1. The Cold War

2. United States NATO Capitalist democracy Believed in free election, religious freedom, private property, respect for individual differences Soviet Union Warsaw Pact Communist party made all key economic, military, & political decisions. Soviet people could not worship as they please, own private property, express views freely, or oppose Stalin or risk imprisonment.

3. A 46-year struggle between 2 superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union. But they never engaged in a direct “hot” military conflict.

4. Soviet Expansion: The Soviet Union occupied most of Eastern Europe by the end of World War II.

5. The “Iron Curtain”

7. 1946-1991

8. U.S. Europe Soviet Union Latin America Vietnam Etc….

9. Review U.S. and Soviet Union Differences in ideologies, communism Never engaged in direct “hot” military conflict 1946-1991 All over the world, Europe, Soviet Union, Vietnam, etc.

10. How did the U.S. try to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism? Containment policy: Do not directly engage the Soviet Union in a battle, but try to stop it from spreading!

11. Marshall Plan (Sec. of State) Grants & loans to W. Europe to keep them economically healthy Help them become politically stable and less susceptible to Communist take-over

12. Nuremberg, Germany, April 20, 1945 · Marshall, fearing that communist revolts could occur in such an atmosphere, proposed that the U.S. help to rebuild the European economy in what became known as the Marshall Plan.

13. * The U.S. gave over $12 billion in aid to European countries between 1948 and 1952, helping to improve their economies and lessen the chance of communist revolutions.

14. Space Race http://www.history.com/topics/space-race Duck and Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGoVZ F0jik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGoVZ F0jik