The document provides notes from a history lesson on the Cold War. It includes: 1) Key events and organizations from the early Cold War such as the formation of the UN, USSR's iron curtain, Truman's containment policy, and the Marshall Plan. 2) Details about conflicts between the US and USSR such as the Berlin Blockade and arms race that escalated tensions. 3) Biographies of Soviet leaders including Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev and how their policies impacted the Cold War.

1. RIGHT CORNER >: 1) Write: Name: _, Period: _,
Date: 04/17/12, Topic: Cold War
LEFT CORNER <: Write “Opener #24” and then:
1) Write 1 high+1 low in last 24 hours
2) Rate your comprehension for this
week’s material so far: lost<1-5>easy
3) Respond to the Opener by writing
at least 1 sentences about:
Your opinions/thoughts OR/AND
Questions sparked by the clip OR/AND
Summary of the clip OR/AND
Announcements: None

2. Agenda
1) WWII Europe
Why am I learning this?
1) To understand what leads to the
Cold War
Reminder
1) Field trip forms due next week ($8)
2) Reading quiz Monday

3. Notes #24a, Title: “Cold War”
1) United Nations (1945): New league of nations
created with a Security Council of the world
powers to enforce the UN’s will
a) General Assembly: Every Country - 1 Vote
b) Security Council: 5 Permanent Members w
Veto Power (US, UK, France, China, USSR), 10
Non-permanent No Veto Power

4. Notes #23a, Title: “Cold War”
Cold War (1945-1991): Conflict between US allied
nations and Soviet allied nations that never
broke out in real direct war (though plenty of
proxy indirect wars)

5. WARSAW
PACT
NATO

6. “USSR Ideology Debate”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
PRO: Captialism hurts CON: Communism hurts
most ppl most ppl
1) Free markets create
1) Communism requires a
immense profits for the
totalitarian (non-free) gov
few wealthy
2) While everyone is the
2) Many ppl remain
same, this means
suffering in poverty under
everyone is suffering from
Capitalism
low production

7. Notes #23b, Title: “Cold War”
3) Containment Theory (1946): US diplomat
George Kennan writes the need to stop
communist aggression, but not roll back.
4) Iron Curtain (1946): UK Churchill says an Iron
Curtain has split Eur: West (US) vs. East (USSR)

9. A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately light by the
Allied victory. Nobody knows what Soviet Russia and its
Communist international organization intends to do in the
immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to their
expansive and proselytizing tendencies. I have a strong
admiration and regard for the valiant Russian people and for
my wartime comrade, Marshall Stalin… We understand the
Russian need to be secure on her western frontiers by the
removal of all possibility of German aggression. We welcome
Russia to her rightful place among the leading nations of the
world. …it is my duty however, for I am sure you would wish
me to state the facts as I see them to you. It is my duty to
place before you certain facts about the present position in
Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic
an iron curtain has descended across the Continent... Police
governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far,
except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy.

11. “USSR Expansion Debate”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
PRO: If a neighboring CON: We should leave
nation’s ppl are being others alone to help
taken advantage of, you themselves
must help free those ppl
1) Who says we get to
1) It’s just thing to do
judge what’s “just”
2) If we don’t help them,
2) If try to help others, we
when we need help, no
are creating more
one will be left to help
problems for ourselves

12. Notes #24a, Title: “Cold War”
2) Greece and Turkey (1947): Soviets (really
Yugoslavs) support Communist revolution, US
donates $400 mil + successfully stop it.

13. Notes #24a, Title: “Start of Cold War”
3) Marshal Plan (1947): US plan to spend $13 bil
(08: $100 bil) to rebuild Eur, prevent communism
(US doing same in Japan)

15. 4) Hungary (1948): USSR placed Com. dictator in
control (1956: Nagy tries to lead rebellion, but
fails, assassinated)
5) Czechoslovakia (1948): USSR placed Com.
dictator in control (1968: Dubcek tries to give
ppl indiv. but fails b/c USSR invades)

16. 6) Berlin Blockade (1948-1949): Stalin blocks off
Berlin, US flies 1,398 supply flights a day (1/m).
This exp. helps unify US and Ger.

17. 6) Berlin Blockade (1948-1949): Stalin blocks off
Berlin, US flies 1,398 supply flights a day (1/m).
This exp. helps unify US and Ger.

18. Notes #23d, Title: “Start of Cold War”
Nuclear Arms Race (US: 1945, USSR: 1949):
USSR fear US will use, if they don’t have it too.
(UK: 1952, France: 1960, China: 1964, India: 1974)

19. Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924): Leads Rus revolution
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): Ambition CPSU
leader, outmaneuvers (later kills) Trotsky after Lenin
a) Power hungry, ruthless, paranoid leader

21. Notes #24a, Title: “USSR Notes”
7) Nikita Khrushchev (1953-1964): Moderate
leader led after Stalin’s death in 1953, tried to
give ppl some freedom + wanted avoid WW3

24. 8) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962): Cuba (Castro)
becomes communist in 1959, USSR places nukes
in Cuba, missiles removed when US:
a) US pledges not to invade Cuba
b) US takes missiles out Turkey

26. 9) Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982): Hardline leader
limited freedoms, asserted right to order other
com. countries (USSR control weakening in 1980s)

27. Détente (1970s): Warming relations with US (as
USSR is weakening), warming ends w Afghanistan

28. 10) Invasion of Afghanistan (1979–1989): USSR failed
attempt to invade Afghan weakens USSR’s power
(1955-1975: US tried to “contain” Communism in
Vietnam fails, Ho Chi Minh wins)

29. Activ #24a, Title “Nuclear War”
1) Copy Source Title: Threads
2…) Discuss questions on the board
with a partner. Summarize your
discussion (include their name at the
end). Remember participation points
are deducted if off task.
5 Reading/Film Qs Come From These Work Sections

30. “Cold War Debate”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
PRO: US is to blame for CON: USSR is to blame
the start of the Cold War
1) USSR broke Yalta
1) US offered $ (Marshall)
promise + didn’t give E
to nations bordering Rus
Eur free elections, their
2) US first attacked USSR aggression is clear
communist during their
2) USSR restricted the
rev, created NATO first,
rights of the ppl under its
first had the Atomic Bomb
dominion

31. Reflection #24 (place at the end of today’s work)
Pick the 1 most important thing you
learned today to share with your partner.
1) Write down the main idea of
today.
(include their name).

32. Have a great spring break!