The Cold WarPrelude to WWIII

1945 to 1990United States vs. U.S.S.R.

Black Hawk: Winching

“I believe it must be the policy of the U.S. to

support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by outside

pressures”

By Harry Truman

The Cold War

Foreign Policy1945 to 1991

U.S. and Foreign Policy

• The Marshall Plan• The Truman

Doctrine• The Berlin Airlift• G. I. Bill

• NATO• Warsaw Pact• McCarthyism• Bay of Pigs• Cuban Missile

Crisis

Testing new weapons became common

practice.

Cold War: A-Bomb & H-Bomb

Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Communism Spreads!

China’s Red Army

The Red Scare and the spread of Communist

beliefs.

Balance of Power

The Space War Begins

Did you know that Nye and United Middle are

fallout shelters?