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Title: The Berlin Wall


1
The Berlin Wall
  • What was the cause of the Berlin Wall and what
    was its impact on the Cold War?
  • The Berlin Wall was built to stop East
    Germans/Berliners from entering West Berlin
  • The Berlin Wall showed the world how cruel
    communism could be
  • Became a symbol for death/oppression
  • Became a symbol of government control and loss of
    freedom for East Germans

2
The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • What were the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    and what was its outcome?
  • The Soviets placed missiles capable of carrying
    nuclear warheads into Cuba for Cubas protection
  • The Cubans needed protection because they feared
    another US attempt to get rid of Fidel Castro
    (Bay of Pigs)
  • Kennedy ordered a quarantine of Cuba
  • Soviets removed the missiles from Cuba and
    stopped sending more
  • The US promised not to invade Cuba and removed US
    missiles from Turkey

3
Culture of the Cold War
  • Communism versus Capitalism

4
Cold War Culture
  • The Cold War created its own world culture
  • Became a part of almost every cultural aspect in
    America
  • Attitudes towards
  • East vs. West
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Movies

5
East Versus West
  • East refers to anything connected to the Soviet
    Union or communism
  • West refers to anything connected to the U.S.
    or its allies
  • Americans felt that they were a part of the
    battle at home
  • Most people carried anti-communist feelings
  • Celebrated anything that honored America and its
    ideals

6
Music
  • Cold War feelings were evident in American
    music of the time
  • Lyrics discussed fears of nuclear war
  • the battle between East and West
  • how great America is
  • why cant the world have peace
  • ending global wars
  • even anti-US or anti-Soviet
    feelings

Bob Dylan
7
Sports
  • East versus West was evident in sporting events
    as well
  • Winning the competition meant our country was
    better than theirs (vice versa)
  • 1972 Olympic basketball
  • 1972 World Chess
  • 1980 Olympic hockey

8
Movies
  • Hollywood movies used the Cold War theme too
  • Storylines involved
  • nuclear war
  • worldwide espionage (spying)
  • Soviet invasions of U.S.
  • Even sporting events of us versus them feelings
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