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Today’s Agenda• Discuss the effects of WWII• Lecture and Notes• Vocabulary Terms
– Yalta Conference– Soviet Union (USSR)– Communism– Democracy
• Capitalism, Free Enterprise
– United Nations– Declaration of Liberated
Europe– Big 3
• Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
• Activities– World Map– Frayer Model
• Democracy and Communism
– Vocabulary Development• Article• Q&A Cards
• Dr. Seuss Story– Arms Race
Background Information-The Cold War
Mr. Trotman
Background Information• Nazi Germany just lost
WWII and much of Europe was in ruins
• The United Nations had just been created to prevent future wars and genocides
Background Information
• Two ideologies helped win WWII– Democracy led by the
United States– Communism led by the
Soviet Union (USSR)• These two superpowers were
now at competition for spreading their government beliefs
• SOL Question: What events led to the Cold War?
What they wanted…
Soviets wanted…• Focused on security• They believed communism
was a superior economic system
• They felt threatened by capitalist countries
• Germany to stay weak and be punished for WWII
Americans wanted…• Focused on economic problems• They believed the Great
Depression caused WWII • They wanted to spread world
trade, capitalism, democracy, and free enterprise
• They thought private property rights and limited government intervention in the economy would lead to prosperity
Yalta Conference• In February 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
met at Yalta to plan the postwar world. • Issues discussed: – What to do with Poland? The original non-Communist
and new Communist government both wanted power• The U.S. eventually let Poland be communist as long as
free elections were held as soon as possible
– Declaration of Liberated Europe: The major powers wanted Europe to chose the form of government in which they wanted.
– The “Big 3” leaders (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) also wanted to divide Germany
Political Cartoon
Political Cartoon
Frayer Model-Communism
Frayer Model-Democracy
Coloring ActivityCommunism Democracy
Today in Summary…• Discussed the effects of WWII• Lecture and Notes• Vocabulary Terms
– Yalta Conference– Soviet Union (USSR)– Communism– Democracy
• Capitalism, Free Enterprise
– United Nations– Declaration of Liberated
Europe– Big 3
• Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
• Activities– World Map– Frayer Model
• Democracy and Communism
– Vocabulary Development• Article• Q&A Cards
• Dr. Seuss Story– Arms Race