Before we begin

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Before we begin

• Take out a piece of paper. Answer the following
  questions
• What was the Cold War all about? What does cold
  war mean?
• Who fought the Cold War?
• What was the cause of the Korean War?
• What is mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
• What is McCarthyism?
• How did the U.S. economy and education change
  during the postwar period?
• How did pop culture and family life change during
  the 1950s?

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The Cold War

• 1945-1960

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WWII Aftermath

• Soviet Union occupied Eastern Europe
• Poland
• Czechoslovakia
• Hungary
• Romania
• Bulgaria
• East Germany

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WWII Aftermath

• Germany was also divided

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WWII Aftermath

• And so was Berlin

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• What were Trumans views on power? What were
  Stalins views?
• How did they disagree on the issue of
  self-governance in Eastern Europe?

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Truman Doctrine

• support free peoples who are resisting
  attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by
  outside pressures."
• Aid to Greek and Turkish governments

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Containment

• military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to
  lessen the spread of Communism
• enhance Americas security and influence abroad
• prevent a "domino effect"

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Marshall Plan

• European Recovery Program (EPP)
• Rebuild, create stronger economic foundations
• Western Europe
• Economic growth and prosperity

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The Berlin Airlift

• First major international crises of the Cold War
• Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway
  and road access to the sectors of Berlin under
  their control
• Allow the Soviet zone to supply Berlin with food
  and fuel
• Give the Soviets practical control over the
  entire city

The Berlin Airlift The Story of a Great
Achievement
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Alliances

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Goal "to keep the Russians out, the Americans
  in, and the Germans down.
• First NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay
• Warsaw Pact
• Military response to West Germanys integration
  to NATO Pact (May 1955)

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Your Assignment

• 16.2 The Korean War
• 1, 2, 4