Continued with the presentations:
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)- Mine...went well!
4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism- Abby's video
-McCarthy was formidable during his "reign" in the HUAC, but he was soon discovered to be pretty much full of hot air after he accused the US Army. They had defended our country through WWII, and now McCarthy was accusing them of being Communists.
5. Berlin Blockade and Airlift-Brian: June 24, 1948 until May 12 1949. The Soviet Union had control of west Berlin. They also wasnted the western allies to let them supply Berlin with food and other supplies. The Soviets wanted to have total control of Berlin, so they blocked off al railroads and airports to east Berlin. The US was supplying west Berlin.
6. China becoming communist-Mao-
7. NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-massive retaliation, mutual detterence
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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