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
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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
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
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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