THE COLD WAR : BEGINNINGS

Alreem Alhammadi & Mariam Almansoori 9A

The definition of the cold war Cold War : was the continuing state

from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition between the communist world-primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies-and the power of the western world, primarily the United States and its NATO allies.

Iron curtain

The Reasons behind the differences between Russia and America at the end of WWII

America Soviet Union

Democracy Communism

President Truman President Stalin gained power and took control over Russia and its satellite states

Believed in free elections , economic and religious freedom

Dictator ship

Private property and respect for individual differences

Military decisions, the soviet people could not worship as the pleased, own private property or express their views freely.

Truman Responses

The containment : America shall not go to the war with countries that are already communist or willing to become. It will only support those against communism.

Truman Doctrine

The causes and results of Stalin’s blockage of Berlin

Causes: The Soviet blockade caused more than 2 million west Berliners to face severe shortages of food and other vital supplies

Results: The Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin