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1 The Cold War (-1991)

2 Essential Question: What caused the Cold War? Who was to blame?
Make sure you write down all the dates on your cornell notes.

3 Yalta Feb. 45 Churchill Roosevelt Stalin
Decide fate of Germany & occupied Eastern Europe

4 Apr. 45 FDR dies Harry Truman Becomes President

5 Potsdam July 45 Truman, Stalin, Churchill Treaty drafts War Crimes
Germany divided into zones of occupation—U.S., Britain, France, USSR Truman/Stalin distrust

6 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Aug. 6 & 9, 45
How did the Atom bomb change everything?

7 The Iron Curtain March 1946 Winston Churchill ‘s speech
Fulton, Missouri Recognition of reality of Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe Warning of dangers of Spread of Communism

8 1947 Truman Doctrine Response to Greek Civil War & Communist Activity in Turkey Promised U.S. support for Anti-Communist forces Greek Communist withdrew to Yugoslavia

9 Containment 1947 George Kennan
Soviet Union would threaten its neighbors as long as there was a power vacuum Use counterforce to stop spread of Communism

10 Start of Red Scare 1947 HUAC: House Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate Federal government Hollywood 10 Universities Creation of CIA

11 1948 The Marshall Plan 12 billion in aid to build & stabilize Europe

12 Feb. 1948 Prague Coup

13 Soviet Union tries to force allies out of West Berlin by closing Roads & RR
U.S. response to airlift all supplies Berlin Airlift 1948- 1949

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16 NATO & The Marshall Plan
47-49 NATO & The Marshall Plan

17 Communist Revolution in China
49 Communist Revolution in China Mao Tse Dung

18 The Threat of Nuclear War-- Russia develops the atom bomb
49 The Threat of Nuclear War-- Russia develops the atom bomb

19 The Rosenbergs David Greenglass, Ethel’s brother

20 49-54 The Red Scare: McCarthyism HUAC Hollywood 10

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22 Korean War 50-53 Limited Warfare

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24 Truman fired MacArthur—wanted to invade China

25 H-Bomb - 450 times more powerful then Hiroshima!

26 Second H-Bomb 1000 times more powerful than Hiroshima

27 53 Eisenhower’s Cold War >Hydrogen Bomb >Death of Stalin >brinkmanship >John Foster Dulles

28 Massive Retaliation/Brinkmanship
John Foster Dulles “The ability to get to the verge without getting into war is a necessary art.” Build up of Civil Defense Activities

29 How to survive a nuclear attack in war & at home?

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31 Khrushchev Attacked Stalin 1956 False Hope of freedom
Poznan Revolt & Massacre 1956 Khrushchev

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33 Hungarian Revolt 1956 Eastern Europe Rebels against Communism
Soviet Invasions put down revolts NATO stayed out

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35 57 Space Race: Sputnik

36 1957 Sputnik Laika Yuri Gagarin Space Race

37 1960 U2 Spy Incident American Pilot Gary Powers tried as Spy by Russians

38 Effects of the Cold War Hostility between U.S. & Russia
Hot Wars: Korea & Vietnam Fight to Spread Communism v. Democracy Possibility of Extinction of Mankind Military-Industrial Complex Red Scare Nuclear Fear & Paranoia

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