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World War II Results/Birth of the Cold War

World War II Results/Birth of the Cold War. - The end of WWII found Soviet forces occupying most of Eastern and Central Europe and the eastern portion of Germany. Germany.

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World War II Results/Birth of the Cold War

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  1. World War II Results/Birth of the Cold War

  2. - The end of WWII found Soviet forces occupying most of Eastern and Central Europe and the eastern portion of Germany.

  3. Germany - at the end of WWII, Germany and its capital (Berlin) were divided into 4 military zones controlled by the four major allied powers: the U.S., Britain, France, Soviet Union

  4. Germany

  5. Germany • at the end of WWII, Germany and its capital (Berlin) were divided into 4 military zones controlled by the four major allied powers: the U.S., Britain, France, Soviet Union • unable to agree on how to reunify Germany, the U.S., Britain, and France combined their territories into an independent West Germany while the Soviets made their territory an “independent”East Germany

  6. Germany

  7. Germany splits

  8. Germany • the same thing that happened to the country, took place with the capital resulting in a West Berlin and a East Berlin 

  9. Berlin splits

  10. Germany • the same thing that happened to the country, took place with the capital resulting in a West Berlin and a East Berlin  a wall was Constructed by the Soviets to divide the city keeping the poor East Berlin citizens from entering wealthy West Berlin

  11. Berlin Wall

  12. Germany • the same thing that happened to the country, took place with the capital resulting in a West Berlin and a East Berlin  • The Berlin Wall was an enduring symbol of the cold war that divided the city in Germany. It was built by the USSR in hopes of driving the US and it allies out of Berlin. a wall was Constructed by the Soviets to divide the city keeping the poor East Berlin citizens from entering wealthy West Berlin

  13. Truman Doctrine (1947) - the United States would provide aid to countries threatened by Communists

  14. Chinese Civil War (1945-1950)

  15. Chinese Civil War (1945-1950) - a struggle between the communists under Moa Ze-Dong and the nationalist under Chiang Kai-Sheik. The US will continue to support Sheik even when it became clear his cause was lost

  16. Israel (1948) - developed as aresult of the Holocaust in hopes of giving the Jewish people a homeland. The problem with the nation of Israel was that it displaces the palatine people.

  17. Marshall Plan (1949-1951) - U.S. plan to send financial aid package to help Europe reconstruct and recover after WWII

  18. containment - a policy adopted by the United States to keep Communism from spreading outside its present borders

  19. United Nations - was formed near the end of WWII to create a body for the nations ofthe world to try to prevent future global wars.

  20. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - The United States and the Soviets will agree to a treaty that bans testing atomic weapons in the atmosphere

  21. The Hydrogen Bomb - weapon was consider at least a 100 times more powerful that the Atomic Bomb.

  22. GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) (1944) provided federal aid to help veterans adjust to civilian life in the areas of hospitalization, purchase of homes and businesses, and especially, education. designed to provide greater opportunities to returning war veterans of World War II provided tuition, subsistence, books and supplies, equipment, and counseling services for veterans to continue their education in school or college.

  23. GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) (1944) Perhaps the greatest participation by the federal government in education

  24. Levittown (middle class 1958) - the largest planned community constructed by a single builder (William J. Levitt) in the United States

  25. Levittown (middle class 1958) - Levittown, Pennsylvania - the development occupied over 5500 acres in lower Bucks County and included churches, schools, swimming pools, shopping centers and 17,311 single-family homes to its 70,000-plus residents,

  26. Levittown (middle class 1958) - Levittown represented the American Dream of homeownership. To many others, Levittown epitomized postwar suburbia — a place often criticized but widely copied.

  27. The AFL-CIO(1955) - created through the merger of the two unions. George Meany of the AFL and Walter Reuther of the CIO served, respectively, as the organization's first president and vice president. The union provides assistance for member unions in legal matters, government representation, and organizing work. It also assists in resolution of disputes and promotes desired legislation at both national and state levels. It has been the most conservative labor union of the twentieth century.

  28. Taft-Hartley Labor Act,(1947) - qualified or amended much of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act of 1935, the federal law regulating labor relations of enterprises engaged in interstate commerce, and it nullified parts of the Federal Anti-Injunction (Norris-LaGuardia) Act of 1932.

  29. Taft-Hartley Labor Act,(1947) - established control of labor disputes by enlarging the National Labor Relations Board and providing that the union or the employer must, before terminating a collective-bargaining agreement, serve notice on the other party and on a government mediation service.

  30. The Korean War-Police Action(1950-1953)

  31. Korea

  32. Korean War (1950-1953) • After communist North Korea invaded South Korea, American military forces led a counterattack that drove deep into North Korea itself. • Communist Chinese forces came into the war on the side of North Korea and the war threatened to widen,but eventually ended in a stalemate with South Korea free of communist occupation.

  33. Korean War (1950-1953) - General Douglas MacArthur was fired because he ignored President Truman’s order. This showed the constitutional principal of civilian control of the military. - American involvement in the Korean War in the early 1950s reflected the American policy of containment of communism.

  34. 38th Parallel

  35. Containment - American foreign policy throughout the Cold War to keep Communism from spreading and to resist communist aggression into other countries • said Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam were to become fully independent countries, with the last named partitioned near the 17th Parallel into two states pending reunification through “free elections” to be held by July 20, 1953. The United States and South Vietnam did not agree with these agreements. The Geneva Accords -

  36. Containment The Eisenhower Doctrine - • proposes economic and military aid to those countries with anti-communist governments in the Middle East.

  37. Containment • At the height of the "cold war," complaints about the growing "missile gap” between the United States and the Soviet Union led to secret gathering of data on Soviet missile capabilities through photographs obtained from U-2 reconnaissance plane overflights of the Soviet Union. • May 1960, plans were finalized for a crucial Paris summit conference between western nations and leaders of the Soviet Union with disarmament to be the main focus.

  38. Containment • A successful summit were destroyed when on May 1, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet air space. • On the first day of the Paris summit, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stormed out after delivering a condemnation of U.S. spy activities.

  39. Containment Fidel Castro - led a communist revolution that took over Cuba in the late 1950s - Many Cubans fled toFlorida and later attempted to invade Cuba andoverthrow Castro. This "Bay of Pigs" invasion failed. Kennedy will call of air support which will lead to its failure.

  40. 1962 -the Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba, instigating the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  41. 1962

  42. 1962 • the Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba, instigating the Cuban Missile Crisis. • President Kennedy ordered the Soviets (Khrushchev) to remove their missiles and for several days the world was on the brink of nuclear war.

  43. 1962 • the Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba, instigating the Cuban Missile Crisis. • President Kennedy ordered the Soviets (Khrushchev) to remove their missiles and for several days the world was on the brink of nuclear war. • Eventually, the Soviet leadership "blinked" and removed their missiles.

  44. Treaties and Organization after World War II www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO40SpSBjbc

  45. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (1949) • an alliance of nations that consisted of the United States, Canada, and the democracies in Europe to prevent against Soviet expansion in Europe • formed in response to the Berlin Crisis

  46. NATO

  47. The OAS(Organization of American States)(1951) • a regional organization that promoted the economic development of Latin America and cooperation between the U. S. and its Latin American neighbors. • The Alliances for Progress was the program of economic aid to Latin American countries initiated by President Kennedy to build on the good will established by FDR's Good Neighbor Policy.

  48. OAS

  49. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) (1954) • a treaty, signed by representatives of the United States, Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand , Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand ,that provided for collective action against aggression.

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