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??

Why is there a barrier across Europe?

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.”

Post-War Europe

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?

Who’s to Blame??Who’s to Blame??

President Truman

Premier Stalin

Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become

enemies during the Cold War?