The Cold War The Truman Years Focus Questions

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The Cold War: The Truman Years Focus Questions: Describe the origins of the Cold

The Cold War: The Truman Years Focus Questions: Describe the origins of the Cold War including the importance of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. Describe the “Iron Curtain” and its meaning. Identify the term “containment” and be able to analyze each president’s differing policies of containment. Explain the Truman Doctrine as well as the Marshall Plan. Were they successful? Explain events leading up to the Berlin Airlift and the division of Germany. Describe NATO, the United Nations and the Warsaw Pact. Identify communist gains after WWII. Discuss the Korean War and its outcome.

Cold War Roots The spread of communism led to conflicts between the US and

Cold War Roots The spread of communism led to conflicts between the US and Soviet Union (SU)

The Yalta Conference: Feb. 1945 Be rlin

The Yalta Conference: Feb. 1945 Be rlin

The Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference

Cold War Begins Satellite countries

Cold War Begins Satellite countries

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

Containment

Containment

The Truman Doctrine

The Truman Doctrine

The Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan

Marshall Plan to Aid Europe 1948 -1952

Marshall Plan to Aid Europe 1948 -1952

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Collective Security

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Collective Security

The Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact

• • • At the end of WWII, Germany was divided into zones

• • • At the end of WWII, Germany was divided into zones occupied by the USA, Britain, France, & the USSR Berlin, the German capital, was also divided but was located in the Soviet zone In 1948, Stalin tried to turn all of Berlin communist & ordered the Berlin Blockade which shut down all ground transportation to West Berlin

• In response, the U. S. began the Berlin Airlift • • •

• In response, the U. S. began the Berlin Airlift • • • For 11 months, U. S. & British supply planes landed in Berlin to bring food, fuel, & supplies Stalin admitted defeat & lifted the blockade in 1949 The U. S. successfully kept West Berlin from turning communist

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