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