Unit: The Cold War Topic: Communism Spreads

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Unit The Cold WarTopic Communism Spreads
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1. Mutual Distrust
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• The U.S. feared the spread of Communism.

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1. Stalin had forced Communism upon Poland and other
   Eastern European countries.
2. These countries were called satellites of the
   Soviet Union.

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1. The Soviet Union has no year-round warm-water
   port they must depend on the Bosporus Strait to
   enter the Mediterranean Sea.

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1. When Stalin began to eye Greece and Turkey to
   control access to the Strait, the U.S. took
   action.

Russia's only warm-water port
The Bosporus Strait
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2. The U.S. Gets Serious!
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1. In March 1947, President Truman created the
   Truman Doctrine to give military and economic aid
   to any country threatened by Communism.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
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1. It stopped Stalins advances on Greece and Turkey
   for control of the Bosporus.

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1. The Marshall Plan (1947) was a massive economic
   aid package designed to strengthen war-torn
   European countries and turn them away from
   Communism.

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1. Both policies were based on the theory of
   containment, which involved limiting Communism to
   areas already under Soviet control.

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Classwork!

• Truman Doctrine military and monetary aid
• Marshall Plan monetary aid
• Containment stop Communism from spreading