EARLY COLD WAR: 1945 TO 1950

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Use of atomic bomb to end WWII. (August 1945)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• George Kennan’s “long telegram” to the State Department, outlining policy of containment (February, 1946)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech (March 1946)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

•  Truman Doctrine (March 1947)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Marshall Plan announced (June 1947)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia (February 1948)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Berlin Blockade begins (June 1948)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• NATO Treaty ratified (July 1949) • Soviets countered with Warsaw Pact

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Mao Zedong takes control of China (September 1949)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• Soviets explode first atomic bomb (September 1949)

What were the causes of growing distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War?

• National Security Council Paper (NSC-68) calls for massive buildup of U.S. military and weaponry. (April 1950)