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The Cold War: 1945-1990

Explore the Cold War era from 1945-1990, its key terms, the emergence of the Iron Curtain, and the motives behind the conflict. Dive into the arms race, espionage, propaganda, and flashpoints like Berlin and Cuba. (285 characters)

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The Cold War: 1945-1990

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  1. The Cold War:1945-1990

  2. What’s the term mean? • “Cold War” refers to the era, 1945-90, of extreme tension between the U.S. and its allies and the Soviet Union and its Allies.

  3. Today’s Outcomes: • What was “The Iron Curtain” and why did it emerge after 1945? • What are some key Cold War terms? • HW: How did the Cold War begin?

  4. Iron Curtain • In a speech in Missouri, Churchill first articulates the division of Europe

  5. What did Churchill mean? • “Iron Curtain” is a metaphor—Churchill meant the invisible line that divided communist Europe and (mostly) democratic Europe

  6. Vocab Term • Those nations behind the Iron Curtain—Poland, Hungary, East Germany, etc.—are called satellite nations • Why?

  7. To U.S. President Truman and the West, this “Iron Curtain” represents a betrayal • At the Yalta conference in 1945, Stalin had implied he’d allow elections in nations occupied by his forces

  8. Is Stalin pulling a Trotsky? • That is, is he attempting to spread Communism beyond Russia’s borders—that “Permanent Revolution” stuff?

  9. Or was Stalin’s motive defensive? • Russia had always faced enemies from the West. Stalin may have been determined that next war be fought in Poland or Germany, and not in a U.S.S.R. that had just lost 22 million people

  10. More Cold War vocab

  11. Containment • The policy first enunciated by President Truman: America will stop the spread of communism through diplomacy, military and economic aid to nations threatened by communism

  12. “Client Wars” • Will be a hallmark of containment: The two sides fight indirectly in third countries: Against China in Korea; against China and the Soviet Union in Vietnam

  13. Flashpoints

  14. BERLIN

  15. CUBA

  16. East Asia

  17. And even South Asia • Where we supplied and funded Muslim fedayeen, like this one, fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan

  18. The Arms Race

  19. A space race

  20. Espionage

  21. A propaganda war: A North Korean poster; an American film

  22. A children’s war…

  23. Would this be those children’s future?

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