3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)- it was established in 1938 to try to find possible communists. they accused innocent people a lot. it ended in 1975. it was an american operation. it tried to find reasons to find communists. the big three were FDR, Winston churchill, and joseph stalin. the red scare was the fear of having communist coming over. people were paranoyed that they were going to get taken over by communism. joseph mcarther was born inwisconsin, had a law degree, young republican senate.
4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-
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
extra: post war goals for USSR- wanted to create greater security for itself. they lost tens of millions of people in WW2 and stalins perges. establish defensive borders. spread communism around the world.
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