1. Unit 11

2. Section 1

3. Cold War American Response Berlin Crisis Define: Who is Stalin?
Iron Curtain:
American Response
Truman Doctrine:
Marshall Plan:
Berlin Crisis
What happened?
Solution -

4. Stalin controlled Eastern Europe Iron Curtain
Cold War
Bitter rivalry between US and USSR after WWII.
Stalin controlled Eastern Europe
Set up Soviet- friendly communists governments
Iron Curtain
Term for Soviet controlled Eastern Europe

5. American Response Truman Doctrine The Marshall Plan
Containment of Communism – George F. Kennan
The Marshall Plan
Aid/Money to keep countries form turning to Soviets

6. Berlin Crisis Berlin Airlift NATO Soviets cut off West Berlin
Brought supplies to West Berlin
Soviets lifted blockade
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Response to Soviets

7. Section 2

8. Life in the US Elections 2nd Red Scare GI Bill : Baby Boom:
Desegregation of Military:
Elections
1946 Midterm Outcome:
1948 Outcome:
2nd Red Scare
HUAC:
McCarthyism:

9. 1946 Congressional Elections
GI Bill
Money for soldiers
Home loans
Money for college or job training
Baby Boom
Two decades after WWII with increased birthrate
Executive Order 9981
Desegregation of military
Truman
1946 Congressional Elections
Rep. took control
First since 1930
Truman didn’t help

10. Democrats Split Republicans Liberal Democrats Southern Democrats
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Southern Democrats
Dixiecrats
Strom Thurmond
Democrats
Harry Truman
Fair Deal
WINNER!
Republicans
Thomas Dewey

11. United Nations
Replaced League of Nations
US Joined
Power?

12. Fear of Communism Soviet Atomic Bombs Threat of China Chiang Kai-shek
Friend of US
Mao Zedong
Led communist takeover of China

13. Fighting Communism at Home
House Un-American Activities Committee
Investigate to find communists
Hollywood Ten
Refused investigation, arrested
Smith Act
Crime to call for overthrow of government
McCarran Act
Communist organizations must register with government
Alger Hiss
Accused of being a spy

14. McCarthyism Senator Joseph McCarthy Led a Communists witch hunt
Appealed to people
Eventually faded

15. Section 3

16. Korean War Fighting Panmunjom Divided Inchon Landing: Joins. Settle on
How?
When?
Fighting
Inchon Landing: ●
Joins.
Settle on
Parallel
Panmunjom
Negotiations Outcome:
Did we win? Lose? Why?

17. Korea had been divided UN sends troops Japanese conquered before war
Divided between North and South
38th parallel
North – Soviet
South – Allied/ US / UN
UN sends troops
Mostly US
Gen. Douglas MacArthur

18. Fighting Inchon landing UN recaptures Seoul
Surprise behind the line attack by MacArthur
UN recaptures Seoul
Capital
UN continues offensive into North
China joins on the side of the North
Very large force
UN must pull back
MacArthur Fired
UN forces push back to 38th parallel

20. Fighting Ends Panmunjom Failed negotiations
Korean looked much like it had before the war

21. Section 4

22. Election of 1952 Cold War Activity Hot Spots Outcome: Dulles:
Khrushchev?
Warsaw Pact
Geneva Summit:
Hot Spots
Vietnam?
Eisenhower Doctrine:

23. Adlai Stevenson Democrat Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican “I Like Ike”
WINNER!
VP – Richard Nixon
Accused of taking money
Checkers Speech

24. John Foster Dulles Nikita Khrushchev Warsaw Pact Geneva Summit 1955
Sec. of State for Eisenhower
Brinkmanship
Build up of weapons to get to edge of war without fighting it
CIA
Nikita Khrushchev
Took over after Stalin’s death
communist
Warsaw Pact
Soviet led alliance between communist countries of Eastern Europe
Geneva Summit 1955
Open skies to see weapons - rejected
U-2 Plane

25. Hot Spots Eisenhower Doctrine Vietnam
France lost control
SEATO
US helped create anti-communist South Vietnam
Eisenhower Doctrine
US would help any Middle East Nation upon request
Helped Israel
Soviets backed Egypt over Aswan Dam issue

26. Section 5

27. Atomic Weapons New Technology Economic Boom: Hydrogen Bomb Different?
Duck and Cover
Purpose:
New Technology
Sputnik:
NASA:
TV:
Salk Vaccine:
Economic Boom:

28. Hydrogen Bomb Arms Race Duck and Cover Easier to launch ICBMs
USS Nautilus – nuclear submarine
Duck and Cover
Taught children what to do if attacked
Everyday life was with fear

29. Sputnik
Soviet satellite
Congress Responds
NASA
Space Race

30. Television Salk Vaccine Shaped American culture Polio vaccine
Politics as well
Salk Vaccine
Polio vaccine

31. 50’s were a time of prosperity Levittown
Increased consumerism and Advertising
Levittown
Suburban developments
Often purchased with money from GI Bill
Sunbelt
Many began to migrate to southern states
Interstate Highway System
Connected the country
Military use if needed