1. Unit 3: Post War America
The Origins of the Cold War
Guiding Questions
• Why did the wartime cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union collapse?
• What is containment and how was it applied between 1947 and 1949?
• What were the pros and cons of this policy?
• How did the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO fit into containment?
To choose one's victims, to prepare The American people desire and are
one's plan minutely, to slake an determined to work for, a world in
implacable vengeance, and then to go which all nations and all peoples are free
to bed. . .there is nothing sweeter in to govern themselves as they see fit, and
the world. to achieve a decent and satisfying life.
‐‐‐Joseph Stalin ‐‐‐Harry Truman
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2. Why did the war time cooperation between the Soviet Union and the U.S. fail?
The Role of Eastern Europe
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3. Why did the war time cooperation between the Soviet Union and the U.S. fail?
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4. Why did the war time cooperation between the Soviet Union and the U.S. fail?
Kennan's Long Telegram (1946)
*Princeton Grad.
*Russian Expert
*Member of State
Department
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5. Why did the war time cooperation between the Soviet Union and the U.S. fail?
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
March, 1946
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6. Conclusions?
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7. What was containment?
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8. How was containment applied between 1947 and 1949?
Truman Doctrine (1947)
• Greece & Turkey
• $400 million
Marshall Plan (1948)
• Western Europe
• $13 billion
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9. Cons of the Marshall Plan
Pros of the Marshall Plan
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10. What do you think?
Was this the right course of action for
the U.S. at the time?
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