Setting the Stage for the COLD WAR & DECOLONIZATION [AP World History] Unit 8 Topic 1 (8.1)

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In this video Heimler walks through Unit 8 topic 1 (8.1) of AP World History. Really it's just the setting of the stage for two major global processes that occurred in the twentieth century: the Cold War and decolonization.

With respect to the Cold War, two superpowers emerged on the world stage after World War II had ceased: the United States and the Soviet Union. There were deep seeds of mistrust sown between the two powers and that mistrust would lead to a more than forty year conflict between them, though they never fired any shorts directly at each other.

With respect to decolonization, recall that by 1918 colonization around the world had reached its peak. Colonial soldiers fought in both World Wars on behalf of their parent countries and it was during this time because of the devastating toll taken on the imperial powers by the war that colonies began seeking their independence.

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[ae]

my notes
- the cold war was a standoff between the United States and the soviet union that lasted for 40 years
-The big three US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union met trying to figure out how to stop the wars with the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam conference
- At the Yalta conference Stalin gave vague assurances that free elections would occur in Eastern Europe after the war
- when ww2 was over the US and the soviet union emerged as the 2 great superpowers in the world.
-The Us was untouched but the Russians suffered, fortunately, the Russian population was so huge they had much to spare to rival the us
-by the start of WW1 the process of empire building and colonization had reached its peak

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My Notes:

- the cold war was a standoff between the United States and the soviet union that lasted for 40 years
- Decolonization - process which empires were broken up and former colonies gained independence
- seemingly unrelated but were caused by intertwining causes and relationships
-The big three US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union met trying to figure out how to order the world after the wars with the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam conference
- Early 1944 Yalta conference, FDR wanted free elections in eastern Europe after war, Stalin gave vague assurances that free elections would occur in Eastern Europe after the war, but wanted it under soviet influence to act as buffer zone between Russia and Europe
July 1945 Potsdam Conference, Big 3 but FDR died and was replaced by Harry Truman who also insisted on free elections in Europe, but Stalin already occupied most of the Eastern European lands so he refused Truman’s demands, deepened the rift between Russia and US
- when ww2 was over the US and the soviet union emerged as the 2 great superpowers in the world,
- US because they were more fortunate than other superpowers because no fighting was done in US except for bombing of Pearl Harbor, but industry and main cities were untouched so their economy was fine, they offered 12$ Billion in aid for rebuilding of European cities - Marshall Plan
- Russia because even thought they lost so many people and sustained major damages, the populations of Soviet Union was so large they could spare it, Stalin aggressively built up industrial capacity of Soviet Union, and any other country that could’ve taken the top industrial spot was exhausted and broke from WWII
- The atomic bomb launch from US to Japan is what started the conflict, Russia wondered how Americans could have such devastating technology and not tell allies
- Cold War - State of hostility between 2 countries that doesn’t result in open warfare, mostly carried out through threat, propaganda, and arms race
-by the start of WW1 the process of empire building and colonization had reached its peak, imperial states held colonies all over the world
- colonies fought for parent countries with the hope that that’ll earn them right to become free and independent nations, after WWI was over Woodrow Wilson strongly agreed with letting nations right to self-determination, the right to choose their own form of government
- Didn’t happen between the 2 World Wars so during WWII colonies once again came to help parent countries in hopes of self-determination, but because the parent countries were all broke it was hard for them to send troops to repress the calls for independence, so colonies gained support from US and Soviet Union to become free

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the cold war was a standoff between the United States and the soviet union that lasted for 40 years
-The big three US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union met trying to figure out how to stop the wars with the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam conference
- At the Yalta conference Stalin gave vague assurances that free elections would occur in
Eastern Europe after the war
- when ww2 was over the US and the soviet union emerged as the 2 great superpowers in the world.
-The Us was untouched but the Russians suffered, fortunately, the Russian population was so huge they had much to spare to rival the us
-by the start of WW1 the process of empire building and colonization had reached its peak
- colonial soldiers fought so they could get become free and independent nations

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(Yes I did write an updated version of one of the top comments I got no shame. . .)

[youngminlee]

Hello Heimler, just wanted to make sure, wasn't the Yalta Conference held in 1945, not in 1944? (0:58)
P.S. your videos are life-savers especially for those self-studying like me

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