finished some blog discussions
presentations:
policy of containment:
to stop the domino effect; containing communism
4 main parts:
domino effect: if one country has communism then it will spread to other countries
iron curtain speech:
winston churchill- used in the context of soviet-dominated eastern europe
iron curtain was the seperation of eastern and western europe; figurative curtain
marshall plan: (eurpean recovery program) help build up eurpean countries after ww2
goals:
rebuilding a war devistated region
removing trade barriers
modernizing industry
making europe prosperous again
also made to ensure that european countries didn't turn to communism
offered to the soviet union and the allies but they did not accept
truman doctrine:
US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them falling to the soviet union
aimed to stop the spread of communism and stop it from spreading to Greece and Turkey
Greece requested Britains help because they were near bankruptcy
the truman doctrine was informally the blame of the cold war
house of un-american activities committee (HUAC):
made to look into private citizens engaging in criminal acts against the US
keeping people from having communist ties
hollywood blacklist- famous people who were accused of being communist
celebrities were blacklisted- it was hard for people to get jobs because people had to fear that the celebrity could include communist propaganda
members are determined to find commuists and sympathizers by pressureng witnesses to give up the names
witnesses who did not give up information were help in contempt of congress
joseph mccarthy accused people of being communists
mccarthyism- accussing people of treason without any reason
era was known as the second red scare
second red scare- fear of communists spying on our gov't
another fear was the USSR atomic bombing the US
red scare made the actual communists in our country lay low
scare helped minimize communist activity
HAUC became less important by the 1960s
HUAC was renamed the house of internal security committee and was later abolished
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