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ColdWarSN(1)(1)(1).

notebook November29,2017

TheColdWar:UnderstandingMajorConcepts Overview
andEvents11thGradeHistory ThiswasapostWorldWarIIperiodoftensionand
rivalrybetweentwosuperpowers,theUnitedStates
andSovietUnion.
Theterm"cold"depictshowtherewasnoactual
militaryfightingonthebattlefield.
Thiswasacompetitionofideology,economics,
politics,andmilitarystrength.Think:Capitalismvs.
Communism.
Spannedfrom19471991.
U.S.leaders:Truman,Eisenhower,JFK,
Johnson,Nixon,Ford,Carter,Reagan,BushSr.
SovietLeaders:Stalin,Kruschev,Gorbachev
ChrisWeber
EDU36401
Fall2017
Prof.Moroney

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U.S.Policy/Attitudestowards U.S.AttitudesContinued...
PeopleintheU.S.A.hadgreatfearofCommunism,which
Communism attimeswasexploited.
TrumanDoctrine:Thispolicywasadeclarationthat McCarthyism:SenatorJoeMcCarthywouldspread
Americawouldhelpanynationinperiloffallingto propaganda,makingrivetingspeechesthatstokedthese
Communism. fears.
Containment:CoincideswithTrumanDoctrine,policy Inthesespeeches,hewouldmakefalseaccusationsthat
wheretheU.S.aimedtokeepalidonCommunism, fellowcitizenswereCommunists,sayingtheywere
treatingitasadiseasethatcouldnotbespread. everywhere.
DominoTheory:Ideathatifonecountryfellto
Communism,allothernationswouldalsodoso,like
a"dominoeffect.:
MarshallPlan:Americawouldgivefinancial/
economicassistancetoWesternEuropewiththe
goalofrebuildingthesewartornareasandhalting
thespreadofCommunism.

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BerlinWall KoreanandVietnamWars
ThiswasaphysicalbarrierthatwoulddivideGermany 19501953and19551975.
intoEastandWestBerlin.
AmericaenteredinordertopreventtheSouth
TheCommunistEastbuiltthewalltopreventthefleeof ViatnameseandSouthKoreansfromfallingtotheNorth.
peopletothenonCommunistWest,andprevent
TheSouthKoreanswouldbesparedfromCommunism,
WesternersfrominfiltratingtheWest.
theSouthViatnamesewouldnot.
Thiswallwouldlast30years,from19611991.
StillarelevantissuetodaywithNorthKoreabeinga
nationalsecuritythreat.

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SpaceRace CubanMissileCrisis
Beganin1955withSputnik,aSovietsatellitethatwould 1962,U.S.intelligencefoundoutthattheSovietUnionwas
bethefirsttoeverorbitearth. buildingmissilesinCuba,rightoffthecoastofFlorida.
Nottobeoutdone,AmericawouldsetupNASA,aimedat AmericawouldblockadeCubaandalsoinstallmissilesin
outerspaceresearchandinnovation. Turkey,pointedinthedirectionoftheSoviets.
In1968,theU.S.wouldputthefirstevermanonthe Thehighpointofthisstruggle:Theworldwasonthebrinkof
mooninhistory. nuclearwar.
CapitalismhaddefeatedCommunism,astheSoviets Fortunately,warwasavoidedastheSovietsdismantledtheir
couldnotaccomplishsuchafeat. missilesitesandtheU.S.tooktheirmissilesoutofTurkey.

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TurningPoint
RonaldReaganwouldbeelectedU.S.presidentin1980.
Reaganaimedtobuildupastrongandpowerfulmilitary,and
outspendtheSovietUnion,bankruptingthem.
Hisplanwasasuccess,astheSovietUniongobankruptand
theCommunistpartydisbanded,thesuperpowercollapsing.
CapitalismonceagaindefeatedCommunism,withAmerica
winningthiswarwithoutfiringonesingleshot.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYdjbpBk6A

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