Assigned Blog: (A couple left) -Ford! (Danielle, Taylor, I)
This one is Post WWII Presidents.
:Election(s), Who won, Major accomplishments (None Cold War), Scandals, Assassination attempts, Civil rights issues.
Lyric: Election, Who won.
Taylor: Civil rights issues. -All have Major accomplishments.
Danielle: Assassination attempts.
The Cold War 1945- 1990.
US vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR)
Definition: A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union.
Spread throughout the world- Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
1917: Bolshevik Revolution "Communist".
Comintern.
US Red Scare. We feared we might become communist.
:Deported radicals. Stopped immigration.
Communism vs. Democracy.
Socialism vs. Capitalism.
-Govern own. -People own.
Karl Marx's Theory & Practice.
Karl Marx: Wrote a couple books. "We can make things better" Middle class or poor: There going to over come all of the rich and government. It's going to make everyone equal and do there part. (Poor will overthrow Rich and Government)
Practice: Govern controls everything.
Communist Country's: North Korea, Vietnam, Louis, China, Cuba.
Lenin Dies: He believed in the theory. We just fought two wars: We can't dissolve the government. We'll fix everything.
Causes of the Cold War:
Different political systems.
US is based on democracy, capitalism and freedom.
USSR is based on dictatorship communism and control.
Both thought their system was better and distrusted the other intentions.
Stalin despised capitalism.
Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections at the Yalta Conference.
American fear of a communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's fear of a US attack.
USSR's fear of the atomic bomb.
USSR's action in their German zone.
USSR's goal to spread communication around the world.
This feeling of suspicion lead to mutual distract and this did a great deal to deepen the Cold War.
Yalta Conference: Feb. 1945.
Before the end of the WWII Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war agreed on many points:
The establishment of UN. Exc.
Post WWII/ Cold war gorals 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 communism.
Post WWII/ Cold war goals for the USSR:
Wanted to create greater security for itself. :Lost tens of millions of people in WWII and Stalin's purges. :Feared a strong Germany.
Establish defensible borders.
Encourage friendly governments on it's borders.
Spread communism around the world.
Cold War Key terms:
Iron Curtain Speech: Winston Churchill, 1946. Iron Current that separated the East and West Germany and the beginning of the Cold war! It was in Missouri.
Domino Theory: Existed between the 1950s to 1980s. The US government thought if one region went under communism that all the rest would. :Fall one after another like Dominos. (Very concerned)
Policy of Containment:
Peaceful coexistence:
De-Stalization:
Détente:
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