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The Yalta Conference and the Cold War

Explore the Yalta Conference of 1945 and its implications on the Cold War. Discuss the Yalta Agreements, the Berlin Airlift, the establishment of the German Federal Republic and Democratic Republic, and key figures such as Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin.

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The Yalta Conference and the Cold War

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  1. THE COLD WAR

  2. YALTA CONFERENCE *FEBRUARY 4-11 1945 *CRIMEAN PENNINSULA *CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, STALIN

  3. Yalta

  4. YALTA AGREEMENTS • UN • FREE ELECTIONS • COALITION GOVERNMENT IN POLAND • GERMANY – 4 ZONES

  5. Potsdam

  6. SOVIETS REFUSE POLAND COALITION • ADJUST BORDER OF GERMANY AND POLAND • TRUMAN REFUSES SOVIET REPARATIONS FROM ALLIED ZONES

  7. Berlin Airlift June 24 1948 – May 12 1949 “Operation Vittles”

  8. May 1949 - German Federal Republic established October 1949 - German Democratic Republic established

  9. Chiang Kai Shek

  10. Henry Luce

  11. Paul Muni and Luise Rainer

  12. Mao Zedong

  13. CONTAINMENT • GEORGE F. KENNAN • STOP SPREAD OF COMMUNISM • THEORY-IF COMMUNISM CAN’T GROW, IT WILL DIE

  14. George Kennan “X”

  15. Domino Theory

  16. TRUMAN DOCTRINE • US SUPPORT ANYONE FIGHTING COMMUNISM • $400 MILLION TO TURKEY AND GREECE • EXAMPLE OF CONTAINMENT

  17. MARSHALL PLAN • GEORGE C. MARSHALL SECRETARY OF STATE • JUNE 1947 • ECONOMIC AID TO REBUILD EUROPE • $12 BILLION

  18. Theory: prosperous countries do not become communist

  19. George Marshall

  20. 1949 NATO set up with 12 countries Soviets counter with Warsaw Pact

  21. Post war economy No new Depression Inflation at 15% for 2 years

  22. Labor Unrest Mine & Railroad workers strike Truman threatens to seize mines and draft miners

  23. Vets returning home want their jobs Women and minorities want to keep theirs GI Bill-economic & educational assistance

  24. Truman attempts to pass “Fair Deal” Minimum wage 40¢ to 65 ¢ Public housing National health Care Voted down by Congress

  25. Off-year Election of 1946 “Had Enough?” Republicans get control of Congress

  26. Mr. Republican Robert Taft

  27. Advice to people complaining about high food prices: “Eat Less”

  28. The new congress: Passes tax cuts for rich Cuts: aid for education energy projects in West minimum wage

  29. Taft-Hartley *illegal to have closed shop *Pres. can call a cooling off period before a strike

  30. 1948 Election Republicans nominate Thomas Dewey

  31. Democrats Harry S. Truman

  32. South walks out over Civil Rights plank in platform Dixiecrats Strom Thurmond

  33. Liberals walk out and form Progressive Party Henry Wallace

  34. Polls stopped in September because Dewey was so far ahead Newsweek cover October 11: “50 political experts predict Dewey victory”

  35. On election night news announcer H. V. Kaltenborn says although Truman was leading he was still “undoubtedly beaten”

  36. H. V. Kalrenborn

  37. Fair Deal part II *Minimum wage 40¢ to 75 ¢ *Social Security benefits increased *National Housing Act

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