We talked about our next assigned blog. Mine is Reagan's attempted assassination. President blog discussion. Cold War project.
COLD WAR PRESENTATIONS-
Causes of the Cold War- United States v. Soviet Union. Democratics(freedom) v. Communists(controls you). 1945-1990. differences in gov't, US didn't like it and thought that they would try to push communists to us and other countries. Free Trade- we thought that it would be good for us, Soviet Union didn't like it. US thought that Soviet Union wanted to over power us, and they thought we wanted to over power them(rivalry). separting Germany into 4 parts Britain, France, US=West, Soviet Union=East. they didn't know what to do with Europe. tensions between controlling Germany and the gov't there help start the war. Soviet Union didn't like Truman Doctrine- US can help any country that is threatened by communism, or the Marshall Plan- US rebuilding European countries. Atomis Bomb- US and Soviet Union both had nuclear weapons, but agreed not to use them, but intensified the Cold War. Truman didn't like Stalin- he said the only thing Stalin understood was us going to war with him. Red Scare.
Policy of Containment- overall policy of Cold War, stop communism four main topics: Domino Effect- mainly about communism, if one country has communism as there gov't then the countries surrounding it will become communism. not promoted by US. Iron Curtain Speech- said by Winston Churchill, term was used in the context of soviet-dominated Eastern Europe, a spliting between eastern and western of Europe. Marshall Plan- European Recovery Program(ERP) a large-scale economic of American program if cash grants to Europe with repayment of the money, created by George Marshall. goals: rebuilding a war-devastated region, removing trade barriers, modernizing industries, making Europe prosperous again. REBUILD EUROPE. to not spread communism into Europe countries. Truman Doctrine- started by President Truman, stated the the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them falling to the Soviet Union and trying to get rid of communism or to help it from spreading into Greece and Turkey, mainly military aid. supported by Repyblicans which controlled congress, sent $400 million but no military force, Greece and Turkey became our alliances, and Truman Doctrine helped start the Cold War.
House of Un-American Activities Committee- HUAC- created in 1938 to look into private citizens engaging in criminal acts against the US. main focus is keeping people from having communist ties. famous people who were accused of being communist- Hollywood Blacklist. the gov't put them on a list and they couldn't get jobs b/c they supported communist. the members of the HUAC are very determined to find communists and communists sympathizers by pressuring witnesses to give up the names of those who are communist. witnesses who did not give the info. needed were held in contempt of congress. Senator Joseph McGarthy used the HUAC's ideas and began accussing people of being communist. McCarthy started McGarthyism which was accussing people of treason w/o any evidence, this era in time was known as the Second Red Scare. The Second Red Scare was the fear of communists spying on our gov't. another fear of the US during this time was the Soviet Union atomic bombing the US. Red Scare made the actual communists in our country lay low, this scare helped minimize communist activity. HAUC became less important by '60's. HUAC renamed House of Internal Security Committe in '69, and '75 committee was ambolished.
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