Today we went over presentations.
Massive retailation and mutual deturance.
1. Define the Cold War and it's causes
conflict between soviets and US. trumans anti communist act treaty. political, stratigic and ideological struggle between US and ussr.
--WWII created huge rivalry between ussr and us. different philosophy
germany's split, troubles agreeing on zones.
ussr found out we were making atomic bomb.
US wanted to trade with countries all around the world.
ussr and us were major powers. tension.
contain communism
2. Policy of Containment -domino effect, mutual deterrence, massive retaliation, Truman Doctine, Marshall Plan, NATO
domino effect
one country became communist, effected another country so on so on..
because of this, policy of containment.
mutual deterrence
massive retaliation
Truman Doctrine
strategy to contain communism
march12, 1947
first containment doctrine
helped greece and turkey, help by money and supplies.
--NSC-68
National security council report.
communists planned for world domination
shape us foreign policy. "blueprint"
nsc written during the beginning stage of cold war
--marshall plan
rebuilding and creating ecomonmic fondation for western europe.
june fifth 1947, put into action
effect for 4 years.
us aided europe from the end of the war to the beginning of the plan.
--NATO
Iron Curtain speech
was a different imaginary line that split europe into two different areas
winston churchill.
it was a literal wall.
3. Both Berlin Crises
First; Berlin Blockade and Airlift,
june 24 1948-may 12 1949
first major point/crisis in the cold war
attempt to airlift supplies into our sector in Berlin
embarrassed soviets by how well we did so.
able to use rail again in spring
berlin against communism.
british and us, bizonia. +france, trizone
4. The Red Scare--McCarthyism and HUAC
HUAC
1938-1975
functions were transfered to the house Judiciary committee
leader, Martin Dies Jr. march 4 1931- jan 3 1945
aimed at german americans invloved with Nazi and KKK
Methods, pressure on witnesses to name former associatesm vague and sweeping accusations agonist individuals guilt because of association with a suspect
--McCarthyism
communism
witch hunt
anyone who was a communist, books taken off shelves
5. Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs and Missile Crisis
missle crisis,
october 1962
placing of nuclear missles by the soviets on cuba
cause; soviets didnt like how we had the advantage of hitting them but they could not hit us.
allied with cuba to get a better advantage.
--fidel castro
leader of cuba
--bay of pigs
amphibious attack to overthrow cuba govt
6. China
7. Nuclear Arms Race and Reductions
8. How the Cold War ended.
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