Causes of the Cold War-
- American's fear of communist Attack- take over world
- Truman's dislike of Stalin
- American President-Harry Truman
- Soviet Union leader- Josef Stalin
- Stalin refused to join the league of nations
- Russia's fear of our atomic bomb
- The world
- all out nuclear war
- Capitalism
- people owned their governments
- Russia's dislike of capitalism
- we were succeding by using it
- America's refusal to share nuclear secrets
- Secrets are part of any war
- Russia's expansion west into Eastern Europe (broken election promises)
- Russia promised not to expand
- Russia's fear of American attack
- Russia was afraid of bombs and army, navy, ect.
- Russia's need for a secure western border
- to protect from US attacks
- Communism
- People were equal in every way and they had their right taken away
- Karl Marx thought of communism
- Russia's aim of spreading world communism- BIG IDEA
- More communistic countries
- less enemies
Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
- Domino effect-
- President Eisenhower and his national security adviser introduced the domino theory during the 1950's. All countries were going to fall like dominos to communism
- Irom Curtain Speech-
- Ideological and physical divide that was between the Soviet controlled ares in eastern Europe and the Democratic government in western Europe
- Marshall Plan-
- An american program to aid Europe where the US could give monterary support to help rebuild the European economies in the end of WWII to prevent soviet comminusim to spread
- Truman Doctrine-
- a policy set forth by Truman in a speech in 47 stating that we would support Greece and Turkey economicaly. This is often considered as the start of the cold war
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-
- 1938-1975
- American Organization
- Kept looking for reasons to find communism
- Red Scare
- fear of communism
- no immagrants
- Mcarthy
- accused Dean Acheson- Secretary of State and he knew 205 communists in the state department, was accused of being a communitst
- Mcarthy downfall
- republican withdrawl
- hurting presidential administration
- eisenhower refrains
- no stooping
- mathews
- protestant churches
- public rage
- June 9th, 1954- accused the us army of being communists
Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-
- iMovie
- Senator Joe McCarthy
- McCarthyism- a group of people who accuse someone of being something they are not
Berlin Blockade and Airlift-Brian-
- Berlin Blockade
- Lasted from June 24, 1948-May 12, 1949
- Main goal was to get the Soviet Union out of Berlin
- Soviet Union in Berlin
- Had control of west Berlin
- Wanted toe western allies to let them supply Berlin with food and other supplies
- wanted to have control over all of Berlin
- Blocked off all railroads and airports in east Berlin
- Allies in Berlin
- had control of North, South, and West
- north was france
- west was Great Britian
- South was US
- they were called the blockade powers
- Min goal was to drop off supplies to West Berlin
- Flew 200,000 or more flightw a year
- 4700 tons of supplies were dropped off each day
- The allies won b/c they dropped off so many supplies
- Blockade Ended
- May 12, 1949
- Soviets moved out of Berlin
- Berlin was later split up to east and west
- West Berlin was the Federal Republic of Germany
- East Berlin was the German Democrtic Republic
China becoming communist-Mao-
NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-massive retaliation, mutual detterence
Nuclear Arms race(1945-1970)-
Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs-
The Cuban Missile Crisis-
The Berlin Wall--Going Up and Coming Down-
Nixon's visit to China-
1970's Peace Attempts-Detente, Salt I, Salt II-
Effects of the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan-
Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative(Missile Defense System today)-
Gorbachev's/Reagan's changing ways-perestroika and glasnost, INF Treaty-
The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War-explain how it all went down-
The new map of Europe(up to present)-
Why the US won the Cold War-
Korean Conflict-
Vietnam Conflict-
Post WWII/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 the spread of communism
Post WWII/Cold War Goals for the USSR
- Wanted to create greater security for itself
- lost tens of millions of people in WWII and Stalin's purges
- feared a strong Germany
- Establish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly governments on its borders
- Spread communism around the world
Blog Discussion
- President Harry Truman
- 33rd president
- 1945-1953
- Became V-P for FDR in January 1945
- Took over for FDR when he died in April '45
- One of the most unpopular presidents of all time when he left office- 22% rating approval ratin
- rating has improved over the last 60 years
- 1948 election
- Truman vs. Dewey
- Accomplishments
- Dropping the atomic bomb
- no segregations
- renavated the white house after a piano leg went through the floor
- Truman doctrine- aid degree in turkey
- Marshall plan-
- United nations help set up
- stop the spread of communism
- CIA- Central Intellegence Agency- gater intellegence
- "The Buck Stops here"- he wll take all good or bad critisism
- Fair Deal
- similar to FDR's New Deal
- aimed to promote economic development and social welfare
- wanted to improve:
- Civil Rights
- Housing
- Social Security
- Minimum Wage
- Health
- Labor
- Education
- Ag
- Started to get involved with France w/$$$$$
- NATO- US allience w/ Western Europe during cold war
- He fired General Douglass MacArther
Ike
- Elections
- won by a lot
- convinced people about good things
- WWII D-day general
- Eisenhower vs. Stevensen
- won twice against Stevensen
- Accomplishments
- D-Day General
- End of Korean conflict
- set up and made interstate system
- Graduated from West Point
- Believed that the government made more money than it spent
- Nixion was V-P
- Had health issues when he was in office
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