1. Warm Up # 26
Describe the DMZ, why does it need to be so heavily guarded?

2. Tensions Rising

3. Tensions Rising Essential Question:
What actions were taken by each side to increase tensions from ?

4. Iron Curtain Descends Phrase from a Churchill speech
Refers to the division of Communist controlled Eastern Europe and Capitalist Western Europe

5. Domino Theory Communism is spreading rapidly.
Domino Theory: Idea that if one nation falls to communism, so will its neighbor, and so on.

6. Truman Doctrine U.S. would: Not attack existing communist governments
Provide aid to any democratic government seeking to defend itself from communism
Policy of “containment”
Called for large military in peace time
Led to the formation of the CIA

7. The Marshall Plan
EUR countries that promised free elections would be rebuilt by the U.S.
U.S. spends 12.5 billion

8. Berlin Blockade Capitalist W. Berlin irritated Soviets
1948: Stalin cuts off supply lines through E. Germany
U.S. did not want to trigger war through breaking blockade.

9. Berlin Airlift
Allies complete thousands of supply flights to West Berlin.
Stalin did not want to start war, so he did not shoot planes
1949 – Re-opens supply lines
World realizes there is a big conflict coming

10. Alliances Form on Paper
1949: US joins anti- Soviet alliance NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1955 Soviets form Warsaw Pact

11. Revisit Your Notes 1. Circle “Key Terms” 2. Highlight “Main Ideas”
Word you cannot tell the story without
2. Highlight “Main Ideas”
Information that answers the “EQ”
3. Ask Questions (Broad Questions)
Each question should apply to a large “chunk” of information.
Example:
How did the crisis in Berlin reflect the conflict of the Cold War?