1. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

2. Questions to think about
What are the different ideologies of the Cold War?
What is the importance of self- determination throughout the Cold War?

3. Greece and Turkey
Pro-Western Governments in Greece and Turkey were on the Verge of Collapse
USSR wants Turkish Territory
Soviets Support Communists in Greek Civil War

4. Great Britain
Before WWII, Great Britain supported Greece and Turkey militarily and financially
Winter , can no longer afford to support the Greeks and Turks

5. The Fear Fear that Greece and Turkey would fall to Communism
Southwest Asia and North Africa Were Now at Risk

6. The Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
$400 Million in aid to Greece and Turkey
US will give military and financial fid to nations fighting communism

7. The Truman Doctrine Moral Gauntlet
Bargaining over Territory is Out of the Question
Conflict is Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
Free Peoples vs. Oppressed
Soviet Union Must Change its Policy or its System Must Collapse

8. Conditions in Europe Economic Conditions were Bad in Europe After WWII
Fear that Communism Could Spread in the poor Economic Conditions
Helping Europe Recovery = Containing Communism

9. Who was George Marshall?
Chief of the Army during WWII
Secretary of State under Truman

10. European Recovery Program/Marshall Plan
Announced at Harvard on June 5, 1947
Stops Communism by attacking poverty, hunger, despair
13 Billion/Equal to 100 Billion Today
Not Straight Cash/Credits to Purchase
Aid Offered to Stalin

11. European Recovery Act/Marshall Plan

12. Marshall Plan

13. Stalin and the Marshall Plan
Stalin Refuses to Accept Money
Does Not Allow “Iron Curtain Countries” to accept either
Isolates Communist Bloc Even More
Tightens Control on Eastern Europe

14. How were the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference an indication of the coming Cold War?

15. Success of the Marshall Plan
Western European Economies Improve Greatly
16 Countries Helped
25% Improvements in Some Countries
European Industries recover: chemical, engineering, steel
Reduces poverty
Increases cooperation between Western Europe and the United States
Communism Never Gets Popular

16. OPTIC
Overview: Give a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. Tell what you see is happening.
Parts: Divide the image into PARTS, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony.
Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering 
Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic.
Conclusion: Draw a CONCLUSION about the visual by stating what you think is the argument it’s making.

17. Closing What roles can you see barriers playing in society today?
How do they affect people?