COLD WAR
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COLD WAR
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COLD WAR
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READ EACH SLIDE AND THEN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM EACH YELLOW ARROW TO COMPLETE YOUR ANNOTATED MAP ON YOUR WORKSHEET. EACH ANNOTATION SHOULD HAVE 2-3 BULLET POINTS. MAPS SHOULD BE COLORFUL AND WELL ORGANIZED.
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A meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at Yalta—a Soviet resort on the Black Sea—was held to plan the postwar world. Although the conference went well, some agreements made would later become key in causing the Cold War. The leaders of the U.S., Great Britain and USSR met for a final time at Potsdam and tensions continued to increase. The Declaration of Liberated Europe was not upheld, and the Soviet army’s presence led to pro-Soviet Communist governments being established in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. These communists countries of Eastern Europe became known as Satellite nations. Although they had their own governments and were not under direct Soviet control, they had to remain Communist and follow Soviet - approved policies.
On the map label Yalta. Create Annotation #1 and explain how decisions made at the conference led to the Cold War.
On the map label Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Create Annotation #2 explaining their significance to the Cold War.
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In February of 1946, Joseph Stalin delivered a speech that declared Communism and Capitalism were incompatible. One month later, Winston Churchill described the separation of the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the West with an iron curtain. On March 12, 1947, Truman went before Congress to request $400 million to fight Soviet aggression in Greece and Turkey. The policy became known as the Truman Doctrine. Its purpose was to stabilize the Greek government and ease
Soviet demands in Turkey. It became the United States' pledge to stop communism in the world. The official economic policy to help rebuild Europe became known as the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan gave billions of dollars worth of supplies, machinery, and food to Western Europe, weakening the appeal of communism and opening new trade markets.
On the map identify where the iron curtain descended. Create Annotation #3 explaining how this separation of Europe increased tensions.
On the map label Greece and Turkey. Create annotation #4 explain how financial support was aimed at stopping communism.
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With the threat of war still present, the American public supported a military alliance with Western Europe. By April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense alliance, was created with initially twelve countries joining. The members agreed to come to the aid of any member who was attacked. Six years later, NATO allowed West Germany to rearm and join its organization. Soviet leaders responded with the organization of a military alliance in Eastern Europe known as the Warsaw Pact.
On the map create annotation #6 listing the 8 original signatories of the Warsaw Pact and label them.
On the map create annotation #5 listing the 12 original members of NATO and label them.
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In 1949, Communist Mao Zedong took control of China and established the People's Republic of China. Chiang Kai-shek moved to Formosa and created a Nationalist government there. When the U.S. lost China as its main ally in Asia, it adopted policies to encourage the quick recovery of Japan’s industrial economy. The U.S. saw Japan as its key in defending Asia.
On the map label Formosa (Taiwan).
On the map label China and create Annotation #7 explaining why China becoming a Communist nation was significant to the Cold War.
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The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first military action of the Cold War. It was sparked by the June 25, 1950 invasion of South Korea by 75,000 members of the North Korean People’s Army. The line they crossed, the 38th parallel, was created in 1945 to separate the Soviet-supported Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (today’s North Korea) and the U.S.-supported Republic of Korea to the South. The Korean War was a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy.
On the map label North and South Korea and create annotation #8 explaining the significance of the Korean War.
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The Hungarian Revolution was an attempt to expel Soviet forces from Hungary and oust the Soviet supported leaders. The unprecedented popular revolt briefly upended the postwar order in Europe and deeply disturbed Soviet leaders who felt their control over the so-called people’s democracies was in jeopardy. Though the Kremlin suppressed the revolution mercilessly after dithering for several days, the crisis in Hungary dealt a serious blow to the Soviet Union’s credibility that was difficult to repair.
In that same year, Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser’s actions sparked the Suez Crisis when he nationalized the British and French owned Suez Canal Company. The Suez Crisis instigated a new level of U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Concerned by the decline of European influence and rise of Soviet involvement, the United States declared the Eisenhower Doctrine in early 1957, pledging to distribute economic and military aid and, if necessary, use military force to contain communism in the Middle East. Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, the U.S. government immediately dispensed tens of millions of dollars in economic and military aid to Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Libya.
On the map label Hungary and create annotation #9 explaining the significance of the revolution.
On the map label Turkey. Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Libya and add to annotation #9 explaining the U.S.’s expanding role in the Middle East.
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first.
The fact that the Soviets were successful fed fears that the U.S. military had generally fallen behind in developing new technology. As a result, the launch of Sputnik served to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions.
On the map label the location of the Sputnik launch and create annotation #10 explaining the space race.
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On November 10, 1958, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivered a speech in which he demanded that the Western powers of the United States, Great Britain and France pull their forces out of West Berlin within six months. This ultimatum sparked a three year crisis over the future of the city of Berlin that culminated in 1961 with the building of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall would prevent the West from having further influence on the East, stop the flow of migrants out of the communist sector, and ultimately become the most iconic image of the Cold War in Europe. The United States quickly condemned the wall, which divided families and limited freedom of movement.
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. The crisis was unique in a number of ways, featuring calculations and miscalculations as well as direct and secret communications and miscommunications between the two sides.
On the map label Cuba and create annotation #12 explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
On the map label Berlin. Create annotation #11 explaining the Berlin Crisis.
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📝When you are done make sure each annotation has 2-3 bullet points.
🎨The map is clearly labelled and well organized and that you’ve used color to help indicate locations on the map.
📸Take a picture of the map to upload to Schoology.
HOW TO TURN IN YOUR MAP
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