Monday- talked about end of year project and took notes
- Definition
- A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1990
- Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- Discussion
- Communism vs. Democracy
- Socialism vs. Capitalism
Tuesday- workday on presentations
Wednesday- took notes
- Brief History of the Soviet Union
- Bolshevik Revolution- the revolution that brought communism to the Soviet Union
- Lenin- dies in 1924
- Stalin- takes over in 1927
- Purges
- Collectivization
- Nationalization
- Five Year Plans
- Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
- War with Germany
- Battle of Berlin- April-May, 1945
- Causes of the Cold War
- Different political systems
- US is based on democrazy, capitalism, freedom, opportunity and hard work
- USSR is based on dictatorship, communism, control and equality
- The Red Scare- 1919
- Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions
- Stalin despised capitalism
- Distrust during WW2
- Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections. He promised he would do this at the Yalta Conference
- American fear of a communist attack(2nd Red Scare) adn USSR's fear of a US attack
- USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
- USSR's actions in their German zone
- USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
- Different political systems
- Post WW2/Cold War Goals 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
- Policy of Containment
- Post WW2/Cold War Goals for the USSR
- Wanted to create greater security for itself
- lost tens of millions of people in WW2 and stalin's purges
- feared a strong Germany
- Establish defensible borders
- Encourage friendly governments on its borders
- Spread communism around the world
- Wanted to create greater security for itself
Thursday- took notes
- Truman Doctrine
- In 1947, the British were helping the Greek government fight against communists
- They appealed to America for aid
- Greece received large amounts of weapons and supplies from US
- By 1949, the comunists were defeated
- Marshall Plan
- In 1947, the US announced the Marshall Plan
- This was a massive economic aid plan for Europe to help it recover from WW2
- Two Goals:
- Helping Europe to recover economically would provide markets for American goods, helping American industry
- A prosperous Europe would be better able to resist the spread of communism
- NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- In 1949, the Western nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to coordinate their defense against the USSR
- NATO was a defensive alliance
- This was the rirst peacetime alliance in US histroy
- It consisted of:
- America, Canada, Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, and Italy
- Still around today and has expanded
- CIA vs KGB
- Central Intelligence Agency- 1947-Present
- Komitet Gosudarstvenennoy Bezopasnosti
- Committe for State Security
- 1954-1991
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