socsci 2

• the opposing ideologies of the us and soviet union
• beginning of cold war


  after ww 2, us and soviet union experienced diff fate as effects of the war, these diff affected their post war policies and goals in Europe
• us


  encourage democracy to prevent rise of communist gov

  gain access to raw mats

  rebuild European gov to promote stability and create new markets for goods

  reunite germany
• soviet union


  encourage communism and rebuild its war-ravaged economy

  control east eu to protect soviet borders and balance the us influence in check

  keep germany divided to prevent it waging war again
• factors leading to the cold war

  iron curtain

  the truman doctrine

  the marshall plan

  the policy of containment

  the division of Germany
• iron curtain


  1393 km long line that separated eu's soviet east bloc from the democratic west bloc

  popular aft Churchill used the term iron curtain to indicate the existing ideological differences between the communist east and the democratic west
• the truman doctrine


  between 1946-1947, the us started to feel threats of the soviet's influence in east eu
• the marshall plan


  june 1947, document was proposed by us sec general gorge c marshall
• provided approx $13 billion to restore eu


  provision of food, machinery, and other mats to countries in west eu

  successful since some eu countries stopped supporting soviet communism
• pres harry truman issued the truman doctrine

  the us will aid foreign countries like turkey and greece endangered by communist expansion
• the policy of containment

  july 1947, another foreign policy was adopted by the us - prevent further soviet aggression and to keep communism within its existing boundaries
• the division of germany

  feb 1948, great britain, France, and the us initiated plans of creating a west german gov by uniting three west sections of Germany including berlin

  the soviets prevented it by holding west berlin hostage - denied entry on any of the three west zones causing 2.5 million to starve (stalin thought alies would give up)

  Americans and British continued to help west berlin

  may 1949, soviets surrendered