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Beginnings of the
Cold war
In what ways were the Soviet Union
and the United States different?
 The
U.S. is a capitalist democracy with
many individual rights and freedoms,
 The
Soviet Union was a communist
dictatorship with severe restrictions on
individual rights.
Soviets Control Eastern Europe

What countries in Eastern Europe remained in
Soviet control after WWII? What were they
known as?

Eastern Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Satellite States
Responding to the Soviet
Challenge

What did Winston Churchill mean when he said, “an iron
curtain has descended across the continent”?

The division of Europe – Western Europe with free and
democratic governments and Eastern Europe with
communist governments under the control of the Soviet
Union
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ
Truman Faces Soviet Aggression in
Eastern Europe

What problems were the governments of Greece and Turkey
facing after WWII?

Both were struggling against communist movements
supported by the Soviets
The Truman Doctrine Opposes
Soviet Aggression
 Truman
Doctrine –
President Truman’s
promise to aid
nations struggling
against communist
movements.
The United States Contains Soviet
Expansion

Containment – U.S. foreign policy who’s goal was to
keep communism contained within its existing borders

Kennan Urges a Policy of Containment

According to American diplomat George F. Kennan,
what would Stalin and the Soviet Union not risk in
attempting to expand Communism?

They would not risk the security of the Soviet Union for
expansion. They would not chance a war with the U.S.
United States Responds with
Marshall Plan
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What was the Marshall Plan?
The U.S. plan to help Europe recover from the
effects of WWII. The U.S. gave $13 billion in grants
and loans to nations in Western Europe.
How did the Marshall Plan provide both economic
and political benefits to the United States?
The prosperity it stimulated helped the American
economy by increasing trade and the good
relationships that the aid created worked against
the expansion of communisim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyoviiavusk
Soviet Aggression Drives Cold War
United States and Britain Respond with Berlin
Airlift
 What did the Soviet Union do to West Berlin in
June of 1948?
 They stopped all highway, railway, and
waterway traffic from Western Germany into
West Berlin.
 How did the U.S. and Great Britain respond to
the Berlin blockade? What was it known as?
 They responded by supplying West Berlin through
a massive airlift that lasted nearly a year. It was
known as the Berlin Airlift.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-GVf9floo
The North Atlantic Treaty
Organization

What was the purpose of NATO?

The alliance was formed to counter Soviet
aggression with the principle of Collective
Security

How did the Soviet Union respond to the
formation of NATO?

The Soviets responded with the Warsaw Pact –
an alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite
states