1. The Cold War VS

2. Origins of the Cold War (During WWII)
USSR suspected allies were allowing the USSR to take casualties on the eastern front in order to weaken their country
USSR forces in Korea occupied the peninsula to about the 38th parallel to get ready to invade Japan
A Bombs ended war & N Korea was formed

3. After WWII Europe and Germany are divided
USSR creates a buffer zone to prevent another attack form Germany
“Iron Curtain”

4. The Bipolarization of Europe

5. Truman Doctrine 1947 Civil War in Greece.
Turkey under pressure from the USSR
The U. S. should support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities or outside pressures…We must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.
The U.S. gave Greece & Turkey $400 million in aid.

6. Marshall Plan 1948 “European Recovery Program.”
Secretary of State, George Marshall
The U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. This move is not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.

7. Berlin Airlift USSR blockaded Berlin in 1948-49 due to Marshall Plan
US and GB sent supplies via cargo planes

8. A New Red Scare Fear of communist infiltrating the nation
House of Un-American Activities Committee – responsible for reveling communist
Rosenberg Trial – Soviet spies
Hollywood Ten- blacklisted actors
Senator Joseph McCarthy
witch hunt to find communist in gov’t
At first supported due to war in Korea & the Red Scare
TV hearings reveled his paranoia and irrational fear
McCarthyism

10. Containment
Stop the spread of Communism
Prevent the Domino Theory

11. The Arms Race Begins
The Soviet Union exploded its first A-bomb in 1949.

12. Americans in Fear

14. NATO is Formed 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization United States
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
1952: Greece & Turkey
1955: West Germany
1983: Spain

15. Warsaw Pact 1955 East Germany U. S. S. R. Albania Hungary Bulgaria
Poland
Rumania
U. S. S. R.
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia

16. Korean War [ ]

17. The Shifting Map of Korea [1950-1953]
34,000 Americans died

18. Korean War

19. Created a new type of “Red Scare”
Sputnik I 1957
The Russians have beaten America in space—they have the technological edge!
Created a new type of “Red Scare”