1. The Truman Doctrine & The Marshall Plan

2. Independent Work Get out your notebook, turn to your journal section, date it today and title it Containment. Make you best guess at what you think would be a good definition of the word containment. (DO NOT PUT YOUR NOTEBOOK AWAY!)

3. Guiding Purpose Learning Target: We will discuss how the United States attempted to stop the spread of Communism. Closing Task: I will explain how the United States applied the concept of containment. Preassessment Questions Covered: 4, 12, 40

5. Vocabulary 5. Containment - U.S. foreign policy after World War II in which the United States would stop the expansion of the communism. 6. Marshall Plan - U.S. plan in 1947 that offered aid to European nations if those nations agreed to remove trade barriers and cooperate economically with one another. (DO NOT PUT YOUR NOTEBOOK AWAY!)

6. Interactive Instruction Turn to the notes section of your notebook, date it today and title it War Against Communism.

7. U.S. Focus After WWII War Against Communism Policy of Containment 1. Help the smaller countries resist soviet/communist advances. 2. Wanted to stop the spread of communism Ex: Sending money, arms, and generals to South Vietnam to fight against the Northern communists (Ho Chi Minh)

9. President Truman After WWII, Truman wanted to make sure a communist country never had the chance to cause as much damage as Germany did in WWII. Asked congress for economic aid to Turkey and Greece to support his new Doctrine…

11. The Truman Doctrine Dedicated to uplifting anticommunist regimes around the world. Many US citizens did not want to US to continue fighting Communism around the world Others did not want to interfere in other countries affairs Congress, however, quickly approved $400 million worth of aid

13. Communism and Poverty After WWII not only were there communism issues spreading throughout the world but poverty as well. In Western Europe many of the cities were in shambles. There was a shortage of jobs as well as food. Main Question: –How can the U.S. help?

17. The Marshall Plan George Marshall was the U.S. Secretary of State Wanted to help those in Western Europe who are living without shelter, jobs, and food.

20. The Marshall Plan An assistance program to help rebuild Western Europe. –Would provide food and machinery –12.5 billion dollar program in 1948 –Any country left in shambles that was not communist received aid from the U.S.

23. 1948-195: Countries who received aid from the Marshall Plan Great Britain France Italy West Germany Holland Austria Belgium Greece Denmark Norway Turkey Ireland Sweden Portugal Yugoslavia Iceland A Few More

24. Authentic Engagement Marshall Aid Reading and Questions:

25. Guiding Purpose Learning Target: We will discuss how the United States attempted to stop the spread of Communism. Closing Task: I will explain how the United States applied the concept of containment. Preassessment Questions Covered: 4, 12, 40