins of the Cold War
Crises
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945 - 49
Origins: The Big Question
• To what extent were each of the superpowers responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War?
• In Class Essay – Thu April 4th
“It’s December 01, 1949 and we are in a Cold War. Blame the _________________!!!” Be prepared to write from either perspective. You may bring up to 6 primary documents from the era, but no personal notes.
WWII CausesPolish QuestionManhattan project2nd frontIdeological conflictReparations
Plan for poland and partition of Germany
1945 - 1947Gouzenko affairGreek Civil WarCreation of Soviet satellite states in E. Europe
Cominform created
Igor Gouzenko
Iron Curtain Speech
Read the text of the speech Churchill made March 05, 1946
Could this be considered a cause of the Cold War?
Truman Doctrine“ I believe that it must be the policy of the US to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures…”
1948
Feb – Coup in Czechoslovakia
Cominform expulsion of Tito’s Yugoslavia
Marshall Plan
GoalWho was eligible$OEEC
Berlin - Crisis #1
Origins of Berlin CrisisOccupation zones“listening post” irritant
Bizonia / TrizoniaNew currency
Berlin blockade
Blockade begins 24 June 1948PurposeResponse?
Berlin Airlift
PurposeDetailsResults
Berlin airlift
Nature of the crisis
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949
Other events of 1949Federal Republic of Germany
German Democratic republic
which is which?
1949 con’t
Soviet atomic bomb
Chinese revolution
