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1 Iron Curtain -Truman pushes for free elections -Winston Churchill Iron Curtain refers to all nations under Soviet control -satellite nations -purges -buffer zone

2 Iron Curtain -Truman pushes for free elections -Winston Churchill Iron Curtain refers to all nations under Soviet control -satellite nations -purges -buffer zone

3 Containment -theory of trying to stop the spread of communism George F. Kennan -what did communism promise a way to rebuild the war torn area -go to war??? -Term “Cold War” is applied

4 Truman Doctrine -Greece and Turkey were in danger of becoming communist, 1947 -Truman decides to give aid to any nation that needs it to prevent communism -becomes known as the Truman Doctrine

5 Marshall Plan -Europe was destroyed by the war -devastation made communism more promising -George Marshall created a recovery plan for Europe -offered to all nations -plan was a great success as Europe recovered

6 Marshall Plan -Europe was destroyed by the war -devastation made communism more promising -George Marshall created a recovery plan for Europe -offered to all nations -plan was a great success as Europe recovered

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8 Berlin Airlift -Germany and its capital Berlin were split -Soviets blockade Berlin in hopes of controlling it -U.S. decides to airlift supplies for the city by plane rather than back down -airlift lasted nearly a year and brought over 2 million tons of supplies

9 Berlin Airlift -Germany and its capital Berlin were split -Soviets blockade Berlin in hopes of controlling it -U.S. decides to airlift supplies for the city by plane rather than back down -airlift lasted nearly a year and brought over 2 million tons of supplies

10 Cold War Security -National Security Act, 1947
-Created Department of Defense -created the CIA and NSC -NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) -end of United States isolationism as we partner with Western Europe -Atomic bomb tested in USSR, 1949 -Warsaw Pact unites communist nations

11 Cold War Security -National Security Act, 1947
-Created Department of Defense -created the CIA and NSC -NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) -end of United States isolationism as we partner with Western Europe -Atomic bomb tested in USSR, 1949 -Warsaw Pact unites communist nations

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