1.  Learning Target: o I can defend an argument about the causes of the Cold War.  Opener: o Review: What was the Truman Doctrine?

2.  After WW2, US and Soviet Union were world superpowers  Cold War began to emerge over US and Soviet disagreements about… o New communist governments in Eastern Europe

3.  The Truman Doctrine said… o The US would help anyone fighting against communism

4.  The U.S. adopted a strategy of containment to… o Prevent the spread of communism

5.  The Berlin Blockade was when the Soviet Union… o Stopped all movement into West Berlin  The U.S. beat the blockade by… o Airlifting supplies into West Berlin

6.  NATO was… o An alliance formed by the U.S. and 11 European countries to counter the Soviet Union

7.  Who was responsible for starting the Cold War?