COLD WAR BEGINS

Cold War

100

What was the Cold War?

Era of high tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union

200

What is NATO?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization-created to protect Western Europe from Soviet threat

300

3. What was the crisis in Berlin in the late 1940's and how was it resolved?

• Germany was divided into West (allied zones) and East (Soviet zone). Berlin, which was in the Soviet zone, was also divided into western and eastern zones. The Soviets did not like a capitalist western Berlin within their zone of occupation.

• Soviets blocked traffic into West Berlin; Allied airplanes delivered supplies to West Berlin and the Soviets eventually lifted the blockade.

400

1. Describe the causes of the Cold War 

• Soviet Union was a communist (government controls economy) dictatorship and the United States a capitalist (free enterprise) republic.

• U.S. secretly developed the atomic bomb

• Soviet Union established communist states in eastern Europe after WWII

500

Explain how the U.S. responded to Soviet actions in Europe (containment, Truman doctrine, Marshall plan) 

• Containment policy: resisting Soviet attempts to expand its power and influence

• Truman Doctrine: U.S. would give military aid to any nation under the threat of communism

• Marshall Plan: Billions of dollars of economic aid given to Western Europe to help rebuild after WW2. This money bought food and farm equipment. It also rebuilt factories and homes.

Second Red Scare

100

• McCarthyism

Making baseless claims about communists in the government 

200

Hollywood ten?

Group of filmmakers who were convicted by HUAC for communist activities

300

Explain why the fear of communism grew in the late 1940's

Soviet developed their own atomic bomb and the fall of China to communism

400

Identify the role of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the second red scare

Led witch hunt for communists in the federal government.

500

Identify the methods and actions the government used to fight communism at home

• The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated radicals in places like the movie industry

• President Truman created plan to investigate all government officials.

• Laws made it a crime to call for the overthrow of the government and prevented communists from entering the nation.

Korean War

100

Inchon

Landing spot for American forces during the Korean War

200

• 38th parallel?

Boundary between North and South Korea

300

Describe the situation in Korea before the war began in 1950

North Korea was occupied by Soviets and the South by the U.S.- divided into two.

Both wanted to unite the nation

400

Identify what led to the started the Korean War

North Korea invaded South Korea

500

Identify how the Korean War ended

Both sides came to an uneasy peace 

Other

100

fair deal

President Truman's domestic plan

200

Baby boom?

rise in birthrates

300

GI Bill

Used by returning soldiers to go to school and buy homes

400

Iron Curtain?

The symbolic divide between Eastern and Western Europe

500

Describe life in America after WWII

soldiers came home and started families, consumer spending grew, housing grew, labor unrest