Topics:
1. Causes of the Cold War-
*My topic
PRE-GOALS
*Wanted to promote open market for US goods to prevent another depression
*Top the Spread of Communism
*Promote democracy throughout the world, especially in Asia and Africa
POST GOALS
*Wanted to create greater security for itself
-lost tens of millons of people in WW2 and Stalins purges
-feared a strong Germany
*Establish defensible borders
*Encourge friendly governments on its borders
*Spread communism around the world
2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine-
*Truman Doctrine-
*Policy of Containment- US strategy to prevent the spread of communism around the world. Response to Soviet Union spreading communsim to smaller countries. George F. Keenan is 1947.
*Marshall Plan- European Recovery Program, American program to help European countries after WW2 and prevent spread of communism. Began April 1948 by George Marshall. Goals are rebuild land ruined by war, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, offered to USSR but not accepted, $13 billion to part of post war recovery
*Iron Curtain Speech- By Winston Churchill, in Fluton, Missouri. One fo the most famous post-war speeches. Now called the Sinews of Peace. Changed the americans opinions of the Communist East.
*Domino Effect- Main reason for the cold war. Theory that communism would spread.
3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-
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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