Transcript Cold War Begins Notes

The Cold War Begins
Roots of the Cold War
United States
Soviet Union
Why a “cold” war?
Category
One political party, the Communist Party
multi-party democracy
Organizations
All labor groups and other associations run by
the Communist Party
Unions and other organizations openly
negotiate with employers
Economic System
Industries and farms are owned by the state;
central planners determine the nation’s
economic needs; limited private property;
education and health care provided by the
state
Free enterprise system; private ownership of
property; supply and demand determine
prices; people meet their own needs with
some limited government
Religion
Religion is discouraged
Free exercise of religion
Individual Rights
Secret police arrest opponents; censorship; no
free exercise of beliefs
Freedom of the press and expression
Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Political System
Yalta (February 1945)
Beginning of the Cold War
Soviet
Union
Potsdam (July 1945)
United
States
Iron Curtain
The Cold War Begins
Roots of the Cold War
United States
Soviet Union
Why a “cold” war?
Category
One political party, the Communist Party
multi-party democracy
Organizations
All labor groups and other associations run by
the Communist Party
Unions and other organizations openly
negotiate with employers
Economic System
Industries and farms are owned by the state;
central planners determine the nation’s
economic needs; limited private property;
education and health care provided by the
state
Free enterprise system; private ownership of
property; supply and demand determine
prices; people meet their own needs with
some limited government
Religion
Religion is discouraged
Free exercise of religion
Individual Rights
Secret police arrest opponents; censorship; no
free exercise of beliefs
Freedom of the press and expression
Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Political System
Yalta (February 1945)
Beginning of the Cold War
Soviet
Union
Potsdam (July 1945)
United
States
Iron Curtain
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Origins of U.S. Containment Policy
“I believe that it must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who are resisting
attempted [conquest] by armed minorities or by
outside pressures. I believe we must assist free
peoples to work out their own destinies in their own
way. I believe our help should be primarily through
economic and financial aid, which is essential to
economic stability and orderly political processes.”
-The Truman Doctrine
Do you think the United States should have offered
aid to all nations facing such threats? Explain
The Marshall Plan
George C.
Marshall
Post-War Europe
Success of the
Marshall Plan
Germany
NATO
West
Germany
Berlin
Blockade
Warsaw Pact
Berlin
Airlift
Korean War (1950-1953)
Containment in Asia
China
Korea
South Korea
Truman on China
North Korea
U.S.
Intervenes
War Comes
to an End
UN Intervention
Eisenhower (R)
Truman-MacArthur
Armistice
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Origins of U.S. Containment Policy
“I believe that it must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who are resisting
attempted [conquest] by armed minorities or by
outside pressures. I believe we must assist free
peoples to work out their own destinies in their own
way. I believe our help should be primarily through
economic and financial aid, which is essential to
economic stability and orderly political processes.”
-The Truman Doctrine
Do you think the United States should have offered
aid to all nations facing such threats? Explain
The Marshall Plan
George C.
Marshall
Post-War Europe
Success of the
Marshall Plan
Germany
NATO
West
Germany
Berlin
Blockade
Warsaw Pact
Berlin
Airlift
Korean War (1950-1953)
Containment in Asia
China
Korea
South Korea
Truman on China
North Korea
U.S.
Intervenes
War Comes
to an End
UN Intervention
Eisenhower (R)
Truman-MacArthur
Armistice