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Aim: How did the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union develop?
Notes:
Cold War Vocabulary
Containment – – the policy taken by the U.S. In order to prevent the spread of Communism.
Truman Doctrine – Harry Truman’s policy to support Greece and Turkey, as well as other states in the Mediterranean.
Marshall Plan – the American initiative to aid Europe, in which they gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.
The Cold War (1947-1991)
United States and non-Communist European Allies v. Soviet Union and Communist Allies
The conflict was rooted in a Nuclear Arms Race
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization – military alliance between nations opposed to the Soviet Union.
Warsaw Pact – alliance between Soviet Union and Soviet Satellite states
Homework: Soviet Union Packet due Friday, 03/14
