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The Cold War US History
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Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
Loss of China Civil War – Communists (Mao Zedong) v. Nationalists (Chang Kai-Shek) US Offers Financial Assistance to Nationalists Communists Win the Revolution Americans are shocked at the loss of such a big territory to communism; significant failure of containment under President Truman
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Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
USSR Gets the Atomic Bomb (1949) Americans are frightened Sets off a decades long arms race
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Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
Spy Cases Klaus Fuchs – leaked atomic secrets to USSR Rosenbergs – executed for leaking atomic secrets to USSR
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Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954 Crash Course #37 9:18-12:50
Hysteria Americans are frightened by world events and government propaganda
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Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
Second Red Scare / McCarthyism America begins to hunt for communists in the society Government workers Labor unions Hollywood Senator Joe McCarthy becomes the leader of the Red Scare
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Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
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Korean War Korean War Communist North Korea invades non-communist South Korea America (UN) intervenes to contain communism
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Korean War
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Sputnik 1957 Monkey US Reaction Fear / panic
Heavy investment in science, math, technology Space Race $ to schools – National Defense Education Act
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Sputnik 1957 Monkey
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Cuba, Castro, and JFK US & Cuba Fidel Castro Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Vietnam War Vietnam War Escalation Anti War Movement War Powers Act
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President Nixon’s Cold War (1969-1974)
Vietnamization Leaves Vietnam (73) Détente China (72) USSR (72) SALT TREATY
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Watergate Watergate Pentagon Papers Enemies List Break In (1972)
Cover-up Tapes US v. Nixon Resignation (1974) Pardon
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Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) – First Term
Tough Talk Military Buildup Star Wars (SDI)
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Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) – Second Term
Negotiation Mikhail Gorbachev Arms Summits
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The End of the Cold War (1988 – 1991)
Gorbachev Perestroika Glasnost Eastern European Revolutions Fall of Berlin Wall Reunification of Germany
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Dissolution of the USSR (1991)
In 1991, the USSR dissolves into 15 separate countries. (CC #43 9:45 to end)
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