Chapter 27 – Lesson 3

U.S. fears that Soviet goal is world domination under Communism

Soviet Union opposes UN peace keeping efforts

Western Nations distrust Soviet Union This era of distrust is called the Cold

War• Weapons are mainly economics and politics

Each nation stays armed

Soviet Union promised to hold democratic elections at Yalta• Stalin did not keep his promise

U.S. becomes worried about the spread of communism to European countries

Small countries would not be able to defend themselves against the communists without U.S. help

An “iron curtain” has descended across the continent

Dictators were supported by the Soviets

Iron Curtain stands for the military weapons used to keep control of nations

Believed the U.S. has power to stop the spread of communism

Truman Doctrine – water spreads where there is no resistance

$400 million to help Turkey & Greece fight off communist intrusion

Containment Policy

Secretary of State George C. Marshall asks European leaders to see how much money it would take to rebuild their countries after the war

Four-year, multibillion dollar plan is proposed

Congress agreed to fund Europe's recovery

In 1948, Soviets blockade East Berlin from Federal Republic of Germany

Truman orders airlift

For more than one year planes carried supplies to Berlin

Finally the Soviet Union ended the blockade

Blockade makes U.S. think about forming a group for their shared protection

1949 – Canada, U.S., and 10 European countries form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization• An attack on one member would be an attack

on all members NATO has its own military force

• U.S. volunteered 350,000 troops

Democratic countries tried to limit Communism during the ____________.

___________ considers an attack on one member of its organization to be an attack on all members.

The _______ was a Communist country. The _______ was an attempt to keep

Communism from spreading in areas where there was little resistance.

The ______ was a plan to help Europe after the war.