After World War II, tensions arose between the US and Soviet Union due to disagreements over politics and economics, starting the Cold War. President Truman implemented the policy of containment to limit the spread of communism and instead promote democracy. This included the Truman Doctrine, which provided financial aid to countries to prevent them from becoming communist, and the Marshall Plan, which gave $12.5 billion to Western Europe for rebuilding to prevent the spread of communism there.

1. CONTAINMENT

2. REVIEW
 At the end of World War II, America and the Soviet
Union disagreed over politics (freedom versus
unlimited governments) and economics (capitalism
versus socialism).
 These disagreements created the Cold War – a
heated disagreement between the countries after
World War II.

3. CONTAINMENT
 After the war, the Soviet Union wanted to spread
communism.
 America wanted to contain (limit or stop) the spread
of communism and instead spread democracy
(voting).

4. PAY-OFFS
 President Truman was
worried communism
would spread and
eventually take over the
United States.
 Because of this, he
came up with a US
foreign policy where
America gave money to
countries to convince
them not to become
communist.

5. THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
 This idea was called the Truman Doctrine.
 It was used as a way to help stave off another
depression in Europe which might lead to European
countries becoming communist like Russia had to
solve their depression.
 $400 million dollars was given to Greece and
Turkey.

6. THE MARSHALL PLAN
 The Marshall Plan was
(to a degree) an
extension of the Truman
Doctrine. $12.5 billion
dollars was given to
Western Europe to help
rebuild and keep the
entire region from
becoming communist.

7. GOODBYE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
 Because the League of
Nations failed to stop
World War II from
happening, the League
of Nations was replaced
by the United Nations.
(same concept; new
name)
 The UN’s job is to stop
global conflicts and
prevent wars.

8. WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE UN?
 It has two major differences from the
League of Nations:
 It has access to a military if it needs to
stop war.
 America became a member right away.
 It actually got involved in the Korean War
and the division of Germany.