Done By: Mariam Al-Kethairi & Fatima Totten 9A

Cold War Beginnings

What is the Cold War?

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition between Communist world, and the powers of the western world. There were two primarily sides which were the Unites States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and the Satellite States.

What were the differences between Russia and America at the end of WWII?

America’s leader Truman wanted Europe to be free and to end communism and to spread prosperity and democracy .

In the other hand, Russia wanted East Europe to become a communist and to spread communism. And Stalin, Russia’s ruler, wanted Germany weak and divided which was the opposite of what the US wanted which led to starting the conflict and the cold war.

The countries that Stalin decided to keep under his reign were called the satellite

states, which are the countries that were forced to become communist countries

The tension between the US and Russia in freedom of choice and option led to

creating an imaginary line that separated free vs. not free which was called

‘ iron curtain’ between the two countries. .

How did President Truman respond to the Soviet Domination of eastern Europe?

Truman responded in a doctrine know as ‘ Truman doctrine’ which stated that the US would rescue and aid any country struggling against communism just like how he helped Turkey and Greece.Truman also responded by putting effort to apply the ‘containment’ idealism which meant keeping communism within its existing borders and stopping it from spreading.

He also responded by creating the Marshall Plan which was a US program to help countries that desperately

needed assistance.

What were the causes and results of Stalin's blockage of Berlin?

Most of the people migrated from the east to recover and to ask for a better life by moving to the west side of Berlin, because the west was doing better economically. Stalin had to block Berlin from eastern Europe and so he blocked all roads, railways, water ways and even shot anyone that tried to pass through. Stalin couldn't stand the west’s intervention and this resulted into creating the physical border known as the Berlin Wall .

Since Stalin blocked most possibilities the Allies did an airlift known as the ‘Berlin Airlift’ that Stalin could not block since he wasn’t capable to blockade the sky

After having the Allies create the airlift, Stalin’s plans failed which led him into giving up and results to the loss of gamble.