the origins and legacy of the cold war:. i.origins of cold war - bernard baruch coins the term...
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The Origins and Legacy of The Cold War:
I. Origins of Cold War - Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War". A. Definition - Sharp diplomatic and economic conflict between nations, without actual warfare, particularly the conflict between the United States and its allies and the Communist Bloc of nations led by the Soviet Union and China from the end of World War II until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and when socialists diehards stopped in 1991.
B. Two Sides
United States1. US alarmed at Soviet aim to
communize world2. US alarmed at expansion of
Soviets in Eastern Eur.3. Dem. Gov’t4. Capitalist economy5. Guarantee civil liberties6. Freedom in social and
cultural life
Soviet Union1. Alarmed at US eco. and military
size.2. Alarmed at Marxist idea that
capitalism must expand to survive.
3. Alarmed at Truman doctrine of containment
4. Authoritarian gov’t5. Communist eco. Gov’t6. Limits on civil rights7. Cycles of repression and
freedom in social and cultural life
Potsdam 1,2
Germany’s Division
Poland’s Free Government???
Soviet Expansion, the Iron Curtain, and Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
NATO/Warsaw Pact
Communists Take Over China
Korean War
• Video Part 2
• 11. Loyalty Review Board/HUAC• 12. Hollywood Ten and the blacklist
13. U.S.S.R. explodes Atomic Bomb14. Alger Hiss
• 15. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg• 16. McCarthyism/Causes and Effects
– He may be a commie– Duck and cover
H-Bomb
Dulles and Massive Retaliation
Khrushchev
1. 2.
Suez Crisis
Eisenhower Doctrine• 1957 – Ike warned that, because of economic and political
instability, the Middle East was vulnerable to communist infiltration. Ike offers:
• 1. economic and military aid• 2. armed assistance upon request to communist aggression.• Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – yes• Egypt and Syria - no
Soviets Invade Hungary
Sputnik
• USSR 1957 1st ICBM
• Used later for Sputnik
U-2 - On May 1, 1960, thirteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit conference in Paris
Kennedy and Flexible Response
• Cuba – revolt under Fidel Castro/ Bay of Pigs
United States making the first underwater launch of a Polaris on 20 July 1960 from a nuclear submarine
Berlin Crisis and the Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Essay TestEssay Test
1. USSR dominates Eastern Europe
2. USSR A-bomb3. China4. Truman Doc.5. Berlin Blockade6. McCarthyism7. Dulles8. Hungary9. Korean War10. Berlin Crisis/Wall
CLC Greats list
1.USSR dominate Easter Europe
2.Marshall Plan3.USSR A-bomb4.NATO / Warsaw Pact5.McCarthyism6.Sputnik7.Truman Doctrine8.China9.U-2 Incident10.Eisenhower
Doctrine
Nixon and China - Detente
SALT I & II
Camp David Accords – US = Peace???
Soviet/Afghanistan WarVideo, Stinger
Reagan and the Cold WarVideo 1, 2
Fall of Berlin Wall - video
End of the Cold WarVideo 1, 2
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