1. Causes of the Cold War-
- Different political systems-US based on democracy, capitalism, and freedom-USSR based on dictatorship, communism, and control
- Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions
- Stalin despised capitalism
- *Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections at the Yalta Conference
- *American fear of a communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's fear of a US attack
- *USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
- *USSR's actions in their German zone (Berlin Blockade and Airlift)
- *USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
- *This feeling of suspicion lead to a mutual distrust and this did a great deal to deepen the Cold War
Goals of the Cold War for US
- Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
- Promote democracy throughout the world, especially in Asia and Africa
- Stop the spread of Communism
Goals of the Cold War for USSR
- Wanted to create greater security for itself (lost many in WWII, feared a strong Germany)
- Establish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly governments on it's borders
- Spread communism around the world
2. Policy of Containment:
- US policy to prevent spread of communsim around the world
- in response to USSR, influence Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Vietnam
- led to develop North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
domino effect,
- a change will cause another change and on and on
- used by many leaders
- Pres. Eisenhower applied this theory
Iron Curtain Speech,
- Winston Churchill talking about Europe being divided into 2
- people considered it to be the start of the Cold War
Marshall Plan,
- financial aid to European countries
- stop communism by America giving Europe $17 billion
- money was used to European countries rebuild that were devastated by the war
- plan was to help European countries to gain strength and stop the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine-
- march 12, 1947
- truman didn't try to destroy the USSR
- mainly wanted to stop USSR from growing more
- pres. truman stated that he would give economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent them from falling into Soviet control
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-
- organization that went after communists in our country
- blacklisting directors/actors to keep them from getting jobs
4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-
- law degree, US marine corps, senator (disliked)
- february 9, 1950 gave a speech about communists he worked with
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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