INTRODUCTION

TO THE COLD
WAR
From World War II to the Cold War
10th Grade World History
By: Cody Gutierrez
Objectives & Standards
Goals and Objectives:

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

Containment: preventing spread of Communism abroad

Two Main Ideologies (comparison table)

Communism: Democracy:

Government control of property and market Government by the people

Power to the proletariat (working class) Private ownership

Equal distribution of wealth Free market

3 Factors from World War II that led to Cold War
1. Soviet mistrust
2. The question of Germany
3. American goals
Soviet Mistrust
❏ Distrusted Allies due to Russian Civil War intervention
❏ Non-aggression agreement with Germany 1941
❏ Betrayed by Hitler
❏ Millions of civilian deaths World War II
❏ Soviet troops across Eastern Europe
❏ Exiled governments become coalitions that become loyal regimes.
Anti-Soviet Cold War Propaganda
❏ What do you see?
❏ How is the meaning being portrayed?
Anti-Soviet Cold War Propaganda
❏ What do you see?
❏ How is the meaning being portrayed?
STOP & THINK
What are the main ideologies fighting in the Cold War? What superpowers are
their main 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
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
❏ Democratic ideals for Europe
❏ Free, fair elections across Europe
❏ Avoid Communist victories
❏ Rebuild Europe (i.e. Marshall Plan)
❏ Allies
❏ Neutral countries
❏ USSR and satellites (rejected aid)
American Intervention
❏ What do you see?
❏ How is this meaning being portrayed?
STOP & THINK
❏ Why would the United States get so involved with Western countries
economically and politically?
Causes of the Cold War video
Split ‘Em Up!
Organize the four powers from divided Germany into the two sides of the Cold War in the chart:

❖ Soviet Union/USSR
❖ United States
❖ Great Britain
❖ France

Democracy Communism
STOP & THINK
Who do you think is responsible for starting the Cold War?

Rubric (5 points total):

❏ Choose one country in a topic sentence (1 pt)

❏ 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)