Post war Europe and Cold War by Sage Wesley https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t By: Sage Wesley en-us 2017-06-11 16:22:29 UTC 2024-07-25 16:26:41 UTC hello@padlet.com What were the outcomes of WWII? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/175999972 Results and Aftermath of World War II. After the end of the war, a conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, to set up peace treaties . The countries that fought with Hitler lost territory and had to pay reparations to the Allies . Germany and its capital Berlin were divided into four parts.]]> 2017-06-11 16:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/175999972 What were the war crimes trials? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000027 A war crimes trial is the trial of persons charged withcriminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law committed during armed conflict.]]> 2017-06-11 16:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000027 How did the Allies promote reconstruction of the defeated powers? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000050 The allies promoted reconstruction by spending millions on the Marshall plan to help fix the ruins that was Germany]]> 2017-06-11 16:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000050 What were the international cooperative organizations created after WWII? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000232 The League of Nations was founded in 1919 to keep the peace after World War I. But it failed to prevent World War II in 1939, so in 1945 the nations of the world set up a new organization, the United Nations (UN). Since then, the UN has encouraged international cooperation and worked to resolve conflict.]]> 2017-06-11 16:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000232 What events led to the Cold War? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000257
  • Greek communist defeated. 1944.
  • Yalta Conference. February 4 1945 - February 11 1945.
  • Postdam Conference. July 17 1945 - August 2 1945.
  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech. March 5, 1946.
  • Marshall Plan. 1947 - 1951.
  • Truman Doctrine. March 12 1947.
  • Communist takes over Czechoslovakia. 1948.
  • Berlin Airlift. June 24 1948 - May 12 1949.

    • ]]>     2017-06-11 16:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000257     What were the causes and consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000288 The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR. However, Gorbachev was disappointed in the dissolution of his nation and resigned from his job on December 25.]]> 2017-06-11 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000288 What was the policy of containment? sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000350 Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam]]> 2017-06-11 16:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000350 Vocab sagewesley2259 https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000507 1. Cold war- a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
    2. Warsaw Pact- A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
    3. Deterrence- the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
    4. NATO- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
    5.Berlin Airlift- The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies]]>     2017-06-11 16:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sagewesley2259/ac84x6qphg2t/wish/176000507