1. Cold War: overview 11.7.8 and 11.9

2. Focus Question 1 Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan to rebuild itself after the war and the importance of a rebuilt Europe to the U.S. economy.

3. Focus Question 2 Analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II.

4. Cold WAR USSR leaders Joseph Stalin Ruled USSR 1924-1953

5. Nikita KhrushchevLeonid Brezhnev 1953 – 19641964-1982

6. Mikhail Gorbachev 1985 - 1991

7. US Presidents

10. Think, answer and share How many USSR leaders from 1945 – 1991? Compare that to the United States Presidents? Why is there such a big difference? Predict : Will the policy toward the USSR change with the different leaders? Why?

11. Cold War Tensions No direct fire exchanged how does the cold war manifest between the USSR and US? –Through proxy wars

12. definition noun, plural prox·ies. 1. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.actthe 2. the person so authorized; substitute; agent.

13. Proxy Wars The Cold War was fought by substitutes or proxies. Which wars? –Turkey –Greece –Korea –Vietnam –Afghanistan All proxy wars

14. What does this mean? If their troops were in the region ours were not, but our MONEY AND WEAPONS WERE. If OUR troops were in the fighting region THEIRs were not, but their MONEY and WEAPONS WERE!! No direct shots fired between USSR military and the USA military

15. How do the tensions build? Conferences at Yalta and Potsdam Free elections in E. Europe Berlin Airlift The separation of Germany permanently Berlin Airlift Greek and Turkey NATO Warsaw Pact 1949 China falls to Mao and the Communists Korean War SEATO USSR obtains the atomic bomb Sept. 2, 1949 Arms race Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik

16. US Response 1.Marshal Plan 2.NATO est. 3.Truman Doctrine 4.Containment Policy - Korean War first extension of this policy 5.Domino Theory 6.SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

17. US Response 1.Massive retaliation - threat to use nuclear weapons 2.Arms race 3.NASA created 4.JFK promises we will be the first on the moon