The Cold War by William Aydelotte https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2018-05-08 01:19:39 UTC 2018-05-08 01:39:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What were the outcomes of WWII? (WHII. 12c) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754210  Outcomes of World War II • Loss of empires by European powers • Establishment of two major powers in the world: The United States and the U.S.S.R. • War crimes trials • Division of Europe, Iron Curtain • Establishment of the United Nations • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Marshall Plan • Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact ]]> 2018-05-08 01:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754210 2. What were the war crimes trials? (WHII.12c) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754386 It was a trial against soldiers that committed war crimes]]> 2018-05-08 01:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754386 3. How did the Allies promote reconstruction of the defeated powers? (WHII.12c) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754655  Efforts for reconstruction of Germany • Democratic government installed in West Germany and West Berlin • Germany and Berlin divided among the four Allied powers • Emergence of West Germany as economic power in postwar Europe Efforts for reconstruction of Japan • United States occupation of Japan under MacArthur’s administration • Democracy and economic development • Elimination of Japan’s military offensive capabilities; guarantee of Japan’s security by the United States • Emergence of Japan as dominant economy in Asia ]]> 2018-05-08 01:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754655 4. What were the international cooperative organizations created after WWII? (WHII.12c) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754731  International Cooperative Organizations • United Nations • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) • Warsaw Pact ]]> 2018-05-08 01:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754731 5. What events led to the Cold War? (WHI.13a) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754896  Beginning of the Cold War (1945– 1948) • The Yalta Conference and the Soviet control of Eastern Europe • Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R. • Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism • President Truman and the Policy of Containment • Eastern Europe: Soviet satellite nations, the Iron Curtain Characteristics of the Cold ]]> 2018-05-08 01:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258754896 6. What were the causes and consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union? (WHII.13a) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258755010  Collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe • Soviet economic collapse • Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries • Tearing down of Berlin Wall • Breakup of the Soviet Union • Expansion of NATO ]]> 2018-05-08 01:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258755010 7. What was the policy of containment? (WHII.13c) aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258755128  containment: A policy for preventing the expansion of communism ]]> 2018-05-08 01:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258755128 Vocabulary aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258755218 1. Deterrence: The use of threats to calm down other threats
2. Cold War: Aggression between the US and Soviet Union after world war 2
3. Iron Curtain: Imaginary boundary between the west and the communist Bloc
4. Berlin Wall: Wall across east and west Berlin to prevent people from escaping
5. Containment: the idea of stopping the spread of communism ]]> 2018-05-08 01:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258755218 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/zarb2lf3002n/wish/258756148
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