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1. Causes of the Cold War- 2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine-Policy of Containment; U.S. used military, economy, and international relations to slow down the spread of communismDomino effect; one country becoming communist sparked the decision of another one to be come communist alsoIron Curtain Speech; Iron curtain divided Europe into two groups after WWII, speech given by Churchill on March 5, 46 and it addressed the segregation between East and West Europe, and it was then that the Cold War beganMarshall Plan; Strengthen European economic foundation, it modernized business and industrialization, lowered artificial trade barriers, helped develop self-reliance, and gave hope for the future, we helped European countriesTruman Doctrine; took over support from Great Britain, we helped Greece and Turkey-gave them money and military supplies but not troops3. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)-HUAC; investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive acts on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties4. 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-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--
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