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The Truman Doctrine & The Marshall Plan Independent Work • Get out your notebook, turn to your journal section, date it today and title it Containment. • Make you best guess at what you think would be a good definition of the word containment. • (DO NOT PUT YOUR NOTEBOOK AWAY!) Guiding Purpose • Learning Target: We will discuss how the United States attempted to stop the spread of Communism. • Closing Task: I will explain how the United States applied the concept of containment. • Preassessment Questions Covered: 4, 12, 40 Vocabulary • 5. Containment - U.S. foreign policy after World War II in which the United States would stop the expansion of the communism. • 6. Marshall Plan - U.S. plan in 1947 that offered aid to European nations if those nations agreed to remove trade barriers and cooperate economically with one another. • (DO NOT PUT YOUR NOTEBOOK AWAY!) Interactive Instruction • Turn to the notes section of your notebook, date it today and title it War Against Communism. U.S. Focus After WWII • War Against Communism • Policy of Containment 1. Help the smaller countries resist soviet/communist advances. 2. Wanted to stop the spread of communism • Ex: Sending money, arms, and generals to South Vietnam to fight against the Northern communists (Ho Chi Minh) President Truman • After WWII, Truman wanted to make sure a communist country never had the chance to cause as much damage as Germany did in WWII. • Asked congress for economic aid to Turkey and Greece to support his new Doctrine… The Truman Doctrine • Dedicated to uplifting anticommunist regimes around the world. • Many US citizens did not want to US to continue fighting Communism around the world • Others did not want to interfere in other countries affairs • Congress, however, quickly approved $400 million worth of aid Communism and Poverty • After WWII not only were there communism issues spreading throughout the world but poverty as well. • In Western Europe many of the cities were in shambles. There was a shortage of jobs as well as food. • Main Question: – How can the U.S. help? The Marshall Plan • George Marshall was the U.S. Secretary of State • Wanted to help those in Western Europe who are living without shelter, jobs, and food. The Marshall Plan • An assistance program to help rebuild Western Europe. – Would provide food and machinery – 12.5 billion dollar program in 1948 – Any country left in shambles that was not communist received aid from the U.S. 1948-195: Countries who received aid from the Marshall Plan • • • • • • • • Great Britain France Italy West Germany Holland Austria Belgium Greece • • • • • • • • • Denmark Norway Turkey Ireland Sweden Portugal Yugoslavia Iceland A Few More Authentic Engagement • Marshall Aid Reading and Questions: Guiding Purpose • Learning Target: We will discuss how the United States attempted to stop the spread of Communism. • Closing Task: I will explain how the United States applied the concept of containment. • Preassessment Questions Covered: 4, 12, 40