Introduction to the Cold War

Objectives & Standards

INTRODUCTION Goals and Objectives:
● Understand key ways that World War II led to the Cold War.

TO THE COLD
● Know that the Cold War was an ideological war between democratic and
communist superpowers.
● Describe the Cold War ideological conflict that arose through recollection and

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analysis of events and sentiments during and after World War II.
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10th Grade World History Content Standard 10.9.2. Analyze the causes of the Cold
From World War II to the Cold War
War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including
10th Grade World History
competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
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What is being portrayed? How would Key Terms

you interpret this?

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Key Terms 3 Factors from World War II that led

to Cold War
Cold War: ideological struggle and conflict between USSR and US
“Cold”: no war was actually declared or physically fought
Ideology: system of ideas or ideals, especially economics or politics ■ Soviet mistrust
Containment: preventing spread of Communism abroad
■ The question of Germany
Two Main Ideologies (comparison table)
Communism: Democracy: ■ American goals
Government control of property and market Government by the people
Power to the proletariat (working class) Private ownership
Equal distribution of wealth Free market

Anti-Soviet Cold War Propaganda

Soviet Mistrust

■ Distrusted Allies due to Russian Civil War intervention ■ What do you see?
■ Non-aggression agreement with Germany 1941
■ How is meaning
– Betrayed by Hitler
– Millions of civilian deaths World War II being portrayed?
■ Soviet troops across Eastern Europe
■ Exiled governments become coalitions that become loyal regimes.

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Anti-Soviet Cold War Propaganda

STOP & THINK
■ What are the main ideologies
■ What do you see? fighting in the Cold War? What
■ How is meaning superpowers are their main
being portrayed? advocates?

The Question of Germany The Question of Germany

■ German invasions and World Wars led to millions of deaths

– Germans expelled throughout Eastern Europe
■ What Stalin wanted for Germany
– Demilitarization
– Deindustrialization
■ What Western powers wanted for Germany
– Reintegration
– Asset against communism
■ Result: 4 occupation zones in country and in Berlin

World War II Cold War

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Division
STOP & THINK
■ “Germany, within her frontiers as they
were on the 31st December, 1937, will, for
the purposes of occupation, be divided
into four zones, one of which will be
allotted to each of the four Powers, and a
special Berlin area, which will be under
joint occupation by the four Powers.”
– Potsdam Conference protocol on the
division of Germany

■ Why would this splitting of Germany lead

to conflict?

American Goals American Intervention

■ Democratic ideals for Europe ■ What do you see?

■ Free, fair elections across Europe
■ How is meaning
■ Avoid Communist victories
■ Rebuild Europe (i.e. Marshall Plan)
being portrayed?
– Allies
– Neutral countries
– USSR and satellites (rejected aid)

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STOP & THINK Causes of the Cold War video

■ Why would the United States
get so involved with Western
countries economically and
politically?

Split ‘Em Up! STOP & THINK

Organize the four powers from divided Germany into the two sides of the Cold War in
the chart:
■ Who do you think is
■ Soviet Union/USSR responsible for starting the
■
■
United States
Great Britain
Cold War?
■ France
Rubric (5 points total):
■ Choose one country in a topic sentence (1 pt)
Side 1: Democracy Side 2: Communism ■ Support by citing at least one evidence from lecture or
video (1 pt)
■ Explain how the evidence proves your answer (1 pt)
■ Concluding sentence to summarize and wrap up(1 pt)
■ Write 5-8 complete sentences (1 pt)

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