The Cold War
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The Cold WarMr. MaldonadoAPUSH/USH
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Beginning of the Cold WarU.S.
Democracy
Capitalism
Voting by the people (competing political parties)
SOVIET UNION
Communism
State-controlled economy
No opposing political parties (totalitarian)
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Suspicions Begin
Soviet Union Resentful that the U.S. didn’t help in
Europe sooner Manhattan Project (Atomic bomb) was
kept a secret
U.S. Resentful that the Soviet Union made a
pact with Hitler
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United Nations
Peacekeeping organization founded after WWII (1945)
Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union joined
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Potsdam Conference (July, 1945) U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union met
Final wartime conference
Soviet Union decided not to allow Poland and other Eastern European nations to have free elections
Reparations would be taken from German occupied zones (split in 4)
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Aims for Europe (after WWII)U.S. All nations given the right
of self-determination Choose whichever type of
government it wants
Gain access to Eastern Europe’s resources
Reunite Germany, belief that Europe would be more productive
SOVIET UNION Encourage the spread of
communism
Rebuild using resources from Eastern Europe
Control Eastern Europe to balance U.S. influence in Western Europe
Maintain a divided Germany
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Satellite Nations
The Soviet Union set-up communist governments in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland
Became known as satellite nations Countries controlled by the Soviet Union
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Containment Policy
Truman and the U.S. began a containment policy Take measures to prevent the spread of
communism
Churchill described Eastern Europe as being under an “Iron Curtain”
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Cold War Begins (1945-1991) Conflict between the U.S. and the
Soviet Union that never resulted in combat
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Truman Doctrine
Truman asked for $400M from Congress to aid Greece and Turkey Fight off communism
U.S. Congress agreed…
U.S. would support countries in resisting communism
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Marshall Plan (1947)
Secretary of State George Marshall proposed that the U.S. provide aid to the people of Europe
16 countries received $13B in aid
By 1952, Western Europe began to flourish Helped stop the spread of communism in
Western Europe
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Germany
U.S./Britain/France decided to combine their three occupational zones into one nation
Stalin decided to block access to West Berlin (capital of Germany)
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Berlin Airlift
U.S. and British would drop food and other supplies to West Berlin for 327 days
Boosted American prestige around the world
Stalin lifted the blockade of West Berlin in 1949
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Division of Germany
West Germany Federal Republic of Germany Aided by the U.S. and other western
European countries
East Germany German Democratic Republic Soviet controlled
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NATO
The countries of Western Europe allied with the U.S. and Canada to form NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
12 countries pledged military support to one another in the event of an attack
First time in U.S. history the U.S. enters into a military alliance during peacetime
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NATO
Greece and Turkey joined in 1952
West Germany joined in 1955
U.S. would not keep an isolationist policy any longer
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China
Led by Mao Zedong and his Red Army, China became a Communist country in 1949 Formed the People’s Republic of China
U.S. refused to acknowledge the new government of China American people are stunned, felt the
U.S. should have done more to prevent this from happening
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The Korean War
Division of Korea at the 38° parallel
The Soviet Union controlled the North North Korea
The U.S. controlled the South South Korea
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The Korean War
The U.S. only left 500 troops in S. Korea Soviet Union felt they could easily take it
over
June 25, 1950 N. Korea attacks S. Korea United Nations Security Council passed a
resolution to stop the invasion of S. Korea
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The Korean War
Led by General Douglas MacArthur, U.S. led forces from South Korea drove the North Koreans back passed the 38° parallel
China joined the war on N. Korea’s side Chinese forces outnumbered the UN
forces 10-1
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MacArthur Lashes Out at Truman Gen. MacArthur began to criticize Truman
Felt an invasion of China was necessary Attack China with nuclear weapons Truman was against this idea
Truman (President = Commander in Chief) Fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Apr. 1, 1951
Cease-fire and stalemate (July, 1951) Demilitarized zone (38° parallel) Armistice
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Loyalty Review Board (1947) Investigate government employees and
dismiss those who are found to be disloyal to the U.S. government
91 “subversive” organizations were found
212 government employees were dismissed as potential risks 2,900 resigned, felt investigations violated
their Constitutional rights
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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) Investigated communist influence in the movie
industry Believed communist propaganda was being spread in
films
The Hollywood Ten 10 witnesses refused to testify, felt it violated
Constitutional rights Sent to prison
Hollywood began to blacklist actors, film directors, etc., for having possible Communist backgrounds
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Alger Hiss
Communist spy accused Alger Hiss (State Department official) of helping spy for the Soviet Union
Hiss convicted of perjury (lying – denied accusations) sent to prison
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The Rosenberg’s Sept. 3, 1949
Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb U.S. felt they were 3-5 years away from having one
