1. The Cold War
Beginnings
By Noora Al.k and Shamma Al.Q 9C
2. •The Cold War was the continuing state
from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political
conflict, military tension, and economic
competition between the Communist
World and the powers of the Western
World, primarily the United States and its
NATO allies.
3. The reasons behind the differences
between Russia and the US at the end of
WWII.
• Stalin wanted to spread communism.
• The US and Great Britain wanted independent
states in Eastern Europe.
• The US and Great Britain wanted a strong
united Germany.
4. The differences between the US and
Russia.
• US: believed in democracy, ruled by president
Truman, wanted a strong united Germany.
• Russia: believed in communism, ruled by
Stalin, wanted a week and divided Germany.
5. President Truman’s respond to soviet
domination of eastern Europe.
• In response to the Soviet domination of Eastern
Europe, Truman adopted the policy of containment.
Containment is a policy that tried to keep communism
within its existing borders. Heissued the Marshall
Plan, Truman Doctrine, and Berlin Airlift.
• The Marshal plan: A 4 year program where the US helped
aid Europe by giving them food, fuel and money, so that
they could combat communism.
• The Berlin Airlift: An operation that allowed the US to send
supplies to West Berlin, using airplanes, because Stalin had
closed roads, stopped barges and blocked rail ways.
6.
7. The causes and results of Stalin's
blockage of berlin.
• Causes: Stalin wanted to capture West
Berlin.
• Results: Supplies couldn’t enter West
Berlin because Stalin had closed
roads, stopped barges and blocked
railways.
8. Terms
• Satellite State: apolitical term that refers to a
country that is formally independent, but under
heavy political and economic influence or control
by another country.
• Iron Curtain: A symbol of the ideological fighting
and physical boundary dividing Europe into two
separate areas from the end of World War II in
1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989.
