1. Cold War ( )
1st World – Capitalists, Democratic led by the USA
2nd World- Communist- led by the Soviet Union (USSR)
3rd World- Developing Nations Fought Over

3. Iron Curtain Speech – Winston Churchill
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.”

4. “Step on it Doc!”

5. Cold War Marshall Plan- (European Recovery Act) Point Four Program
Economic assistance to all European nations
16 western European parts
$13 billion in American aid
By 1950, European industrial production is up 64%
Communist strength declines
American trade revived
Point Four Program
4th point in Truman’s 1949 Inauguaral address
Economic/technical aid to poor free nations

6. Cold War- Europe Containment- Truman Doctrine-
Keep communism where it currently is
Avoid domino-effect of nations moving politically towards Soviet Union
Truman Doctrine-
U.S. supports democracy in civil wars
Bolster armed forces in Turkey and Greece
$400 million in aide

8. Cold War 1946- Atomic Energy Commission National Security Act of 1947-
H- Bomb Test
National Security Act of 1947-
Creates Department of Defense
Combines armed services under one department
National Security Council (NSC)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

9. Germany Divided
Germany is split between Britain, France, the U.S., and the U.S.S.R.
Stalin blockades Western Berlin b/c Western Germany becomes united

11. Germany- The First Cold War Battleground
Germany Divided
Berlin Airlift-
Truman orders airlift
10 months million tons of material
Provided for 2 million people
June 1948 – Spring of 1949

13. Outcome of Berlin Airlift
October 1949-
Western Germany = Federal Republic
Eastern Germany = Democratic Republic

15. Collective Security North Atlantic Treaty Organization
April 1949
12 nations (including U.S.)
Any armed attack against a NATO nation will result in military retaliation from other nations
(protection from Soviet invasion)
Warsaw Pact of 1955

16. Cold War- The Asian Front
Truman “gets tough”
China Problem-
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong