1. Causes of the Cold War-
- Americans feared communism
- truman disliked stalin
- russia's fear of the atomic bomb, dislike of capitalism, fear of american attack
- us wanted free trade all around the world
- russia was afraid of being opened to western influences
- power rivalry
Post WWII/Cold War Goals for the USSR
- Create security
- Spread communism
- Defensive borders
2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine-
- Policy of Conainment- Policy made by US to stop communism
- Domino effect- when one country fell to communism all the countries around them fell to it
- Iron Cutrain Speech- Churchill's speech on how there is an "iron curtain" sperating east and west europe. West is democracy. East is Communism.
- Marshall Plan- (european recovery program) George Marshall made this plan. Western Europe economy recovery. We did this to stop communism, trade.
- Truman Doctrine-The Truman Doctrine was a policy made by truman. US support for Greece and Turkey to prevent communism.
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-
- scared Hollywood on what movies they were making
- black listed directors that simpathised communism
4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-
Marines captain (WWII) nickname "Tail Gunner Joe"
McCarthyism- the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence
MaCarthy used it when he accused people of being communists during the Red Scare
McCarthy died age 48 of a bad liver. Possibly could of been from drinking too much.
5. Berlin Blockade and Airlift-Brian-
6. China becoming communist-Mao-
- Chiang Kai Shek vs. Mao Zedong
- china was in civil war
- Mao won
- Shek went to Taiwan
- Great Leap Forward- china trying to become more industrial based and forgot about food.. people starved
- Cultural Revolution-
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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