The Cold War document provides an overview of major political, cultural, and economic developments during the Cold War period between the United States and USSR from 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It discusses the division of Europe after WWII, the Marshall Plan and NATO alliance, nuclear arms race and space race, conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, rise of McCarthyism, and eventual collapse of the Soviet bloc.
1. Cold War The Essential Question How did the opposing ideologies of the US and the USSR affect political, cultural, and economic developments of the Third World?
12. Atlantic Charter – estb. United Nations Yalta – decided fate of Germany and E Europe after WWII Potsdam – decided fate of East Asia and use of Atomic bomb in WWII
38. McCarthyism or the Red Scare Joe McCarthy, a junior US senator, began a witch hunt for communists. Everyone was afraid of being turned in as a communist. People feared to be independent or different.
39. Joe McCarthy- Jr. Senator from Wisconsin - looking for a political cause Wheeling, W. Va; speaking to the Women’s Republican Club Holding up some papers and shouting: “I have here in my hand a list of 205- a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Dept.” Next day, in Salt Lake City, McCarthy claimed he had a list of 57 (numbers kept changing) such Communists in the State Dept. Shortly afterward, on the Senate floor, he appeared with 100 dossiers from the State Dept loyalty files. The files were 3 years old and most of the people no longer worked for the State Dept but he claimed they were, “ Communistically inclined” or active traveler became, “ active Communist ” and so on Howard Zinn He insisted: Communism won in China because of softness on Communism in the American gov’t
40. McCarthyism or the Red Scare Congress created a special committee to investigate people. Especially the Hollywood people. It was called HUAC The Red Scare ended when McCarthy accused the army of being communist (that was too much)
73. First came the embarrassing incident of the Bay of Pigs invasion
74. Bay of Pigs Invasion US army with Cuban exiles plan what would be a failed invasion of Cuba - trying to rid Cuba of the communist leader Fidel Castro
75. The world sat in tension for 13 days as there was a show-down between the US and the USSR ...in the country of Cuba
91. In the Six Day War of June 1967, Israel defeated the combined armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. For Israel, it was a stunning triumph; for Arabs, a humiliating defeat. Israel no longer occupies the Sinai or Gaza, but its continued hold over the other territories has stymied efforts to bring comprehensive peace to the Middle East.
94. Non Alignment Mov’t The movement was originally motivated by the founder- member countries’ desire not to be drawn into the Cold War ideological and military confrontation. However, this idealistic obsession of these leaders soon gave way to the global realpolitik realities and all these countries became to be known as closely aligned with the former Soviet Union. Nasser of Egypt Nehru of India Tito of Yugoslavia
96. Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty 1968 Several major nuclear and even non-nuclear nations sign this treaty which is created to prevent the spread of nuclear technology. It did not prevent the spread BUT - It was a success for people asking for arms control because it did begin a serious mov’t to reduce arms Cooperation is now the name of the game!
97. Detente a loosening or warming of relations and words between Communists and Free World one example is the true instance where President Nixon sent the US pingpong team to China for display during an athletic conference
103. 1945 End of WWII 1950 Korean War McCarthyism 1958-1970s Vietnam War Great Society Feminism Civil Rights Watergate 1980s Conservatism Republicanism Technologies Computers Berlin Wall comes down Disco 20 years of economic success!