Assigned Blog #6;
John F Kennedy
- Elections and Results
- Major Accomplishments (non-cold war)
- scandals
- assassinations
- civil rights issues
Intro to Cold War:
1945-1990
US vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Definition- The political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and Soviet Union.
- Spread throughout the world- Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- 1920's Bolshevik Revolution "communist" - 1917
- Comintern- an organization that Soviet Union had and they would train people how to become communist in other countries government.
- US Red Scare - stopped immigration, we feared we would be communist, deported radicals
- Communism vs. Democracy- government is ran by one person and the government runs everything vs. people run the government
- Socialism vs. Capitalism- government owned businesses vs. people own the businesses
- Country: China, North Korea, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam
- Karl Max-
Theory- the people are going to over through the government and people will run the country and have everything they want
Practice- Lenin thought that they need Communist to get things into the right direction and later they would give the government back to the people, he died to soon to achieve this. Then Stalin became dictator and killed people he could not trust and the government ran everything.
- Causes:
Different political systems
Both thought their sytem was better, we didnt trust them- they didnt trust us
Stalin really despised capitalism - he thought it lead to rich people running the country
Stalin breaking his promises to allow free elections at the Yalta Conference
American fear of a communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's fear of a US attack
USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
USSR's actions in their German Zone
USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
Lack of communication and distrust of both sides
Yalta Confernece
- Before the end of the World War II, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points
Goals of US- Post WWII/ Cold War
- Wanted to promoted open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
- Promote democracy throughout the world, especially in Asia and Africa
- Stop the spread of communism
Goals for USSR- Post WWII/ Cold Wars
- Wanted to create greater security for itself
- lost ten of millions of people in WWII and Stalin's purges
- feared a strong Germany
- Establish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly government on its borders
- spread communism around the world
- Key Terms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_retaliation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction
http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page15.shtml
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
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