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After WWII,Britain and France divided up Korea. After WWII, the US and the USSR were called “superpowers”.

After WWII,Britain and France divided up Korea. After WWII, the US and the USSR were called “superpowers”. East Germany and Poland were names of Soviet satellites. From 1945-89, the US and the USSR were enemies and fought each other several times. Nuclear weapons caused peace.

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After WWII,Britain and France divided up Korea. After WWII, the US and the USSR were called “superpowers”.

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  1. After WWII,Britain and France divided up Korea. • After WWII, the US and the USSR were called “superpowers”. • East Germany and Poland were names of Soviet satellites. • From 1945-89, the US and the USSR were enemies and fought each other several times. • Nuclear weapons caused peace.

  2. The End of WWII and The Beginning of the Cold War

  3. Roosevelt Near the end of WWII, _____________ from the US, _______________ from Great Britain, and _________________ from the USSR met at the ________ Conference to decide what to do after WWII. They made many important decisions. One reason that WWII started was that everyone ignored the ___________ of __________. This was because it didn’t ____________________ and because the ____________ didn’t join. At Yalta they decided to form the________________ to help keep future peace. Unlike the League of Nations, the US joined and the UN could raise an army from its members to enforce its decisions. Churchill Stalin Yalta League Nations have an army U.S. United Nations

  4. At Yalta, they also decided to divide up ________________ into _______ zones. The ______________, ____________________, ________________, and _____________________ would each control one zone. The goal was to fix up the country and then unite the 4 zones into one new country. Other places were also divided, such as some of Japan’s colonies. For example, Korea was divided on the ________ parallel. The ________________ controlled the North and the _________________ controlled the South. Germany 4 the USSR US Great Britain France 38th USSR US

  5. After WWII, the __________ and the _______ were the 2 most powerful countries by far. In fact they were nicknamed ____________________. These 2 countries were very different. The USSR was _________________. (They became this way after ___________ led a revolution during WWI that put Czar _____________ in ________. Their ideas were based on _________ who wrote _____________________________.) The USA had a _____________ (where people vote) and followed _________________ (the economic theory of __________________.) US USSR superpowers communist Lenin Nicholas II J.A.I.L. Marx The Communist Manifesto democracy capitalism Adam Smith

  6. The US and USSR became enemies. Roughly ___ the world was on the side of the US and ___ was on the side of the USSR. The countries on the US’s side formed an alliance called _________ and the countries on the USSR’s side formed an alliance called the __________________. The countries on the USSR’s side were referred to as Soviet _________________. In order to help make sure countries joined the US’s side, the US gave billions of dollars to Western Europe in what was called the ______________________ and was named after ____________ ______________. 1/2 1/2 NATO Warsaw Pact satellites Marshall Plan George Marshall

  7. Although the US and USSR were enemies, they never fought each other. Instead they had what is called a ___________. This lasted from _____-_____. The 2 countries did everything possible to stop each other but never had a “_____” war. They were both afraid of each other because both had _____________________. Neither wanted to fight because they could have both destroyed the other. This is called the fear of ______________________ or __________________ theory. So instead of having a hot war, the problems between the US and USSR from 1945-1989 were known as the __________________. cold war 1945 1989 hot nuclear weapons mutual destruction deterrence Cold War

  8. After WWII,Britain and France divided up Korea. • After WWII, the US and the USSR were called “superpowers”. • East Germany and Poland were names of Soviet satellites. • From 1945-89, the US and the USSR were enemies and fought each other several times. • Nuclear weapons caused peace.

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