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