1. BELLWORK: BLOCK 1
How did public opinion impact the major countries post WWII?
Describe the U.S. policy of containment. How did this differ from the Long Telegram’s original recommendation?
List the causes and effects of the Czechoslovakian Coup of
Compare the US and USSR plans for post-war European aide.
THINKER: Even though Japan and Italy were major aggressors and Axis powers during WWII, they are not heavily punished following the war. Why?

2. Emergence of the superpower rivalry in Europe (1945-1949)

3. Public opinion post-wwii

4. The Containment Policy
Goal: STOP communism from spreading!
By applying firm diplomatic, economic, and military counter pressure, the United States could block Soviet aggression.
Formulated by George F. Kennan as a way to stop Soviet expansion without having to go to war (developed as a result of the Long Telegram)
How did this differ from Kennan’s original recommendation?
Expanded in dramatic increase in defense spending
From $13 billion to $50 billion a year, to be paid for with a large tax increase.
served as the framework for American policy over the next 20 years

5. National Defense Budget [1940-1964]

6. Czech coup: february1948

7. Compare the US and USSR plans for post-war European aide.

8. Even though Japan and Italy were major aggressors and Axis powers during WWII, they are not heavily punished following the war. Why?

9. cold war policies: vocab squares
This strategy will challenge you to interpret and summarize key Cold War developments; focusing on four major policies/actions taken by the democratic powers.
To start, divide a paper into 8 squares.
Each set of four squares will be dedicated to a different policy/action:
The Long Telegram
Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan

10. This is supposed to increase your own knowledge and understanding of the event – what will help you remember this? Do NOT just copy info from the packet!
DESCRIPTION
Background
Causes
Date
Definition
Characteristics
SOVIET RESPONSE
Stalin’s View
Laws passed in USSR as a result
Actions taken
EFFECTS
Impact on Cold War
Impact on US policy
Impact on superpower rivalry
Success/failure??
PICTURE/SKETCH
Visual representation of the MAIN idea!

11. Kennan’s Telegram: Feb. 1946

12. Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech: March 1946
***Notice location of Greece and Turkey: This will become a key issue!

13. Truman Doctrine: March 1947

14. Marshall plan: January 1947
The Soviet Union referred to this plan as Dollar Imperialism. What does this mean? Do you agree with the Soviet view?

15. Other important developments….
COMECON: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Centralized agency that linked Eastern bloc countries to Moscow
Designed to “stimulate” and control economic development
Cominform: Communist Information Bureau
Increase Stalin’s control over communist parties in Europe
West viewed this as an organization actively spreading communism

16. HOMEWORK: 1.4
Read pages 38-45!