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Cold War Alliances

Cold War Alliances

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Social Studies

5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joseph Anderson

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14 Slides • 5 Questions

1

Cold War

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Communism

  • Communism is a system of government where the government owns factories, land and natural resources, and controls everything.

  • Following the end of WWII, the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism across Europe.  The U.S. and its allies wanted to stop it.

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The Iron Curtain

  • A competition for power and territories began in Europe.

  • This created a sharp division between Eastern and Western Europe. 

  • The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, stated that an “iron curtain” had fallen across Europe.

  • This imaginary border separated democracy and communism and cut off Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.

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The Start of The Cold War

  • This division in Europe caused tensions between the two sides to rise all over the world and began what is known as the Cold War.

  • The Cold War was sort of like a contest between the U.S. and Soviet Union to see who was more powerful.  Who would have the most missiles?  Who would get a man on the moon first?  Who would have more allies?

  • The Cold War did turn “hot” a few times, but the Cold War was mainly a war of words and competition that lasted for over forty years.

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Berlin Airlift

  • The Soviet Union controlled the eastern half of Germany and the Allied Powers controlled the western half.

  • In addition, Berlin, Germany’s capital city, was located in the Soviet-controlled eastern side, but was also divided.

  • Therefore, the Allied-controlled parts of the city were totally surrounded by a Soviet zone. This created many problems for the Allies.

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Berlin Airlift

  • The Soviet Union tried to force the Allies to surrender their piece of Berlin by enforcing a blockade (or a stop on all goods from coming in) for all supplies coming to West Berlin by road, train, and waterway.

  •  For 321 days, the U.S. and Allied airplanes flew in and out several times a day and at night to drop off supplies. This operation became known as the Berlin Airlift.

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NATO

  • Following World War II, the United States and some European countries formed an organization to help protect each other from communists aggressions.

  • This organization was called NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

  • NATO agreed to help each other if the communists ever attacked. NATO countries hoped that their organization would help contain communism and keep it from spreading.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

  • The United States and the Soviet Union were in an arms race.  An arms race is when two nations try to have more and bigger weapons than the other.

  • The United States often flew spy planes over communist Cuba.  Cuba is located only 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

  • Cameras captured something scary during one spy plane flight:  Soviet Missiles, in Cuba, pointed toward the United States!

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Cuban Missile Crisis

  •  President John F. Kennedy sent U.S. Navy ships to stop Soviet ships taking more missiles to Cuba.

  •  American citizens worried that a nuclear war could happen at any moment.

  • Negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev were intense. Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if Kennedy would not invade Cuba.

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Vietnam War

  • For the most part, the Cold War was a war of words. There were times, however, when actual fighting took place. One such example is the Vietnam War. The goal of the Vietnam War was to contain communism.

  • Vietnam was divided into the two nations: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was under communist control and wanted to take over South Vietnam which was not communist.

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Vietnam War

  •   In the early 1960s, the United States supported South Vietnam with supplies and advice.

  • Eventually the United States sent troops to fight North Vietnam.

  • American citizens were split over the war. Some argued that it was necessary to stop the spread of communism while others felt that the U.S. should not be involved.

  • Many protests were held against the war. Every night on the television news, families watched videos of the protests which often turned violent.

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McCarthyism and the Red Scare

  • During the Cold War, Americans grew fearful of anything communist.

  • Americans accused each other of being communists and Soviet spies. 

    This period of fear and accusations was known as “The Red Scare”.

  •  Senator Joseph McCarthy accused many famous actors, musicians, and government employees of being communists.

  • The term “McCarthyism” was used to describe the unnecessary hunt for communist and spies.

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Multiple Choice

a system of government where the government owns factories, land and natural resources, and controls everything

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Mcarthysm

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Capitalism

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Communism

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New World Order

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Multiple Choice

  • The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, stated that an “____________” had fallen across Europe.

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Hazy Mist

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Iron Curtain

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Black Curtain

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Communist

Spirit

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Multiple Choice

The Cold War was like a contest between the _____________ to see who was more powerful.

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Soviet Union and Germany

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U.S and Middle East

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Soviet Union and Japan

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U.S and Soviet Union

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Match

Match the following

  • imaginary border separated democracy +

  • communism

pact developed to protect countries against communism

  • The Soviet Union tried to force the Allies to surrender their piece of Berlin by enforcing a blockade

  • when two nations try to have more and bigger weapons than the other.

  • American citizens were split over the war. Some though it was necessary to stop the spread of communism while others disagreed

Iron Curtain

NATO

Berlin Airlift

Arms Race

Vietnam War

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Multiple Choice

  •  President John F. Kennedy sent U.S. Navy ships to stop Soviet ships taking more missiles during the __________

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Vietnam War

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Berlin Aircraft Period

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Korean War

Cold War

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