Causes of the Cold War
- Policy of Containment: U.S. used military, economy, and international relations to slow down the spread of communism
- Domino Effect: When several countries turn communist, under the pressure of the countries around them.
- Marshall Plan: Strengthened Europe, it modernized business and industrialization, lowered artificial trade barriers, helped develop self-reliance, and gave hope for the future,
- Iron Curtain: divided Europe into two groups after WWII, speech given by Churchill on March 5, 46 and it addressed the segregation between East and West Europe, and it was then that the Cold War began
- Truman Doctrine: took over support from Great Britain, we helped Greece and Turkey-gave them money and military supplies but not troops
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-
- Investigated alleged disloyalty and subversive acts on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties
4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-
- Joe McCarthy: Accused several people, in Hollywood especially, of being communist. Initially held a lot of popularity, but that soon faded as he became more and more fanatical.
- McCarthyism: Publicizing several fanatical, unproven accusations of, in this case, communism.
5. Berlin Blockade and Airlift-
- Soviets tried to take control of Berlin. Attempted to cut off West Berliners from rest of the world, blockade was supposed to cause starvation and bankruptcy
- The airlift lifted supplies, LIKE CANDY, into Berlin
6. China becoming communist-Mao-
7. 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-
11. 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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