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Bell Ringer.
•Explain the need for the military and
diplomatic negotiations between England,
Russia, and the U.S.
Georgia Performance Standard:
SSWH18
The student will demonstrate an
understanding of the global political,
economic, and social impact of World War
II.
Element D
•Explain the Post-World War II policies;
Include formation of the United Nations,
the Marshall Plan for Europe, and
MacArthur’s plan for Japan.
Essential Questions
• What is the purpose of the United Nation?
• What were the Marshal plan and the McArthur Plan
United Nations Established
Atlantic Charter (1941).
• Established the ideas of a general security system.
• 1942, Allied Nations met in Washington and
pledged support of the Atlantic Charter.
• establish a system of general security, the
United Nations or UN.
United Nations/UN.
• 48 countries joined the international peace keeping
organization.
• Protect against aggression.
• Based in New York.
• General Assembly.
• each nation could cast 1 vote on a broad range of issues
• Security Council .
• 11 members: 5 permanent (US. USSR, Britain, France, China).
• has power to investigate and settle disputes.
• Each could veto any security council action.
• Provision was to prevent a bloc vote to override others.
Purpose of the United Nations
• Maintain international peace and security.
• Use collective actions to maintain peace.
• Suppress acts of aggression.
• Establish friendly relationships between nations.
• Promote human rights and respect for all.
• Prevent persecution of races, sex, languages, or
religions.
• Encourage economic growth.
• Handle humanitarian problems.
After World War II.
•W. Europe
•In ruins
•Economic turmoil.
F. Eastern Europe
a. a. Buffer zone for USSR: Soviets: Russia.
b. Wall of protection.
c. Stalin ignored Yalta Agreement installed or secured
communist governments in Albania, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, &
Yugoslavia.
d. Clear violation of rights to free elections.
e. Promoted Potsdam Conference.
Marshall Plan for Europe.
Proposed by General George Marshall.
Marshall Plan (1947)
• U.S. financial to give over $17 billion of aid to
rebuild Europe and to establish assistance program
to provide food, machinery, & other materials to
European countries.
• All nations of Europe welcomed the program,
except for the Soviet Union and its communist
allies. .
• Congress debated program.
• When Russia seized Czechoslovakia, Congress
approved program.
MacArthur’s Plan for Japan.
Proposed by General MacArthur.
MacArthur Plan.
•US occupation.
•Destroy militarism in Japan.
•Ensure a democratic government.
•Introduce economic reforms.
•Establish land reform, divide up large estates
•Government to sell land to tenant farmers.
•Create independent labor unions.
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