Monday - Finished WW2 test.
Tuesday -
Cold War
- 1945-1990
- US vs Union of Siviet Socialist Republics
- A political, strategic, and ideological struggle between the US and Soviet Union from 1945-1990
- Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, Ltin America
- Democracy
- the people have the ultimate say
- Communism
- common ownership and production owned by the government
- Capitalism
- individual ownership of business
- China, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, North Korea
- Socialism
- equality, government ownership of business
- Causes of the Cold War
- Different political systems
- US is based on Democracy, capitalism, and freedom
- USSR is based on dictatorship, communism, and control
- The Red Scare- 1919
- fear of communism coming into the US
- Both thought their system was better and dustrusted the others intentions
- Stalin despiced Capitalism
- Distrust during WW2
- Different political systems
Wednesday -
Cold War
- Yelta Conference
- February 1945
- Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
- Establishment of the United Nations
- Germany to be divided into 4 zones
- Free elections in the states of eastern Europe
- Russia promised to join war against Japan
- February 1945
- The West
- United States
- Great Britain
- France
- etc.
- The East
- Soviet Union
- etc.
- NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
- NATO: United States, Canda, GB, France, Benulux countries, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Denmark, West Germany, etc.
- Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union, East Germany, etc.
- US Goals
- Stop the spread of communism
- Policy of Containment
- Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
- Promote democracy
- Stop the spread of communism
- Soviet Union Goals
- Wanted to create greater security for the country
- lost tens of millions of people in WW2
- feared a strong Germany
- Eastblish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly governments as borders
- Spread communism around the world
- Wanted to create greater security for the country
- Iron Curtain Speech
- 1946/Winston Churchill
- De-Stalinization
- Domino Effect of Communism
- POlicy of Containment - 1946
- Truman Doctrie
- Gave Greece lots of weapons and supplies
- Marshall Plan
- US Secretary of State
- Give European countries money to rebuild
Thursday - Working on project.
Friday - Gone for Student Council.
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