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Title: Cold War


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Cold War
  • 1945-1991

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Potsdam Great BritainUnited StatesSoviet
Union
  • Churchill, Truman, Stalin Germany would be
    divided into four zones
  • Tension between the U.S. and
    Soviets become obvious

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Germany divided
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Iron Curtain
  • Winston Churchill- speech about the divide
    between Communism and Capitalism in Europe

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Truman Doctrine
  • Aid to Greece and Turkey to keep the countries
    from falling to communism.
  • 400 million 1947-1950

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Marshall Plan
  • 13 Billion to Western Europe 1947-1952
  • Greatly improved the economy of many countries
    destroyed during WWII
  • Kept the appeal of communism away

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Berlin Air Lift
  • Soviets block all routes in and out of East
    Berlin
  • U.S. and Britain fly in supplies for327 days
  • Soviets give up and lift the blockade

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NATO COUNTRIES
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Warsaw Pact Members states Soviet Union,
Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Albania.
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Zionist Movement.
  • political movement that originally supported the
    reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish
    People in Palestine, and continues primarily as
    support for the modern state of Israel

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China becomes Communist
  • Chaing Kai Shek v Mao Zedong
  • to Chaing Kai Shek (not enough)
  • Mao wins out because of peasant support
  • Nationalist government flees to Taiwan

Winner
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Korean War
  • Stop Northern aggression
  • MacArthur goes into Northern Korea
  • Confronts China
  • Threatens Nukes
  • Truman fires MacArthur
  • Cease Fire at 38th Parallel

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Space Race
  • Soviets explode an Atomic Bomb
  • U.S. explodes a Hydrogen Bomb
  • Soviets launch Sputnik
  • U.S. promises to get a man on the moon

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Cold War at Homepropaganda
  • HUAC/Hollywood 10
  • Spy Cases
  • McCarthyism and the witch hunt
  • Duck and Cover

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Hiss v. Nixon
  • Hiss is accused of taking bribes from Soviets,
    denies all accusations
  • Nixon doesnt believe him and continues the
    investigation, finds incriminating evidence
    Hiss is found guilty of perjury.

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Hollywood 10 off to the hearings
  • Are you now, or have you ever been a member of
    the communist party?

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Rosenbergs
  • Members of the Communist party accused of
    conspiring to sell Bomb secrets to Soviets
  • Convicted of Espionage, sentenced to death

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Eisenhower DoctrineUnited States would use armed
forces upon request in response to imminent or
actual aggression to the United States.
Furthermore, countries that took stances opposed
to Communism would be given aid in various forms.
  • The Middle Eastern region contains a large
    percentage of the world's oil supply. If the area
    was to fall to communism, the United States and
    its allies would suffer immense economic
    consequences.

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Central Intelligence Agency
  • The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a
    civilian intelligence agency of the United States
    government. Its primary function is collecting
    and analyzing information about foreign
    governments, corporations, and persons in order
    to advise public policymakers.

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U-2 spy Plane shot down over U.S.S.R
  • Spy program in question
  • One last trip
  • Frances Gary Powers
  • 10 years in Soviet Prison
  • Increased tension

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Bay of Pigs
  • CIA covert operation
  • Overthrow Castro/Communism
  • Eisenhower-Kennedy
  • Failed
  • Embarrassment

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Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Spy planes detect launching pads in Cuba
  • Kennedy/ Khrushchev stand off
  • Blockade led to ships turning around
  • Remove missiles in Turkey
  • Kennedy a hero

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Hot line
  • to decrease tension between the U.S. and Soviet
    Union
  • Easy communication to reduce the risk of nuclear
    war
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