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2 The Cold War The Truman Doctrine

3 Vocab List 30 P 323 CH 13 -Containment -Loyalty Review Program -Subversion -Perjury -Censure -Fallout

4 I. Harry S Truman FDR dies in 4th term - Truman becomes president 1945
A) Supports idea of Containment - contain communism where it stands. Do whatever it takes to block spread of communism B) Greece & Turkey - Russia wants joint control of these countries for access to Middle Eastern Oil. Supports communist factions. Gives rise to… C) Truman Doctrine - US support against communist threats in Europe $400 million for Turkey/Greece Military support whenever necessary

5 II. Aid for Europe A) Marshall Plan = European Recovery Program People in Europe were starving. Economies were ruined. USA realized that economic chaos = fertile ground for communism Gave $13 Billion in Aid to European countries that accepted it Russia + New Eastern Block countries did not accept The New Deal for Europeans It Worked! B) Berlin Airlift - Creates Berlin Wall 1961 Berlin (like Germany) divided in two. West = USA + allies Berlin in East Germany, controlled by Russia Stalin cuts off access to W Berlin USA airlifts food for 11 months to W Berlin.

6 Marshall Plan Payment

7 Berlin Wall History

8 III. 1949 Scary Year: 1) Soviets detonate first Russian A-bomb
2) Chinese Revolution creates communist China 3) NATO established (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) bw USA & 12 capitalist allies. Promise to aid any ally attacked. 4) Warsaw Pact - Russia + 8 E European allies. Promise the same as NATO.

9 NATO vs Warsaw Pact

10 IV. 2nd Red Scare 2nd Red Scare - 1945 1st Red Scare - 1919
-After WW2 after media found out Russians had spies in Gov trying to get A-bomb Plans -6 million Gov. employees screened to see if “loyal” -People sentenced to death for espionage -McCarythyism 1st Red Scare -After WW1 after soldiers returned. -Police, Steel Workers & entire cities began striking to get better conditions. -US deported radical “reds” influenced by Bolshevik revolution (Russian) -Palmer Raids

11 V. Life During Cold War McCarthy Era Senator Joseph McCarthy lied to public about communists infiltrating government Led to congress passing Internal Security Act punishing people for belief systems and damaged reputations of many prominent people. Fallout - radiation left over after blast MANY Families built shelters in backyards Duck & cover policy in schools Pop Culture Hiroshima - by John Hersey Spy novels and Atom bomb themes in radio, TV & theater American expressionist Movement vs. Communist Realism Under God now in Pledge of Allegiance because Russians athiest.

12 McCarthyism & the Red Scare

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