Transcript Two Superpowers Face Off

The Cold War Expands
1946-1949
Containment
• Soviet-American relations worsen during 1946-47
• President Truman adopts a foreign policy of containment:
Goal:
1) BLOCK Soviet influence
2) Prevent spread of communism
The Truman Doctrine
• Offered support for countries that rejected Communism
“One way of life is based upon the will of the majority…The second
way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed
upon the majority.”
Harry Truman
The Marshall Plan
• Most of Western Europe was destroyed during
World War II
• Europe needed MONEY for rebuilding
• 1947- U.S. Congress passed 12.5 Billion in aid
for European Countries
MARSHALL PLAN
American Foreign Policy
1) Containment
2) Truman Doctrine
3) Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_1lNxo
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Germany after WWII
Divided into
4 occupation
zones
Berlin Airlift
1948-49
• 1948: Allies withdraw from
Germany
• Soviets respond by “shutting
down” west Berlin
• For 11 months Americans fly
in supplies
– 1 plane landed every 3 minutes!
In the end, Soviets end blockade in 1949
City remains divided during Cold War
Molotov Plan
• Soviet Union rejected the Marshall Plan
• Eastern Europe would rebuild their nations
according to the Communist Party (1949)
Berlin Airlift
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAngetJ
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Cold War Handout
• Cartoon Analysis