1. The Origins of the Cold War

2. 1.Who was President at the end of WWII? 2.What happened to Germany at the end of WWII? 3.Which two countries emerged from WWII as Super Powers? BCE

3. Potsdam Conference Summer 1945 Truman, Stalin, Churchill Plan to divide Germany is implemented Soviets wanted a buffer between their borders and Western Europe US/British wanted to spread democracies Potsdam was a failure

4. 4 The Iron Curtain Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain speech in 1946 Map of the Iron Curtain

5. 5 The Truman Doctrine, 1947 US will fight Communism Truman Doctrine Outlines Containment US gives $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey fight communism

6. 6 The Truman Doctrine, 1947 President Truman outlined the Truman Doctrine to a joint session of Congress in March of 1947

7. 7 The Marshall Plan, 1947 Marshall Plan 1947 US give $15 Billion to W. Europe to rebuild Fight Communism

8. 8 The Marshall Plan, 1947 A map showing how the plan’s $20B was distributed by country Photo shows a delivery of wheat from the U.S. being unloaded in Rotterdam, Netherlands

9. US Foreign Policy-Containment Allow communism to stay where it is but not spread Domino Theory- whole region in jeopardy US Foreign Policy for the next 40 years Eastern Europe- “Iron Curtain” Cold War-based on the threat of nuclear war

10. 10 NATO Treaty, 1949. Warsaw Pact, 1955.

11. Central Historical Question Who started the Cold War?