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1 THE COLD WAR

2 USA GOVERNMENT – ECONOMY – CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY -

3 USSR GOVERNMENT – ECONOMY – CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY -

4 IRON CURTAIN SPEECH Winston Churchill Separation of Western and
Eastern Europe No information from the west could reach the east

5 SATELLITE NATIONS Those nations controlled by the USSR after WW II
These nations were called satellites of the USSR Created a buffer zone for the Soviet Union

6 THE COLD WAR DEFINITION: WEAPONS OF THE COLD WAR

7 US FIRST FOREIGN POLICY CONTAINMENT
TRUMAN DOCTRINE MARSHALL PLAN What did it do? Impact What did it do? Impact

8 COLLECTIVE SECUTIRY N.A.T.O. WARSAW PLAN

9 Berlin Blockade & Airlift (1948-49)

10 The Hungarian Uprising: 1956 Imre Nagy, Hungarian Prime Minister
Promised free elections. This could lead to the end of communist rule in Hungary.

11 Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.
U-2 Spy Incident (1960) Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

12 The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)
Checkpoint Charlie

13 President Kennedy tells Berliners that the West is with them!
Ich bin ein Berliner! (1963) President Kennedy tells Berliners that the West is with them!

14 Khruschev Embraces Castro, 1961

15 Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

16 Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!

17 THE DOMINO THEORY

18 The Korean War: A “Police Action” (1950-1953)
Kim Il-Sung Syngman Rhee “Domino Theory”

19 Vietnam War:

20 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
US ship fired on at the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President widespread powers to do anything necessary to protect US interests Later revoked under the War Powers Act of 1973 President must notify Congress within 48 hours of sending in troops Can only be sent for 60 days without declaration of war Can force the President to recall the troops

21 Cold War at Home HUAC – House Un-American Activities Committee
Looked into Communist activities Led BY FBI (J. Edgar Hoover) Smith Act, 1940 Made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the government Supreme Court case: Yates v. US, 1957 Stated that the act applied only to those who taught or advocated the overthrow of government, not to those who agreed in principle McCarran-Walter Act, 1952 Restricted immigration from Communist areas Loyalty Program, 1947 Permitted security checks on government employees

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