1. Done By: Mariam Al-Kethairi & Fatima Totten 9A

2. The Cold War was the continuing state from
roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military
tension, and economic competition between
Communist world, and the powers of the western
world. There were two primarily sides which were
the Unites States and its allies, and the Soviet
Union and the Satellite States.

4. America’s leader Truman wanted Europe to be free and to end
communism and to spread prosperity and democracy.
In the other hand, Russia wanted East Europe to become a
communist and to spread communism. And Stalin, Russia’s ruler,
wanted Germany weak and divided which was the opposite of what
the US wanted which led to starting the conflict and the cold war.
The countries that Stalin decided to keep
under his reign were called the satellite
states, which are the countries that were
forced to become communist countries
The tension between the US and Russia
in freedom of choice and option led to
creating an imaginary line that separated
free vs. not free which was called
‘iron curtain’ between the two countries. .

8. Truman responded in a doctrine know as ‘ Truman doctrine’ which stated
that the US would rescue and aid any country struggling against
communism just like how he helped Turkey and Greece.
Truman also responded by putting effort to apply the ‘containment’ idealism
which meant keeping communism within its existing borders and stopping it
from spreading.
He also responded by creating the Marshall Plan which
was a US program to help countries that desperately
needed assistance.

11. Most of the people migrated from the east to recover and to ask
for a better life by moving to the west side of Berlin, because the
west was doing better economically. Stalin had to block Berlin
from eastern Europe and so he blocked all roads, railways,
water ways and even shot anyone that tried to pass through.
Stalin couldn't stand the west’s intervention and this resulted
into creating the physical border known as the Berlin Wall.
Since Stalin blocked most possibilities the Allies did an airlift
known as the ‘Berlin Airlift’ that Stalin could not block since he
wasn’t capable to blockade the sky
After having the Allies create the airlift, Stalin’s plans failed
which led him into giving up and results to the loss of gamble.