assigned blog #6:
post WW2 presidents up to Ford:
- Truman
- Eisenhower
- Kennedy
- Johnson
- Nixon
- Ford
research:
- election and results
- Major accomplishments
- scandals
- assassination attempts
- civil rights issues
- etc.
Cold War:
- Post ww2/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 communismhttps://mrbruns.ning.com/profiles/blog/new
- Post ww2/cold war goals for the USSR:
- wanted to create greater security for itself:
- lost tens of millions of people in ww2 and Stalin purgers
- feared a strong Germany
- Establish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly governments on its borders
- spread communism around the world
- wanted to create greater security for itself:
- Key terms
- Iron Curtain Speech-
- given by Churchill
- in 1946
- Churchill said that the was an Iron Curtain separating communism from democracy in Europe
- said in Missouri at a college
- Domino Theory (Effect)-
- 1950s-1980s
- US government
- one region went under communism then the rest would become communism
- like when you push over one domino the rest fall
- Policy of Containment-
- Truman Doctrine-
- Marshall Plan-
- Brinkmanship-
- Massive Retaliation/Mutual deterrence/Mutual assured destruction-
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)-
- Iron Curtain Speech-
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