P L A C A R D A The Cold War Begins American and Russian soldiers meet across a bridge on the Elbe River in Germany near the end of World War II. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 1
P L A C A R D B The Cold War Begins President Truman speaks at the conference in San Francisco where the United Nations Charter was drafted. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 2
P L A C A R D C The Cold War Begins This Soviet poster from 1945 promotes the role of industrial and agricultural workers in building a socialist society. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 3
P L A C A R D D The Cold War Begins In this 1948 photograph, British military police put up a sign to mark the boundary between the British and Russian sections of the city of Berlin. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 4
P L A C A R D E China s Communist Path This Chinese poster from 1949 celebrates the victory of the Communists, led by Mao Zedong, over the Nationalists in China. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 5
P L A C A R D F China s Communist Path After leading the Communists to victory in China, Mao Zedong placed power in the hands of the Communist Party and began to restructure the economy based on Marxist principles. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 6
P L A C A R D G China s Communist Path During the Great Leap Forward, many Chinese people were forced to build backyard furnaces to produce steel for their communities. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 7
P L A C A R D H China s Communist Path Here Red Guards parade their victims, who are wearing hats proclaiming their supposed crimes, on the streets of Beijing. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 8
P L A C A R D I Cold War Conflicts This picture, taken in October 1950, shows U.S. troops transporting North Korean prisoners of war. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 9
P L A C A R D J Cold War Conflicts In September 1965, U.S. soldiers on the ground were supported by helicopters during the Iron Triangle assault. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 10
P L A C A R D K Cold War Conflicts After Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government in 1959, he toured the United States. Here Castro takes questions from the press upon his arrival in Washington, D.C., in April 1959. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 11
P L A C A R D L Cold War Conflicts The prime minister of Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was an ardent nationalist. When the United Nations rejected his plea for foreign aid, he turned to the USSR for help. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 12
P L A C A R D M The End of the Cold War In this image from 1961, a family tries to visit with relatives who they have become separated by the Berlin Wall. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 13
P L A C A R D N The End of the Cold War U.S. President Richard Nixon embraced a policy of détente to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China. In 1972, he made a historic visit to China in the hopes of easing tensions in East Asia. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 14
P L A C A R D O The End of the Cold War The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (right) poses with Vice President George H.W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan in New York during his 1988 visit to the United States. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 15
P L A C A R D P The End of the Cold War On November 9, 1989, the government of East Germany opened the Berlin Wall so people could travel freely to the West. This photo shows young people climbing on top of the wall in celebration. Teachers Curriculum Institute Era Overview: The Cold War and Beyond, 1945 Present 16