Unit: The Cold War Topic: Crisis in Germany

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Unit The Cold WarTopic Crisis in Germany
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1. Puzzle Pieces
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• The division and occupation of Germany after WWII
  was supposed to be temporary.
• Soon, Britain, France and the U.S. combined their
  zones to form West Germany.

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1. Stalin refused to reunite East Germany because he
   feared a strong, united Germany.
2. Berlin, the divided German capital, was located
   in East Germany.

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2. The Berlin Airlift
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1. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies'
   railway and road access to the parts of Berlin
   under Allied control to force the Western powers
   to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying
   Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the
   Soviets control over the entire city.

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1. In response, the West mounted an airlift for
   almost a year, supplies were flown into W. Berlin.

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1. This forced Stalin to end the blockade.

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The Berlin Airlift
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3. Goodbye, East Germany!
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• Stalin installed a Communist govt in East
  Germany.

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1. He built the Berlin Wall in 1961, separating free
   West Berlin from communist East Berlin.

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Berlin Wall
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5. NATO and the Arms Race
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1. In 1949, the U.S., Canada, and nine other nations
   formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-zation
   (NATO) to protect them-selves from Commu-nism.

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1. In response, Stalin formed the Warsaw Pact, in
   which Communist nations protected each other from
   democracy.

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1. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union participated
   in an arms race, spending billions in developing
   new and better weapons.

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• "The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies
  standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three
  matches, the other with five."
• - Carl Sagan

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Nuclear Arms Race
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Cold War DBQ Essay Test!

• DBQs 6 points each
• Essay 52 points
• YOU MUST USE 5 DOCUMENTS IN YOUR ESSAY!
• DUE Friday, March 4 THIS WILL NOT COUNT for
  your 5 week progress reports!