week 18

Monday- Forum post leaders talked about their stories Notes

The Second Red Scare

  • Causes 
    • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Trial 
      • Found giult of spying for the Soviets-Executed in 1953
  • Causes of 2nd red scare
    • The Iron Curtain surrounding Eastern Europe- 1945
    • The USSR detonating their atomic bomb-1949
    • China becoming communist- 1949 
    • The Korean War starting in 1950- Domino Effect
    • Stalin's actions in Germany
  • The Compromise
    • The Soviets would remove their missiles from Cuba
    • The US would promise never to invade Cuba
    • The US would secretly remove our nuclear missiles from Turkey within six months 

Why did the US win the cold war 

  1. We had close ties with our aliies and the USSR didn't
  2. China started siding with us after 1972
  3. The Soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US's was flourishing 
    1. Huge Deficit
    2. High inflation
    3. Corruption
    4. Social Problems
    5. Shortage of basic needs (food, housing) 
  4. The strong anti-communist presidency of Reagan
  5. Gorbachev's willingness for change and reform 
    1. glasnost and perestroika 
    2. admitted Soviet mistakes 
    3. took blame for the Cold War 
    4. communist system had failed 
    5. allowed Eastern Europe to do what they wanted 
  6. Arms reduction Talks 
    1. SALT, INF, Reagan-Gorbachev meetings
  7. Soviet Mistakes 
    1. invasion of Afghanistan 
    2. ignoring social concerns 
    3. spent everything on military 

Tuesday- Watched 2 videos one on Fidel Castro and the United States attempts to kill him and the other on the Berlin Wall. Notes 

Wednesday- Notes Make sure to study slides 1-74 slide 2 12-16 and 19-20 we do not need to worry about.

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