1. AIM: Why did a Cold War emerge between the United States and the Soviet Union

2. Frost Bite! Communism Capitalism
Economic & political systems incompatible
Start of the Cold War
Communism
State controlled all property & economic activity
Totalitarian Gov
No opposing parties
Capitalism
Private citizens control
Democracy!

3. Frost Bite Iron Curtain – Satellite nations!
Communist gov. protect USSR from the West

4. [ 1946-48] US Steps In Marshall Plan
Provide aid to all European nations that need it
Against poverty, hunger, chaos
Saved western Europe

5. 3 western nations combine zones – make 1 nation USSR retaliates
Battle for Berlin [1948]
3 western nations combine zones – make 1 nation
USSR retaliates
[1948] Berlin Airlift
West Berlin is held hostage! Cut all hways, rail lines, water to W. Berlin
No supplies can get in – Result?!
327 days – flights round the clock
May 1949 – lifted blockade

6. [ 1946-48] US Steps In Policy of “containment”
Stop Stalin & USSR by creating alliances & weaker nations
Truman Doctrine
USA should support free peoples who were resisting takeovers by “armed minorities” or “outside pressures”
Controversial:
USA power spread too thin
Stay out of internal affairs of other nations

7. Alliances – Choosing Sides
[1949] NATO
12 European Nations – Defensive military alliance in fear of Soviet Aggression
Attack on one – attack on all
[1955] Warsaw Pact
USSR military alliance w/E. European satellite nations under control

10. Conclusions
1. How does the Marshall Plan show that the US learned an important lesson from World War I?
2. How does the formation of NATO show a shift in America’s role in the world?