Topics:1. Causes of the Cold War--Opposing governments-democracy vs. communism-economic-US encouraged free trade- Communist trying to stay cut off-power struggle-communism was being spread to european2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine--Policy of Containment- STOPPING COMMUNISM- US used military, economy, and international relations to stop the spread of communism-domino effect- one country becomes communist and another follows soon after and more and more start becoming communist- tried to conquor the world-Iron Curtain- divided europe into two groups-Iron Curtain Speech- Churchill gave this speech, addressed the segregation between west and east europe-Marshall Plan- give money to the european countries, soviet union and allies did not accept, modernized and industrialized-trying to stop communism from spreading3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)--established in 1938-created to investigate communism in america-considered investigating the KKK- but some members agreed with them-able to subpoena witnesses and stuff-Nixon was a member- Hollywood Ten- people accused of making communist propaganda in movies4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-■senator from wisconsin■very anti-communist■took fighting communism as kind of a witch hunt■McCarthyism- the political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty of subversion withinsufficient regard to evidence■how he identified communist◦people who sympathized with commies◦associates of known commies◦homosexuals◦hollywood figures◦higher ups in the army■tactics for conviction◦put in room◦threaten■attacking hollywood◦Entertainment Industry Blacklist- names- couldnt get jobs◦Hollywood 10◦Waldorf Statement- firing of Hollywood 10■political figures hated him■if they spoke out against him he would accuse them■was eventually fired■drank himself to death5. Berlin Blockade and Airlift-Brian-■Allied Control Council- rebuild germany■soviets wanted to make their chunk communist■Stalin had Berlin cut off from supplies and all that good stuff■there were no air restrictions made■US, Breat Britian, and France start airlifting supplies into Berlin■Black Friday- plane crashed cuz rain made low visibility■Berliners pitched in and helped load and unload■soviets couldnt do anything■ended blockade6. China becoming communist-Mao--Mao Zedong--leader of chinese revolution-lead communist party-china had been in a war with japan for 20 years-had lots of economic problems-agrarian reform law- confiscated farm land and gave it to others- put land into the wrong hands-change in china-*could get divorces*polygamy, prostitution and abortion were banned*banned arranged marriages*cities- no cars, no foreigners, no foreign business-three antis campaign*tried to get rid of capitalist-transitioned into socialism- based on soviet union-government ran businesses and trade and industry-Mao attempted to modernize china7. NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-8. Nuclear Arms race(1945-1970)-9. Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs-10. The Cuban Missile Crisis--closest we came to nuclear war-plane saw missiles in cuba-we had missiles in turkey-EX-COMM- Kennedy and advisors try to come up with a solution-put naval blackade up around cuba to prevent more missiles from arriving in cuba-Soviets said they would take the missiles out as long as we didn't invade cuba- we agreed to remove our missiles from Turkey-two leaders- kennedy and Khrushchev11. The Berlin Wall--Going Up and Coming Down-12. Nixon's visit to China-13. 1970's Peace Attempts-Detente, Salt I, Salt II-14. Effects of the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan-15. Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative(Missile Defense System today)-16. Gorbachev's/Reagan's changing ways-perestroika and glasnost, INF Treaty-17. The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War-explain how it all went down-18. The new map of Europe(up to present)-19. Why the US won the Cold War-20. Korean Conflict--
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