Political systems – State controlled all property and economic activity Totalitarian Government No opposing parties
Political System: Capitalist Private citizens controlled almost all economic activity Voting Competing Political Parties
Hope for Peace USA & USSR use the UN to spread their influence over others June 26, 1945
Big Three: USA, USSR, Great Britain Harry S. Truman’s Test as a diplomat USSR not keep promise of free elections in Eastern Europe
Countries dominated by Soviet Union Countries that Stalin implemented Communist Governments
Division of Europe Between Democratic and Communist countriesDivision of Europe Between Democratic and Communist countries
Conflict between USA and USSR in which neither nation confronted each other on the battlefield
Keep Soviet influence from spreading (Greece & Turkey) 400 Million to Greece and Turkey
George Marshall Secretary of State June 1947 Help Western Europe with money (13 Billion) Europe in chaos after WWII
Three Nations unify Western Europe (map on page 605) Stalin close rail routes to West Berlin No food – only 5 weeks Americans and Brits fly food and supplies to West Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Western European Nations (12 members) Military support to each other End of U.S. isolationism