The Spread of Communism The Cold War The Spread of Communism

United Nations Work For World Peace Representatives From 50 Countries in San Francisco to Discuss Charter

Nuremberg Trials High-Ranking Nazi Officials Tried 19 Nazi Leaders Found Guilty 12 Sentenced to Death Lower-Ranking Officials Also Tried Exposed the Horrors of the Holocaust Led to Sympathy for New Israel Independence

US and Soviet Union Bitter Rivals Different Economic and Political Ideas US = Capitalism/Freedom Soviet Union = Communism/Control Fight Over Post War Germany

Truman Doctrine Britain Can No Longer Help Greece Avoid Communist Rule US Steps in to Keep Communism Out of Greece and Turkey Deeply Angered Soviet Leaders

The Marshall Plan America Helps European Countries Rebuild After the War to Avoid the Spread of Communism Containment

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization US, 9 Western European Nations, Canada, Iceland Vowed to Defend One Another if Attacked

Warsaw Pact Response to NATO Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Satellite Nations

Spread of Communism China Faces Communist Rule Non-Communist Citizens Forced to Taiwan Korea is Divided Between the Soviet Union (North) and the US (South)

Korean War North Korea Invades Over the 38th Parallel UN Calls For Cease-Fire, Ignored Truman Refuses Expanding Into China = Unpopular Americans Become Frustrated Eisenhower Threatens Atomic Bomb if War Continues Cease-Fire Eventually Signed

Red Scare 1st- After WWI 2nd- 1940s and 1950s Americans Feared Communist Take Over Media Outlets Refuse to Hire Suspected Communists Propaganda Focused on Fear Tactics Suspected = Lose Job Schools, FBI, Government, Justice Department

Joseph McCarthy Blamed Spread of Communism on Government Leaders Involved in Making Foreign Policies Made Accusations of Suspected Communists in Government Without Proof Challenge = Risk Being Associated With Communism Suspected Communists in Military Taken Out of Power Eventually

Nuclear Threat After WWII, Constant Threat of More Nuclear Weapons Being Released Hydrogen Bomb Developed More Powerful Than Atomic Nuclear Arms Race “Duck and Cover” Drills

Space Race Sputnik – First Satellite (Soviet) NASA Created US Beats Soviets to the Moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (1969) Led to Technology Developments Building Materials, Computers, Medical Devices, Communication Systems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrb4K3-DJQE (We Went to the Moon in 1969)