April 25-29

Monday- Cold War

Tuesday- Cold War

Wednesday- Cold War

Thursday-

Friday-

Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine
    • US will help countries stop and fight communism
      • Money
      • Guns
      • Supplies
      • Soldiers
  • Truman
    • Lowest Approval Rating in US history
    • President during a very tough time
  • Marshall Plan
    • Gave money European countries
    • Help restore economies
    • Help stop communism
  • George Marshall
    • Head of US military
    • Boss
    • After WWII became secretary of the US
  • Brinkmanship
    • US has to be able to go to the brink of war without going to war
  • Massive Retaliation
    • One attack leads to another sides attack
  • Mutual Deterrence
    • You won't attack because of fear to be attacked back
  • Mutual Assured Destruction
    • If we use nuclear weapons the world will be destroyed
  • Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
    • Alliance system for defense against Russia
    • Defensive Alliance with Western Europe(Most of Europe today)
  • Warsaw Pact 
    • Soviet Union/Eastern Europe ally pact
  • CIA 
    • Gathers intelligence on other countries
  • KGB
    • FBI and CIA combined 
  • Nikita Khrushchev
    • Soviet
    • Peaceful Co-existence
      • US and Soviet can live with the other even though theiy have a different government
    • De-Stalinization
      • Take away everything Stalin
      • Statues 
      • Acts
  • Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Comes to power in USSR- 1985
    • Tore the USSR down to change it
      • Decreased Nuclear weapons
    • Perestroika and Glasnost-1985
      • Perestroika- Reconstructing of the soviet economy
        • More democracy 
        • Free elections
      • Glasnost- Openness of the Soviet Government
        • Free Speech and Press
  • Nuclear Warfare
    • Nuclear Bombs
      • USSR's First Atomic Bomb Test-1949
    • Nuclear Powers
      • US-1945
      • Russia-1949
      • UK- 1952
      • France -1960
      • China-1964
      • India-1974
      • Pakistan- 1998
      • North Korea- 2006
      • Israel-??
      • Iran- Developing??
    • Nuclear Treaties and Organizations 
      • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty-1963
        • Partial
        • Stopped testing above ground
      • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
        • Prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapon technology
        • Promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy
        • Further the goal of general and nuclear disarment
      • Anti-Ballistic Missile
        • Limited weapons that would seek out and destroy nuclear weapons
          • (Nuclear Defense System)
          • George W. Bush withdrew from this in 2002 
            • Due to US development of anti-ballistic missile
      • Salt Treaty
        • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
          • Froze number of strategic ballistic missiles launchers at existing level
            • Submarines
      • Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
        • Banned all forms of nuclear testing
          • Signed by Bill Clinton
          • Not Ratified by senate
            • Senate wanted us to be able to test if we needed to.
      • International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)
        • Weapon inspectors
          • Make sure countries are following the rules
      • INF Treaty
        • Eliminated Use of Nuclear missiles
      • START
        • Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
          • Removal of about 80 percent of all strategic nuclear weapons
      • Sort
        • Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
          • Get rid of deployed and nuclear weapons by half
            • Achieved in 4 years
      • New START
        • Signed by Obama
          • Number of nuclear weapons are reduced by half

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