The Cold War heats up Unit 11 – Topic 2

Agenda Take a handout Get out your warmup and notes from last class (if you were absent, they are in your folder) Complete the other side of the warmup on Containment We’ll start by finishing notes from last class Then we’ll move on to more Cold War excitement

The USSR exploded a nuclear device (1949) US is not the only one with the bomb New threat of a nuclear war that would destroy both countries How do you think the USSR built a bomb so quickly? Best Years: 26:24 -- 27:57

China became Communist (1949) Civil war between Mao Zedong (Communist) and Chiang Kai-Shek (capitalists/nationalists). The capitalist Chinese flee to Taiwan Mao’s Communist takeover increases American fears of communist domination of the world but … China and the Soviet Union became rivals, not allies. In the 1970's, Pres. Nixon’s diplomatic mission to Beijing exploited this division of the major communist powers Best Years 28:00 - 31:45

The Korean War North Korea (Communist) invaded South Korea (Capitalist) (1950) Why did the US get involved? – to contain communism American troops (in a United Nations force) counterattacked deep into North Korea Chinese troops entered on the side of North Korea Could have become World War III Eventually ended with a stalemate and a divided N/S Korea Reading and Questions

COMMIE SPIES !!! Alger Hiss Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Senator Joseph McCarthy Best Years: 31:50 – 32:48 and 34:26 – 38:20 – HTS a Com Red Scare TedEd

Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President (1953) Best Years: 39:40 – Hbomb. D&C New policy of “massive retaliation” to deter any nuclear strike by the Soviets. Nuclear arms race leads to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction Policy of Brinksmanship