1. Writing Prompt:
After World War II, the US gave billions of $ to rebuild Europe, called the “Marshall Plan.” Why do you think American leaders thought this was a good idea? If unsure, guess/speculate.
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2. Standard 8
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War II and the present by
a) describing the rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War II, the emergence of the United States as a superpower, and the establishment of the United Nations

3. Cold War
a relationship between two groups that is unfriendly or hostile but does not involve actual fighting or military combat.

4. superpower
an extremely powerful nation with greater political, economic, or military power than most other nations.

5. containment
By applying firm diplomatic, economic, and military counterpressure, the United States could block Soviet aggression across the earth.

6. truman doctrine
U. S. to give Financial aid “to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation”
Used as a way to stop the spread of communism.

7. marshall plan
Economic aid to all European countries after World War Two.
Used to rebuild Europe
The U. S. did NOT want another world war because Europe was having economic collapse.
Remember World War One’s effects on Europe?

8. Iron Curtain
The strongly guarded border area between the Soviet-dominated Eastern bloc in Europe and the countries of the "free world" in Europe.

10. Berlin Wall
Soviet Union built a wall to surround western Berlin from the rest of East Germany.
Was built to stop people from communist Germany escaping to western Berlin

11. Berlin Wall

12. berlin airlift
The American response to the Soviet Union blockading land access to Berlin, trying to starve the USA, UK, and France out of their zones of control in Berlin.

13. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western European countries allied together to protect against attack from communist Soviet Union.

14. Warsaw Pact Countries forced to be allied with the Soviet Union.
Guaranteed economic, political and military protection from the west.

15. NATO
Warsaw Pact

16. Iron Curtain