1. Harry Truman and
The Cold War
By: Itzel Casarin

2. Before the Cold War The long Telegram Containment Iron Curtain Speech
Kennan’s “long telegram” described Soviet totalitarianism as internally weak.
Containment
Containment was largely a verbal process of promising “security from the fears of chaos, disease, and violation”. (2)
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill stated that the iron curtain, a military, political, and Soviet barrier, had fallen across Europe.

3. Entering the Cold War
A political battle between the U.S and the Soviet Union
It began with the relations between Moscow and Washington starting to deteriorate
Moscow perceived Washington with harsh rules and attitude towards them
Washington began being perceived as such because they feared of the spread of communism.

4. Truman Doctrine
The doctrine pledged the United States to "assist free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.“(1) On March 12, 1947 Truman began to set forth the policy

5. Marshall Plan
In June 1947, Secretary George C. Marshall proposed the extension of massive economic assistance to the devastated nations of Europe, saying that the policy of the United States was not directed “against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos”. (3) Invested about $13 million in Europe

6. The Berlin Airlift was a response to the western berlin blockade (4)
The blockade began with the Soviet stripping his sector of manufacturing equipment in an effort to garner partial payment for wartime remittances, further stifling the reemergence of a strong German economy. (5)
The Berlin Airlift was a response to the western berlin blockade (4)

7. NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
An Alliance made between the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations
In spite of general agreement on the concept behind the treaty, it took several months to work out the exact terms.
provides collective security against the Soviet Union

8. The Korean War (1950) A Cold War battleground
North Korea invades South Korea
US assists South Korea
USSR China assists North Korea
China intervenes
Becomes a tie

9. At Home
Battles

10. The Fair Deal
Truman said that “every segment of the population” deserved a “fair deal”
The Fair Deal is built on Roosevelt's New Deal
1st priority- peace time economy
G.I Bill

11. The HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) Trials
Began investigations on government spies before the 1948 Election
Ex-Communist, Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss
Hiss is interrogated
charges brought by HUAC against lawyer Alger Hiss (8)

12. The Truman Doctrine: Containing Communism and Modernity
Denise Bostdorff, Proclaiming the Truman Doctrine: The Cold War Call to Arms. College
Station: Texas A&M University Press, xii 193 pp.
Textbook
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