1. The Cold War Origins (1945-1955)
History Notes 13-1

2. The Cold War Yalta Conference (March 1945)
U.S. and Soviets plan to rebuild post-war Europe
Germany will pay reparations for WWII

3. The Cold War Potsdam Conference (July 1945)
U.S. and Soviets divide up Germany into East & West regions
Increased tensions between two superpowers

4. What is the Cold War? The Cold War (1945-1990):
Two superpowers (USA and Soviet Union) compete for military power and influence throughout the world

5. The Cold War Soviet Union supports pro-Communist governments in…
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia

6. The Cold War
Iron Curtain: The Soviet Union and other communist nations of Eastern Europe

7. Winston Churchill gave the “Iron Curtain” speech in 1946
Map of the Iron Curtain

9. The Cold War Policy of Containment (1947-1990):
Prevent the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine (1947):
U.S. will support any Anti-Communist Gov’t
EX: Korean War
Vietnam War

10. Video: Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, 1947
Video: Truman Doctrine
President Truman outlined the Truman Doctrine to a joint session of Congress in March of 1947

11. The Cold War

12. The Cold War The Marshall Plan (1947):
Video: Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (1947):
U.S. sponsors a European post-war recovery program (Give food and money to Europe)

13. A map showing how the plan’s $20B was distributed by country
The Marshall Plan, 1947
Photo shows a delivery of wheat from the U.S. being unloaded in Rotterdam, Netherlands
A map showing how the plan’s $20B was distributed by country

14. The Cold War Berlin Airlift (1948-1949):
U.S. Air Force flies supplies to West Berlin to keep it out of Soviet control

15. The Cold War NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization):
Military alliance of Western European, democratic countries

16. The Cold War Warsaw Pact (1955):
Military alliance of Eastern European, communist countries
Soviets fear a NATO attack

17. NATO Treaty, 1949. Warsaw Pact, 1955.

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