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Do Now: Grab a worksheet from the front and complete the Do Now
Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) explain the Iron Curtain and Potsdam Conference (2)describe the policy of containment
Homework: Read and take notes on 26.2
Truman Takes ControlTruman determined to STAND UP to Stalin
Doesn’t want to “appease” him
Truman immediately tells Molotov (Foreign Minister) Stalin MUST hold free elections in Poland
Potsdam ConferenceJuly 1945 (War still going on…) Stalin and Truman finally meet in Potsdam, near Berlin
Truman feared that if Germany’s economy didn’t recover, they might turn to communism out of desperation
Reparations come up again…
Soviets want HEAVY reparations – Truman thinks it will destroy Germany
Truman suggested that Soviets take reparations from THEIR zone, while allies revived industries in their zones
Stalin opposes (His area mostly agricultural)
Conditions for Acceptance:
1. Truman offers Stalin small industrial equipment from other zones, but required Soviets to pay for it with food shipments from their zone
2. Truman accepts new German-Polish border that Soviets established
The threat of atomic bombs…
Stalin doesn’t like Truman’s proposal
Truman threatens with Atomic Bomb – Stalin thinks he’s being bullied, but accepts the deal
The Iron Curtain
Soviets not honoring “Declaration of Liberated Europe”
Soviet Army in Eastern Europe
Pro-Communist Government established: Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Communist countries became known as satellite countries (Not under direct rule, but were friendly to Soviets)
The Iron CurtainPhrase used as a metaphor to describe boarder separating the communist countries of the East with the rest of the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvax5VUvjWQ
Color-code your map using the map on page 782
The Early Cold War Years..
Tensions are high!
Many believed that cooperation could still happen, but all signs pointed to no
The Long Telegram
Officials ask George Keenan (US Embassy in Soviet Union) what’s the scoop with Stalin?
Long Telegram – 5,540 cable message explaining his views and Soviet goals (IT WAS HUGE)
Transcript shown soon…
The Long Telegram (Cont…)
Soviet view of world came out of fear
Claimed it was impossible to reach permanent settlement
Proposed “a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies”
Soviets have flaws (Keep them contained and they’d fall apart)
Containment – Keeping communism within it’s present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions
Crisis in Iran
Seemed to prove Keenan right…
Troops put in Iran during WWII to preserve supply lines
After war, Soviets kept troops in Northern Iran and:
Demanded access to oil supplies
Put pressure by helping local communists take power in Government
US ResponseSaw these actions as Soviet push into Middle East
Secretary of State James Byrnes sent a strong message demanding a withdraw
Sent battleship USS Missouri to Mediterranean Sea
It works….Soviets withdraw
How is this an example of containment?
Do Now: What were the Truman Doctrine and
Marshall Plan? Objectives: Students will be able to…(1) describe the Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan (2) analyze a video for key information
Homework: Finish notes on 26.2
Stalin focuses on TurkeyAug. 1946 – Stalin Demands joint control of Dardanelles
Dean Achesen (Presidential Advisor) saw as first step in plan to control mid-east
US Response in Turkey“We might as well find out whether the Russians are bent on world conquest” – Truman
Ordered USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Missouri to protect Turkey
Meanwhile in Greece…
Communist guerrillas rebel against government
Britain supports Greece, but economy couldn’t handle it and they pull out after 6 months
Truman DoctrineMarch 12, 1947 – Truman asks Congress for $400 million dollars to fight communism in Greece and Turkey
His speech outlined a policy known as Truman Doctrine
Goal – “Aid the free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
Marshall Plan
“Two halves of the same walnut” – (Truman Doc/Marshall Plan)
Secretary of State John Marshall proposed recovery plan
Aid to European economies
Stalin and satellite nations rejected offer
Billions of dollars end up being spent (Supplies, machinery, and food)
As you watch the film…
Make two columns for “Truman Doctrine” and “Marshall Plan”
Take notes on both
Keep these questions in mind: What did it do?
What were the effects?
Did it work?