Monday
The cold war
1945-1990
Semester test over cold war
1. Understand the causes, effects, goals and major events of the cold war
Definitnion
A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the soviet union from 1945-1990
Causes of Cold War
Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections at the Yalta conference
American fear of communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's frear of ta US attack
USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
USS'rs actions in their german zone
USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
Goals for the US
Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
Tuesday-
Winston Churchill
Iron Curtain speach
Iron curtain split the east and the western sid of of europe
Domino
Effect -Eisenhower - 1954
Fear of Communism spreading like the Domino effect
Truman Doctrine
in 1947 the British were helping Greek government fight against communist
They
appealed to America for aid and we responded with the doctrine
Greece recieved large amounts of arms and supplies and by 1949 had defeated communist
Brinkmanship - 1950
s - 1960's
NATO
In 1949 western nationst formed this
Nato was a defensive alliance
This was the first peacetime alliance in US history
Warsaw pact
1955-1991
Nato vs Warsaw
CIA vs KGB
Central intelligence agancy -1947 - present
Committe for state security
1954-1991
Peaceful Co-existence - After 1953
De stalinization -after 1953
1970
Detente-1970's
"Easing time"
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power In USSR - 1985
Wednesday
The Ballistic Missile Defense system
Program is designed to counter any nuclear missile attack on the UA or allies
Start I 1991
Reduce nuclear weapons
got rid of many things
Sort - 2003
Reduction treaties of nuclear weapones
Smith Act
Made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the u.s. government
Rewquired all non citizen adult residents to register with the government
Approximately 215 people were indicted under the legislation
Presecutions uner the smith act
Senator Joe mccarthy
Said he had a list of communist in U.S. government
freaked people out
from wesconsin
Wanted to run for president (republic)
He got power from government to find them
Never showed anyone
He lost all support and was sencored by government
Thursday
Bay of pigs
Kennedy didn't want it to look like it was his invasion
Made it look like anti America invasion
Kennedy lied to cubans
Military was outraged by this failing.
Cuban Missile Crisis - October 1962
USSR put missiles in Cuba
They had missiles that could hit almost anything in America
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
Soviets Invade Afghanistan - 1979
Ronald Reagan
Republican 2 term president
Berlin Wall comes Down
Nov. 9 , 1989
Boris Yeltsin - President of Russia
1991-1999
Becomes face of russia in 1990's
Why we won
We had close ties with our allies and the USSR didn't
China started siding with us after 1972
The soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US's was flourishing
The strong anti communist presidency of Reagan
Gorbechevs willingness to change and reform
Glasnost and perestroika
admitted soviet mistakes
took blame for the cold war
communist system had failed
allowed eastern europe to do what they wanted
Soviet Mistakes
invasion of Afghanistan
ignoring social concerns
spent everything on military
Friday
Korea war
Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910 until 1945
Split during WWII
The United Nations wanted an election
North Korea thought it would be rigged
Kim II-Sung
The North Invaded the South
China invades south Korea and come down to about Seoul and then America pushes them back
North Korea is not doing well
While south Korea is flourishing
The Vietnam Conflict
1950-1974
Frenc hConnection
French Territoy
1954
After the Viet Minh defeated the French Colonial army at the battle of dein bein phu
Geneva Conference
Vietnam was partitioned temporaarily into a Northern and Southern zone of Vietnam at the 17th parallel
In 1955 prime minister ngo dinh diem became president of the new south vienamese south
Escalation 1957-1975
Started with the deployment of military advisors to the South Vietnamese army
Started sending Green Berets for commando style operations
The Tet offensive -1968
the vietkong launch a huge offensive attack
Seems like we lost but it made the US. think that the military was lying to us although militarily we destroyed them.
The Pentagon papers
The government was not telling the full truth and the US was outraged and wanted the soilders out of them
Anti war
1 tet offensive
2. pentagon papers
3. Injuring /killing inoocent people
4. Supporting a bad government in South
5. The power of the press
Kent St.
People were protesting the Vietnam war
the National Guard had to kill 5 students for being way too
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