Wednesday May 4

presentations start today ^_^.

"I'm currently fighting a cold war"- Nick (Lol)

 

Cold war-was a war of ideals and invention... not a real war.

 

Goals- policy of containment-used military, economy and such to contain communism.

domino effect-one country becomes communism and it would fall other countries.

iron curtain speech-berlin wall, divided europe in two. kept info to minimum between east and west. churchill

marshal plan-strengthened countries stuff, industries, them to be self-reliant. gave them 13 billion.

Truman Doctrine-help greece and turkey, 400 million, no military

 

House Committee on Un-american activities-1938, investigate communists, anyone in america. considered looking into the KKK but decided not to until for some time later.

 

ability to subpen witness and hold them in contempt of congress. Mc Carthy used their interogation techniques.

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