1. Warm-Up Which side of Europe was communist after WWII? Which side of Europe was democratic after WWII? What were the names of the two alliances that formed after WWII and which countries were in each?

2. The Cold War

3. Beginning of the Cold War The Yalta Conference (February 1945) FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss their goals for the post-WWII world

4. Beginning of the Cold War The Yalta Conference (February 1945) FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss their goals for the post-WWII world – Promote world peace – To provide emergency relief – To form interim governments based on the will of the people

5. Beginning of the Cold War The Yalta Conference (February 1945) FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss their goals for the post-WWII world FDR wanted a democratic world led by the USA

6. Beginning of the Cold War The Yalta Conference (February 1945) FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss their goals for the post-WWII world FDR wanted a democratic world led by the USA Stalin wanted a strong communist state to prevent another invasion from the west

7. Beginning of the Cold War Rivalry between the USA and the USSR Democracy and free-enterprise vs dictatorship and communism

8. Beginning of the Cold War Rivalry between the USA and the USSR Democracy and free-enterprise vs dictatorship and communism NATO vs Warsaw Pact

9. Beginning of the Cold War The Iron Curtain Churchill described the division of Europe and the increasing influence of the USSR in Eastern Europe Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain speech in 1946

10. Beginning of the Cold War The Iron Curtain Churchill described the division of Europe and the increasing influence of the USSR in Eastern Europe Countries in Eastern Europe were controlled by Moscow; they were satellite-states

11. Beginning of the Cold War The Truman Doctrine (1947) President Truman declared that the USA must support democracies to stop the spread of communism

12. Beginning of the Cold War The Truman Doctrine (1947) President Truman declared that the USA must support democracies to stop the spread of communism Containment policy NSC-68 – a top secret 58 page report

13. Truman Doctrine Containment policy NSC-68 – a top secret 58 page report Outlined US Foreign Policy during the Cold War

14. Truman Doctrine Containment policy NSC-68 – a top secret 58 page report Outlined US Foreign Policy during the Cold War raise military spending in the USA and military aid to other countries to stop communism from spreading

15. Central Historical Question Who started the Cold War?

16. On another piece of paper, write one paragraph answering the question, “Who started the Cold War?” Base your answer off of the notes and use evidence from the four documents to support your argument.