1. Cold War: World War 3??? US History Objectives:
**Explain the growing tensions
between the USA and USSR at the
end of World War II
**Identify the goals of Stalin’s foreign policy immediately after the war
SOL – VUS.13
Timeline –
US History
Cold War: World War 3???

2. The YALta Conference (February 1945)
Allies meet: US, UK, USSR
Discuss a post-WW2 world
Big Three
USA - Franklin Roosevelt
UK – Winston Churchill
USSR – Joseph Stalin

3. The United Nations
Formed at end of WWII to prevent future global wars

4. Disagreements w/ USSR Soviets taking over E. Europe
What to do w/ Germany?

5. The Geneva Convention (1945-1949)
Create “rules of war”
**outlines the treatment of POWs (Prisoners of War) & civilians during

6. The PotsDam Conference (July 1945)
USSR Satellite nations
**free elections in E. Europe are denied
**USSR wants a buffer (barrier) between the West and Germany

7. Stalin Talks World War III (early 1946)
Calls capitalist USA evil
Angry that USA won’t share atomic bomb w/ USSR

8. The Iron Curtain Speech Winston Churchill
Tells USA that they must stop USSR from dominating Europe
“An Iron Curtain has descended over Europe” Winston Churchill (must know quote)

9. The Containment Policy (March 1946)
USA will stop the spread of communism around the World – Europe

10. The Truman Doctrine (March 1946)
USA will give aid to any country threatened by USSR and by communism

11. Post World War 2 Europe Infrastructure is destroyed
Economic depression in Europe
Communism gaining popularity

12. The Marshall Plan ( )
USA gives $12.5 billion of aid to Western European countries to rebuild so countries will not become communist
Country
Millions in Aid
Great Britain
$329,700,000
France
$229,000,000
West Germany
$144,800,000
Italy
$120,400,000
Netherlands
$112,800,000
Belgium
$77,700,000

13. The German Question (1948)
Germany is divided between East and West
Berlin is divided between East and West
USSR wants total control of Berlin (city)
USA controls West – USSR controls East

14. The Berlin Blockade (June 24, 1948 – May 12, 1949)
Stalin blockades West Berlin
**causes economic crisis
**wants total control of Berlin

15. The Berlin Airlift ( )
USA uses planes to drop food/supplies to Berlin people
Defeats USSR blockade

16. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949)
USA + W. Europe alliance vs. USSR
Country
USA
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom

17. The Warsaw Pact (established 1955)
USSR + E. Europe alliance vs. USA
Country
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
USSR

18. Civil War in China ( )
Communist (Mao Zedong)
vs.
Nationalists (USA backed - $5 billion in aid)

19. Communist Takeover in China
USA refuses to recognize Communist China
Increased USA view that communist were winning