we get our assigned blog...i got: Linden Johnson..elections and election results, major accomplishments(non cold war), assassination attempts, civil rights issues. me, reann and hannah
reann: elections and election results
hannah: civil rights issues
me: major accomplishments
The Cold War 1945-1990: US vs Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
definition of cold war:
- a political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union.
- Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- "communist"-1917
- US red scare: stopped immigration, reported radicals..we feared becoming communist and deported people.
- Communism vs. Democracy:
- Democracy:giving people a choice to say what they want
- communism: the government controls everything
- Karl Marx Theory: the majority of people are poor, these people are going to rise and overthrow the rich and government would fade away and create a class society where every one is equal. its immoral that 1% of the population controls money.
- Practice:
- Communist country's: China, Cuba,North Korea, Los, and Vietnam
- Lenin: He was in favor of the theory.
- Stalin: He took over and killed people he couldn't trust..became a dictator.
- Socialism vs. Capitalism
- Socialism: government owned
- Capitalism: people owned
Causes of Cold War:
- different political systems
- US based on Democracy, capitalism and freedom
- USSR is based on dictatorship, communism and control
- both thought their systems where better and distrusted the other intentions
- Stalin despite capitalism
- Stalin broke his promises at the Yalta Conference
- American fear of a communist attack and the USSR fear of a US attack
- USSR feared the Atomic Bomb
- Stalin acted like he wasn't scared but he was very
- we would threaten the bomb without saying it
- USSRs actions in the German zone
- USSRs goal to spread communism around the world. The US main goal was to stop communism
- the feeling of suspicion lead to the mutual distrust and this did a great deal of deepen in the Cold War
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Yalta Conference:
- Before the end of WW2 Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when it ended.
Post WW2/Cold War goals for US:
- Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
- promote democracy throughout the world, especially in Asia and Africa
- Stop spread of communism..drove us to do everything we did in the cold war
Post WW2/Cold War goals for the USSR:
- Create greater security for itself
- feared Germany
- establish defense boarders
- encourage friendly governments in its boarders
- spread communism around the world
Key Terms:
Iron Curtain Speech- Winston Churchill gave this speech in 1946, He said there was a curtain between East and West Europe which started the Cold War.
Domino Theory- US Government, if one region would go into communism, then another would like a domino effect, Us needed to stop it
Policy of Containment- a Policy the US took which helped us contain communism
Truman Doctrine- when we helped Turkey and Greece and used $400 million dollars
Marshall Plan-
Brinkmanship- almost go to war but just to the brink of war and hope the other people back down
Massive retaliation- 1945 when we bombed Japan and caused Soviet to make nuclear weapons and then we both have them so we don't use them on each other
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact- it was a defensive pact, Warsaw fell apart in 1990's then some have joined NATO, NATO is still around. Will take care issues in Europe, the two allies in the World War II.
CIA vs. KGB- gathers intelligence (spies) to protect the USA KGB was the Soviet Union spies
Peaceful coexistence- that communism and democracy can exist at the same time and work together
De-Stalinzation- 1964, to do the opposite of Stalin and say what he did was bad
Detente- it is french for "revealing of tension" late 60's early 70's ... helped things between Soviet Union and US
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963- this is as close we got to war with Soviet Union, they started bombing underground. Banned the above ground Nuclear testing
SALT - reducing how many nuclear weapons people have
Changes from League of Nations:
1. has a military force
2. and the US is a part of it
United Nations:
- General Assembly-
- Security council-
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