5. The Cold War (1945-1991)
Democracy vs. Communism
I.
6. United States of AmericaUnited States of America
• SuperpowerSuperpower
• Leader of democraticLeader of democratic
nationsnations
• TremendousTremendous
Economic powerEconomic power
• Only nation withOnly nation with
atomic bombatomic bomb
8. The Iron Curtain
• Churchill gives a speech
referring to an “Iron Curtain”
• Invisible line separating
Western (Democracy) from
Eastern (Communism) Europe
9. Containment in Europe
• Policy of Containment
U.S. attempt to stop
the spread of
communism in Europe
• Truman Doctrine (1947)
Military and economic aid
given to help nations resist
Communism
• Marshall Plan (1948)
Economic plan to help
speed up the economic
recovery in Europe to help
nations resist Communism
10. • Why would theWhy would the
U.S.S.R. want toU.S.S.R. want to
prevent theprevent the
Marshall PlanMarshall Plan
from working?from working?
13. B. U.S., Britain, and France
united their zones
C. U.S.S.R. fears a united
Germany and will not add
their zone
D. West Germany & West
Berlin are democratic
E. East Germany & East
Berlin are communist
F. Berlin is in East Germany
14. II. Crisis in Berlin
A. Berlin Airlift (1948)
1. Stalin blockade Berlin
2. Western Allies airlift food in
3. Stalin ends blockade 11
months later
B. Berlin Wall (1961)
1. built to divide East from
West Berlin
2. Anyone caught trying to go
from East Berlin to West was
shot
3. Wall is symbol of Cold War
15.
16. III. Democratic Alliance-NATO
A. North Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
B. Western Europe
C. Support each other
if ever attacked
D. “An attack on one
is an attack on us
all”
