Began Presentations today
1. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War? prevent communism
2. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War?
- Berlin Blockade/airlift - Germany and Berlin split into 4 zones, soviets wanted control of Berlin so built a blockade, US flew supplies in,
- Cuban Missile Crisis - closest we came to war, had missiles in Turkey, put up a quarantine to prevent nuclear missiles from getting to Cuba but there was already some in Cuba, military was going to airstrike then invade Cuba, last minute a compromise was reached, we would not invade Cuba if they took the missiles out, withdrew missiles from Turkey
- Red Scare - fear of being overrun by communists
- McCarthyism - Joe McCarthy, claimed to have a list of 205 communists, became one of the most powerful people in the US, Republicans, Catholics, Kennedy's, blue-collar workers and conservative protestants supported him, started accusing people in the US military of being communists, government stopped believing him and censored him, he was no longer powerful, became a drunk
- Space Race
- Bay of Pigs - Eisenhower was in charge of this plan, Kennedy agreed and carried it on, trained 1,400 anti-Castro Cubans in Mexico to invade Cuba, US was suppose to back them up but bailed out so it would not look like we were behind this plan
- Berlin Wall - went up to separate easy from the west, to keep people that are communist in, east and north is communist, 29 years, Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power, said the USSR would no longer interfere with eastern Europe so people took the Berlin Wall down
- End of the Cold War
3. Why did the US go to war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcome of those wars?
Korean War - (Beginnings, US involvement, Gulf of Ton-kin Resolution, Tet offensive, unpopular war, de-escalation, the end) called forgotten war, Japan ruled Korea until after world war 2 where it was split in two, Soviet Union had the North and the US had the South, Kim IL-Sung gained power in the north, Syngman Rhee in the South, the country remained split after elections, left Korea in 1950 which opened the door for North Korea to be aggressive, North invaded South, Mao is known for huge massacres, Mao had a culture revolution which if people didn't follow they would be killed, United Nations helped voted to help and pushed North Korea back to China, China was scared we would invade them, We did not want it to look like we invaded but McArther did not listen and was fired, most fighting went along on the 38th parallel, it was difficult to tell who to fight because they were dressed as civilians, biggest massacre was at No Gun Ri, both sides decided to sign an armistice to cease-fire, Eisenhower wanted to end the war and he achieved that, used many bombs,
Vietnam War - (Beginnings, US involvement, Gulf of Ton-kin Resolution, Tet offensive, unpopular war, de-escalation, the end) stop communism, North Vietnamese wanted independence, French wanted control but were defeated by the Viet Minh and withdrew, Vietnam was granted independence but that didn't really happen, Ho Chi Minh (Uncle Ho) - pleaded for Vietnamese independence, helped China, Japan invaded home country, goes back and fights, Vietnam was divided by the 17th parallel line, South ruled by Emperor Bao Dai, North by Ho Chi Minh, Soon Diem Ngo Dinh Diem gained power over south since Bao was a terrible leader, Geneva Conference - election held to unify the country, neither side wanted the election, ARVIN - south viet army, PAVIN - north viet army, NLF - Vietcong (south viet guerrilla fighters), US had advisers over there to help, Green Berets, troops for defense only, troops for offense, active combat (order we did fighting)
4. How did the Cold War come to an end?
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