2. Opposing Ideologies USA Government: Democratic Republic Power resides with people electing officials Free Market Economy Innocent until proven guilty Constitution limits government power
3. Opposing IdeologiesUSSR Socialism Government: Communism Power Resides with the Government Economy control resides through the government Totalitarianism
4. Prelude Yalta Conference Attended by the “Big Three” leaders Discussion of Europe post WWII Stalin expanding the USSR Last Full Conference for FDR
5. Potsdam Conference Spread of the Red Army Truman’s first discussions with Stalin USA asks for USSR’s efforts vs. Japan Stalin continues to ignore others wants
6. End of WWII Scramble in Europe USSR slight involvement in Japan Atomic Bomb drops in Japan Japan surrenders before Red Army arrives
7. Post WWII Red Army gains strength in numbers Red Army continues to move west Truman begins to discuss the halt of Communism
8. Truman Doctrine March 12, 1947 Aid to Turkey and Greece Strategic land vital to stop Communism
9. Truman Doctrine Needed aid to resist communism Turkey no received aid from USA in past Economic and Military aid
10. The Marshall Plan Presented by Secretary of State George Marshall Soviets reject all other ideas Gathered criticism for helping diverse economies
11. The Marshall Plan Europe in a state of repair Needs a different solution then WWI Slow Recovery USA Funded $13 million in relief effort
12. NATO North American Treaty Alliance Established April 4, 1949 Canada, USA and most of Western Europe
13. NATO Huge part in Korean War NATO vs. Regular Forces Most powerful alliance ever created
14. Warsaw Pact USSR response to NATO Issued May 14, 1955 Organized Red States together as one
15. Warsaw Pact 8 Communist Countries USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania NATO and Warsaw Pact nations never waged war on another.
16. The Cold War USA vs. USSR Not a physical war Strategic continuous planning and plotting Threat of Nuclear War Parting Question How is a winner declared?
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