German-physicist Klaus Fuchs admitted giving the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb Implicated Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Rosenberg’s found guilty and given the death penalty
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The Rosenberg’s
Rosenberg’s claimed they were being accused due to their radical beliefs and their Jewish background
Pleaded the 5th Amendment
Killed by electric chair June, 1953 First U.S. civilians executed for
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Sen. Joseph McCarthy Senator from Wisconsin (Republican)
Ineffective Fearing possible defeat in 1952 elections…decided to
look for an issue that would save his career
McCarthyism McCarthy began to attack/accuse people of being
communist without any evidence
Claimed to have information, at various times, of 57, 81, 205 Communists in the State Department Never produced a single name
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McCarthyism Did his name-calling only in the Senate
McCarthy had legal immunity, would not be eligible to be sued for slander
Slander: Spoken lies
Downfall McCarthy began to accuse the U.S. Army of
Communist ties (1954) Live-TV Senate hearings Senate condemned him for “improper conduct”
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The H-Bomb After the Soviet Union detonated an atomic
bomb, U.S. felt a need to develop an even more powerful bomb Hydrogen Bomb▪ 67 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on
Hiroshima
November 1, 1952 U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb
August, 1953 Soviet Union detonated their first hydrogen bomb
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Brinkmanship
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (elected 1952)
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
Dulles felt the way to stop the spread of communism is by promising to use ALL of its force, including nuclear weapons, against aggressor nations
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Brinkmanship
Willingness to go to the edge of all-out war
Eisenhower trimmed the U.S. Army and Navy, however, expanded his Air Force and the buildup of nuclear weapons Soviet Union did the same
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U.S. began to rely heavily on
information obtained by the CIA Used spies to gather information
Began to do covert operations in the Middle East and Latin America Covert: Secret/Undercover
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Iran Mohammed Mossadegh
Nationalized Iran’s oil (took it away from private business, owned by Britain, and put it under Iran’s control)
CIA funded anti-Mossadegh supporters (1953) Re-installed the Shah of Iran (pro-U.S.)
Shah of Iran took over…returned oil fields to Western companies
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Guatemala
Pres. Eisenhower believed the Guatemalan government had pro-Communist beliefs Gave 200,000 acres of American owned
land to peasants
CIA trained an Army…invaded Guatemala Guatemalan Army refused to protect the
President…led to his resignation CIA-trained Army takes over
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Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and 7 other Eastern European countries made a pact Similar to NATO
In response to West Germany re-arming
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Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin
Favored a peaceful co-existence Believed Communism would spread all
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“Open Skies”
Eisenhower met with Soviet leaders in Geneva, Switzerland
Eisenhower proposed an “open skies” resolution Allow each other to fly planes over each
other’s territory to guard against surprise nuclear attacks
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U-2 Shot Down CIA began secret-high-altitude flights over
Soviet territory U-2: Plane that can fly at high-altitudes without
being detected Infrared cameras photographed troop
movements and missile sites
Eisenhower wanted to cancel the flights (had resumed talks with Khrushchev about “open skies”— May, 1960) Dulles asked for one last flight…
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U-2 Shot Down May 1, 1960
Francis Gary Powers, piloted U-2, shot down by a Soviet pilot Powers parachutes into Soviet-controlled territory▪ Sentenced to 10 years in prison
U.S. denied spying on the Soviets Soviets had evidence…Eisenhower had to reluctantly admit to it Khrushchev demanded an apology and a halt to all U-2 flights Eisenhower agreed to stop the U-2 flights…no apology was made
Khrushchev angrily called off another summit meeting with Eisenhower and an invitation to the Soviet Union
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The Suez War (1955) Gamal Abdul-Nasser, head of Egypt
Wanted to construct a dam Tried to play the Soviets/U.S. to acquire more funding
Dulles withdrew U.S. funding once he learned Nasser was making deals with the Soviets
Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal (formerly privately owned by France/Britain) Angered France/Britain…would not allow supplies to
flow into Israel Canal was supposed to be open for all nations
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The Suez War (1955)
Israel, Britain and France sent troops to control the Mediterranean part of the Suez Canal
UN stepped in, stopped the fighting Persuaded Israel, Britain and France to
withdraw Egypt kept the Suez Canal
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Eisenhower Doctrine (1957) Soviet Union gained support in the
Middle East for standing with Egypt
Eisenhower declared that the U.S. would help any Middle Eastern country against attack by a Communist country
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Hungarian Uprising (1956) Hungarian people rose up, under
leadership of Imre Nagy Demanded a democratic government,
free elections and the removal of Soviet troops
Denounced the Warsaw Pact
Soviets killed 30,000 Hungarians, captured Nagy Nagy executed…200,000 Hungarians
flee
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Hungarian Uprising (1956) Even though the U.S. had said they
would support people in their fight against Communism (Truman Doctrine) U.S. did nothing
The UN also did nothing Soviet Union was a member and used its
VETO to stop any interference from UN Security Council
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The Space Race
Oct. 4, 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik First satellite to orbit the Earth
Jan. 31, 1958 U.S. successfully launched its first
satellite
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