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 StalinDoesn’t want to “appease” himTruman 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 BerlinTruman 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 GermanyTruman 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 proposalTruman threatens with Atomic Bomb – Stalin thinks he’s being bullied, but accepts the deal

The Iron CurtainSoviets not honoring “Declaration of Liberated Europe” Soviet Army in Eastern Europe Pro-Communist Government established:

PolandRomaniaBulgariaHungaryCzechoslovakia

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 worldhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvax5VUvjWQColor-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 TelegramOfficials 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 settlementProposed “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 IranSeemed to prove Keenan right…Troops put in Iran during WWII to preserve supply linesAfter war, Soviets kept troops in Northern Iran and:

Demanded access to oil suppliesPut pressure by helping local communists take power in Government

US ResponseSaw these actions as Soviet push into Middle EastSecretary of State James Byrnes sent a strong message demanding a withdrawSent battleship USS Missouri to Mediterranean SeaIt works….Soviets withdrawHow 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 DardanellesDean 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” – TrumanOrdered USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Missouri to protect Turkey

Meanwhile in Greece…Communist guerrillas rebel against governmentBritain 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 TurkeyHis 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 offerBillions 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 bothKeep these questions in mind:

What did it do? What were the effects? Did it work?