Thursday 19-4-12

1. Causes of the Cold War-

Differences in Beliefs

Communism - Socialism - Equality

Democracy - Capitolism - "Freedom"

Greed - U.S. and Britain

Stalin breaking promise

Red Scare... Fear

Atomic Bomb

German Zone

Spread Communism

Suspicion Led To General Distrust

it is my opinion that mr. bruns is not a very good teacher

nuclear bomb drills

prevent another depression

Democracy throughout the world

stop communism

Security

Feared strong Germany

Spread Communism

Friendly governments on the borders

We Were Ahead
2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine-

stop spread of communism

Winston Churhcill

Soviet Sphere

Europe Split In 2

Financial Aid To European Countries

$17 Billion

Communist Revolution

Truman Doctrine - saved Greece and Turkey 
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-

HUAC Went After Communists

Black Listing Actors

Witch Hunt

Paranoia....

I Can Be Paranoid At Times
4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-

Law

Ended Cases Quickly

Marines In WW2

Popular Speaker

Widely Disliked

Communist List

Tydings Commitee

Exploiting Communism

Accusing someone of being communist without proof

Hepatitis

lost his power
5. Berlin Blockade and Airlift-Brian-
6. China becoming communist-Mao-
7. NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-massive retaliation, mutual detterence

North Atlantic Treaty Association

Sticking Together

Political & Military Alliance

Warsaw Pact Opposed NATO

Getting Rid Of Stalin

Improved Prison Conditions

Stalins Name Was Removed from Everything

Triumvirates

Stop The Killing

Insane Amount Of Nuclear Capabilities

Nuclear Weapons Have Not Been Used In War Since WWII
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--

21. Vietnam Conflict

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