Transcript The 1940`s - FHSHistory10

The 1940’s
By Nitin Gohri
And
Bryant White
Overview
1.WWII Ends
2.Creation of East and West
Germany
3.Berlin Airlift
4.The Iron Curtain Speech
5.Communist Revolution in
China
6.Taiwan’s Independence
7.Atlantic Charter
Intro to China
and Cold War
Winston Churchill
1.Warned English of
Future War
2.Iron Curtain
Speech
3.War does break
out
East Germany
1.Soviet Side
2.Made up of by Berlin,
Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, Saxony,
and Saxony Anhalt
3.Walter Ulbricht
4.Bordered by Baltic Sea, Poland,
Czech Republic, and West Germany
West Germany
1. US side
2. Made up of Bavaria Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen,
Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia,
Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and SchleswigHolstein
3. Capital = Bonn
4. West Germany was bordered on the north by the
North Sea, on the east by East Germany, on the
south by Austria, and on the west by France.
5. Problems in Germany
Berlin Airlift
1.Eleven Months
2.US delivered food to West
Germany
3.Reason: Soviets
blockaded all water ports
and train ways
4.Soviets were humiliated
Chiang Kai-shek
1.Leader of Military
campaign against
Warlords
2.Realized Communism =
Bad idea
3.Eliminated group
4.Group came back
5.New Leader = Mao
Mao Zedong
1.Made China
Communist in 1949
2.Influenced by
Soviet government
3.Supported Soviets
Taiwan
1.Became
Independent in
1949
2.US side of Cold
War
3.Leader Chiang Kai-
Video of Communism in
China
The Atlantic Charter
www.ssa.gov
•Written
by the U.S. and Great Britain in 1941
•Gave Europeans the right to self determination
•Prevented future aggression of a single nation
Containment
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U.S. policy in dealing with communism
Wanted to rebuild peace in Europe
Used diplomacy, politics, and economics
as a weapon
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Comecon
Established in January,
1949
 It was an economic
alliance meant to fix
the economies of the
countries in the Soviet
bloc.
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Comecon
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NATO
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The Truman Doctrine
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Harry S.
Truman
March 12,
1947
Gave $400
million to
Greece and
turkey and
freed them of
Soviet control
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