1. Write down words that come to mind when you hear:
SUPERPOWERS
Used to describe the U.S. and the S.U. (rivals) that came to dominate global politics following WWII.

2. SUPERPOWERS
United States
Soviet Union

3. Armed conflict or battle between major rivals
WHAT IS A COLD WAR?
Continuing state of tension and hostilities between the two superpowers
What is a hot war?
Armed conflict or battle between major rivals

4. How did the
“Cold War” begin?

5. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.
-Winston Churchill

7. The “Iron Curtain”

8. What do you think is the goal of Stalin and the Soviet Union?
If you are President Truman or any democratic nation, what would your goal be?

9. CONTAINMENT

10. The Ideological Struggle
Soviet & Eastern Bloc Nations
US & the Western Democracies
SUPERPOWERS
GOAL  spread world-wide Communism
GOAL  Stop the spread of Communism & the eventual collapse of the Communist world.
METHODOLOGIES:
[Communist govt. & command economy vs. democratic govt. & capitalist economy]

11. You just got a job working as a news reporter for the New York Times
You just got a job working as a news reporter for the New York Times. Your boss is willing to give you a huge raise if you write an article on the early events of the Cold War. However, you will only get the raise if you explain the events from both sides of the War. You must explain: Why did the U.S. think these events started? Why did the S.U. think these events started? Your boss gives you the following checklist of events that should be mentioned. He would like you to use at least 2 of these events, otherwise, say goodbye to your raise!!
Meeting at Potsdam, Germany Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Policy of Containment - NATO /Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan

12. Truman Doctrine [1947] Civil War in Greece.
Turkey under pressure from the USSR for concessions in the Dardanelles.
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.

13. 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.
$12.5 billion of US aid to Western Europe extended to Eastern Europe & USSR, [but this was rejected].

14. Cold War Actions and Reactions
SOVIET UNION UNITED STATES
Pressure on Turkey
Aid Greek communist
insurgents
Truman Doctrine
1947
Molotov Plan
(economic aid to
Eastern Europe)
European Recovery Act
Marshall Plan
1947

15. Post-War Germany

16. Berlin Blockade & Airlift (1948-49)

17. Pressure on Turkey
Aid Greek communist
insurgents
Blockade Ground
Traffic to Berlin
Berlin Airlift
1948
Warsaw Pact
NATO
1949

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

19. Warsaw Pact (1955) U. S. S. R. Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Rumania

20. 3-2-1 Summarizer Identify 3 early events of the Cold War
Compare 2 events
Explain 1 reason how these events caused more tension between the superpowers