These days we presented our Cold War song projects
we went first :(
Cuban Missile Crisis- Soviet Union put missiles into Cuba that could reach most of the US
-we were going to invade them again if they didn't get rid of them.
-last minute compromise was reached: no more missiles in Cuba/in return we would never invade Cuba, and no more missiles in Turkey.
Red Scare- fear of communism taking over the United States. limited immigration/deported radicals and communists. Senator Joe McCarthy- said that there were communists in the government. held hearings that asked people if they were communists, and wanted them to rat other people out.
Supports of McCarthy: 1. Republicans
2. Catholics
3. Conservative Protestants
4. Blue-collar workers
5. Joseph and Robert Kennedy
Berlin Wall- built by the soviets to keep people in Soviet Berlin, because nobody likes communism, and democracy is the best form of government by far.
The Korean War- The forgotten war-
North Korea- (now)communist. Kim Jong un is the leader/took over after his dad died.
(Origin)- ruled by Japan until 1945/After WWII was split into 2 North(USSR) and South(US)/An election was going to be held to eventually unify korea. the UN held an election in 1948. The Soviet Union refused to allow participation in the election in their occupied zone. they thought the US would rig it.
Korean war ended with an armistice
Nam- Vietnamese wanted their independence
They got split into North and South Vietnam
they decided they would hold an election, but both sides thought it was going to be rigged so it didn't happen.
Kennedy and Vietnam- when he wasn't involved we were not hugely involved. then he got shot and his successor got us involved big-time.
the South president didn't like Buddhists. but he was against communism so we supported him. Americans were against supporting the Southern government.
Tet Offensive- We thought the war was very close to over but then the Enemy launched a huge offensive. Where the Vietcong went into the South's cities and blew things up and killed some people. was a huge military victory, but it killed our morale.
why the war was so unpopular:
Tet offensive
Pentagon Papers
Injuring/killing innocent people(My Lai Massacre)
Supporting a bad government in South
The power of the press.
How did people get out of serving?
1. Went to Canada or Sweden
2. Went to college(student deferment)
3. Got married
4. Medically unfit for service
5. Joined the National Guard or Peace Corps
6. Claimed to be homosexual
7. Being rich
Paris Peace Accords were signed on January 27, 1973 which officially ended US involvement in the Vietnam conflict
1. Fighting stopped
2. US would pull out of Vietnam
3. North and South Vietnam would recognize each other's independence.
In March 1975, the North invaded the South. The South was not strong enough and fell quickly
US did not live up to it's promise to come to their aid if the North attacked.
Vietnam is still communist today.
Why did We win the Cold War?
We had strong allies, and the USSR didn't.
we had a strong economy, the commies don't
FREEDOM!!!!!!
Today we also got our Post WWII president project
We got Richard Nixon.
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