Key Terms:
Cold War containment
Iron Curtain Satellite nation
Truman Doctrine Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan NATO
United Nations Warsaw Pact
Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold Warenemies during the Cold War??
Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill giving his “iron curtain” speech in March of 1946 at Fulton, Missouri.
"A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victories. . . . From Stettin in the
Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron
curtain has descended across the
continent.”
Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?
WANTS TO SPREAD DEMOCRACYWANTS TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY WANTS TO SPREAD COMMUNISMWANTS TO SPREAD COMMUNISM
UNITEDUNITED STATES:STATES:
SOVIETSOVIETUNION:UNION:
ALLOWS FREEDOM AND CHOICESALLOWS FREEDOM AND CHOICES LIMITS FREEDOM AND CHOICESLIMITS FREEDOM AND CHOICES
BUILDING UP MILITARY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONSBUILDING UP MILITARY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS
WANTS TO BE A SUPERPOWERWANTS TO BE A SUPERPOWER
WANTS A FREE EASTERN EUROPEWANTS A FREE EASTERN EUROPE WANTS TO CONTROL EASTERN EUROPEWANTS TO CONTROL EASTERN EUROPE
BUILDING UP SPACE PROGRAMBUILDING UP SPACE PROGRAM
TRUMAN DOCTRINE“THE SEEDS OF TOTALITARIAN REGIMES ARE NURTURED BY MISERY AND WANT. THEY SPREAD AND GROW IN THE EVIL SOIL OF POVERTY AND STRIFE. THEY
REACH THEIR FULL GROWTH WHEN THE HOPE OF A PEOPLE FOR A BETTER LIFE HAS DIED. WE MUST KEEP THAT HOPE
ALIVE. THE FREE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD LOOK
TO US FOR SUPPORT IN MAINTAINING THEIR FREEDOMS.
IF WE FALTER IN OUR LEADERSHIP, WE MAY ENDANGER THE PEACE OF THE WORLD -- AND WE SHALL SURELY
ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF OUR OWN NATION.
GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN PLACED UPON US BY THE SWIFT
MOVEMENT OF EVENTS.”
Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?
Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?
Causes of the Cold War• Cold War- term used to describe the tensions
between the U.S. and the USSR between 1945-1991.• At the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Union promised to
allow “free and open elections” in the territories they occupied at the end of World War II.
• Iron Curtain- term used to describe the divide between Western (Democratic) and Eastern (Communist) Europe.
• Truman Doctrine- the U.S. foreign policy to fight the spread of communism. Also, known as containment. The U.S. will support any nation that is under the threat of a communist takeover.
Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?
Group Work: Group Work: •Explain the main idea of each cartoon.Explain the main idea of each cartoon.•Decide whether you think the Marshall Plan will be a success or failure.Decide whether you think the Marshall Plan will be a success or failure.•Will the Marshall Plan bring peace or problems for Europe?Will the Marshall Plan bring peace or problems for Europe?