Topics:
1. Causes of the Cold War
-Americans were afraid that communists were going to take over the world.
-Truman didn't like Stalin, Stalin didn't join the League of Nations. Stalin Killed alot of people.
-WW111 did not happen because it would have been an all out nuclear war.
capitalism- businesses owned by private owners.
-Russia hated capitalism because they believed that countries that had capitalism would go to war with one another because people would be greedy.
-America's Nuclear secrets. Didn't trust the Soviet Union.
-Russia expanded West into Eastern Europe even though they said they wouldn't.
-Russia was afraid of the Atomic Bombs.
-Communism- equality and government owns everything and no rights.
-Russia wanted to spread communism so they would have less enemies.
-Goals for US- Stop the spread of communism and promote democracy and wanted an open market for US goods to prevent another depression.
-Goals for USSR- Wanted to create security for itself by promoting communism. Feared a strong Germany. E-stablish defensible borders. Encourage friendly governments on it's borders. Spread communism around the world.
2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
-Domino Chain Effect- If one country went to communism they all will.
-The Iron Curtain- A physical divide between east- communism and west Europe- Demaocracy.
-Marshal Plan- We gave alot of money to European countries so they wouldn't go to communism.
-Truman Doctrine- Supported Turkey and Greece and gave them money and supplies for their military
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-
-Established 1938: american org., seeking out, false, innocent, unrest. ended 1975
-Who was involved ? US and USSR
-Poland=USSR life or death
RED SCARE
Communism scares in US
immigration No-No
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
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