WelcomeBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

April 11, 2011U.S. History

Mr. Green

The students will explain the breakdown of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII by identifying U.S. actions made in response to Soviet actions

Announcement: Chapter 18/19 Test May 13Drill: Review the timeline on pages 604-605

and answer the following:1. Which occurred first-the Hollywood Ten

hearings or the Army-McCarthy hearings?2. Who was the American president when the

Soviets launched Sputnik?

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered

Former Allies ClashSoviet communism

state controls all property and economic activity

U.S. Capitalist private citizens controlled almost all property and economic activity

U.S. kept A-bomb development a secretU.S. waited to open a 2nd frontPotsdam ConferenceStalin agreed to free elections in Poland which

never happened

Origins of the Cold War Ch. 18 Section 1 pages 606-612

Truman did not want to give in to StalinStalin wanted to strip Germany of everythingU.S. had no damage to the home frontSoviets tighten their grip on Eastern EuropeAlbania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,

Romania, and Poland become satellite nations of U.S.S.R.

U.S. established a policy of containmentGeorge F. Kennan wrote a policy of containment to

block the Soviets’ attempts to spread communismChurchill proclaimed an “iron curtain has descended

across the continent”

Tension Mounts

The Truman DoctrineTruman asked Congress on March 12, 1947 for

$400 million dollars to aid Greece and Turkey against a communist takeover

U.S. would support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeover

Marshall PlanU.S. aid to rebuild Europe and prevent communist

takeoversCountries that joined had to remove trade barriers and cooperate economically with one another

Cold War in Europe

Berlin AirliftSoviets cut off transportation into West Berlin from

May 1948-May 1949U.S. provided food via air drops to West Berliners U.S. won and Germany divided into 2

East and West GermanyNATOCreated to prevent an attack from the U.S.S.R.U.S. joined in April 1949-an attack on one is an attack

on all1st time U.S. entered a military alliance during

peacetime

Superpowers Struggle over Germany

Complete the Guided Reading sheet and submit prior to the end of class.

Independent Work

Should the United States join NATO? Explain your position with evidence from the text.

Wrap-Up

1. Read Chapter 18 Section 1

Homework