1. Key Terms: Cold Warcontainment Iron CurtainSatellite nation Truman DoctrineBerlin Airlift Marshall PlanNATO United NationsWarsaw Pact

2. Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?

4. Why is there a barrier across Europe?

5. Iron Curtain Speech Churchill giving his “iron curtain” speech in March of 1946 at Fulton, Missouri. "A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victories.... From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.”

6. Post-War Europe

7. Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War? Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War? WANTS TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY WANTS TO SPREAD COMMUNISM UNITED STATES: STATES:SOVIETUNION: ALLOWS FREEDOM AND CHOICES ALLOWS FREEDOM AND CHOICES LIMITS FREEDOM AND CHOICES LIMITS FREEDOM AND CHOICES BUILDING UP MILITARY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS WANTS TO BE A SUPERPOWER WANTS A FREE EASTERN EUROPE WANTS TO CONTROL EASTERN EUROPE BUILDING UP SPACE PROGRAM

8. TRUMAN DOCTRINE “THE SEEDS OF TOTALITARIAN REGIMES ARE NURTURED BY MISERY AND WANT. THEY SPREAD AND GROW IN THE EVIL SOIL OF POVERTY AND STRIFE. THEY REACH THEIR FULL GROWTH WHEN THE HOPE OF A PEOPLE FOR A BETTER LIFE HAS DIED. WE MUST KEEP THAT HOPE ALIVE. THE FREE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD LOOK TO US FOR SUPPORT IN MAINTAINING THEIR FREEDOMS. IF WE FALTER IN OUR LEADERSHIP, WE MAY ENDANGER THE PEACE OF THE WORLD -- AND WE SHALL SURELY ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF OUR OWN NATION. GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN PLACED UPON US BY THE SWIFT MOVEMENT OF EVENTS.”

9. Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War? Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?

11. Causes of the Cold War Cold War- term used to describe the tensions between the U.S. and the USSR between 1945-1991. At the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Union promised to allow “free and open elections” in the territories they occupied at the end of World War II. Iron Curtain- term used to describe the divide between Western (Democratic) and Eastern (Communist) Europe. Truman Doctrine- the U.S. foreign policy to fight the spread of communism. Also, known as containment. The U.S. will support any nation that is under the threat of a communist takeover.

12. Aim: Why did the U.S. & Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War? Group Work: Explain the main idea of each cartoon.Explain the main idea of each cartoon. Decide whether you think the Marshall Plan will be a success or failure.Decide whether you think the Marshall Plan will be a success or failure. Will the Marshall Plan bring peace or problems for Europe?Will the Marshall Plan bring peace or problems for Europe?

13. Who’s to Blame?? President Truman Premier Stalin

14. Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become enemies during the Cold War?