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1 Knowledge Connections
Vocabulary  Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Term Definition Knowledge Connections Picture

2 Why did the US want to rebuild Germany?
Essential Question Why did the US want to rebuild Germany?

3 A country controlled by a more powerful nation
Why was communism a problem? Stalin refused to pull his troops out of Eastern European nations He turned these nations into SATELLITE NATIONS A country controlled by a more powerful nation Stalin feared the rise of anti-communist governments near the Soviet Union

4 How did the US feel about this?
The United States believed that communism needed to be contained, or held back I promise to stop the spread of communism worldwide CONTAINMENT became President Truman’s policy His promise became known as the TRUMAN DOCTRINE

5 What is the Marshall Plan?
June 1947 – Secretary of State George Marshall suggests sending money to Western European countries 13 billion dollars was sent to the region – this policy of rebuilding Europe became known as the MARSHALL PLAN Marshall believed that poverty would help to stop the spread of communism and aid would help war-torn nations recover economically

6 What about Germany? After World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones The capital city of Berlin was also divided into four occupation zones

7 What was the goal? President Truman wanted to reunite Germany and set up democracy… Stalin was very much against a strong Germany… A strong Germany might once again attack the Soviet Union Germany had attacked the Soviet Union in World War I and II Stalin refused to remove his troops from East Germany

8 What about West Germany?
June 1948 – US, Britain, and France combined their zones in West Germany and West Berlin They pledged to create a democracy in West Germany However, the city of Berlin was in the Soviet zone…. this created a problem…

9 President Truman refused to back down
What did the Soviets do? Soviets closed all routes into Berlin… No supplies were able to be sent to the German people who needed them… East Berlin Stalin hoped that by starving the German people, the Americans, British, and French would give up their plan President Truman refused to back down

10 What did Truman do? Truman organized the BERLIN AIRLIFT
For a year, cargo plans filled with supplies kept the people of West Berlin alive… …in the end, the Soviets gave up the blockade…

11 Was Germany reunited? Germany remained divided West Germany Democratic
East Germany Communist Stalin died in 1953, NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV became the new leader of the Soviet Union

12 Guards shot anyone trying to escape the Eastern part of the city
What type of leader was Khrushchev? 1961 – Khrushchev ordered a wall built in Berlin to separate Communist East Berlin from the rest of the city Guards shot anyone trying to escape the Eastern part of the city The BERLIN WALL stood for nearly 30 years – it was the most recognizable symbol of the Cold War

13 Why did the US want to rebuild Germany?
Essential Question Why did the US want to rebuild Germany?

14 POTENTIAL POSITIVE EFFECTS
REBUILDING EUROPE

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