Finished pres blogs yesterday.
Moving on to Cold War Presentations today, 1-4. I'm #5, so i'll be going tomorrow.
Sarah first! Causes of the Cold War.
They were Communist, we are a Democracy; we did not really get along.
They, the Communists, always tried to spread to the surrounding countries. partially to have friendly borders, partially to have a buffer zone, partially to have allies in case of a war.
Stalin's Fulton Speech- Stalin sent a really really long telegram (approx 8000 words) basically stating that Russia really wanted to destroy the American way of life.
TheCold more was more a war of ideologies. no fighting, not really.
2nd presentation- .....the domino effect. spreading communism. The Marshall Plan. we gave a lot of money to europe so they wouldnt fall to communism.
ERP - european recovery plan.
Truman Doctrine- helping europe, etc we gave them supplies to help turkey and greece fight communism.
we essentially took the weight of the world on our shoulders - saving the world from communism.
Presentation #3
The House Committee investigated the KKK and other groups suspected of communism. they could could hold people in contempt of the court, they pressured people a lot, and if people didnt comply they were labeled as "red"- for communist, of course.
big quote, basically saying people will over-pretend in order to be believed.
Joe ?Macarthy and Macarthyism is drea's presentation, tomorrow.
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