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COLD WAR 1945-1991

COLD WAR 1945-1991. C O L D W A R – US VS USSR. Cold War —The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the US and the USSR Capitalism(democracy) vs. Communism. In 1922, USSR was formed. Lenin- Stalin- Khruschev -Brezhnev…Gorbachev. PRESIDENTS

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COLD WAR 1945-1991

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  1. COLD • WAR • 1945-1991

  2. C O L D W A R – US VS USSR • Cold War—The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the US and the USSR • Capitalism(democracy) vs. Communism

  3. In 1922, USSR was formed.

  4. Lenin-Stalin-Khruschev-Brezhnev…Gorbachev

  5. PRESIDENTS • FDR NIXON • Truman FORD • Eisenhower CARTER • Kennedy REAGAN • Johnson BUSH 41

  6. UNITED NATIONS • *World organization to keep peace • *Met in San Francisco • *UN Security Council • US Great Britain France USSRChina

  7. C O L D W A R – US VS USSR • Cold War—The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the US and the USSR • Capitalism(democracy) vs. Communism • Eastern Europe/Satellite nation/Eastern Bloc • “Iron Curtain” • Containment—US policy of blocking (or containing) the spread of communism • Truman Doctrine—**TURKEY & GREECE** US would provide economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism • H-bomb

  8. TRUMAN • Iron Curtain • Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan • Berlin Crisis/Berlin Airlift • Korean War/*limited war/*fired MacArthur (quote) • McCarthy/McCarthyism • Rosenburgs/Alger Hiss • H-Bomb • CIA • NATO • Red China • Israel became a nation--198 • HUAC • Israel became a nation

  9. C O L D W A R – US VS USSR • Cold War—The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the US and the USSR • Capitalism(democracy) vs. Communism • Eastern Europe/Satellite nation/Eastern Bloc • “Iron Curtain” • Containment—US policy of blocking (or containing) the spread of communism • Truman Doctrine—**TURKEY & GREECE** US would provide economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism • H-bomb

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  11. HUACHouse Un-American Committee

  12. EISENHOWER • Warsaw Pact • Korean War/ceasefire • Brinkmanship/MAD/Civil defense drills • Secretary of State—John Foster Dulles • Suez Canal—Egypt--Nasser, Israel, UN • Eisenhower Doctrine • Sputnik/Explorer I/NDEA • Hungarian uprising • U-2 incident • Cuba and Castro • Domino theory • Military-Industrial Complex

  13. KENNEDY • Flexible Response • Peace Corps • Bay of Pigs Invasion • Berlin Wall • Cuban Missile Crisis • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty • Hot Line

  14. DOMESTIC ISSUES • 1. TRUMAN • 2. EISENHOWER • 3. KENNEDY • 4. LBJ • 5. NIXON • 6. FORD • 7. CARTER

  15. TRUMAN • FAIR DEAL • LETTERS TO BESS • DESEGREGATED THE MILITARY-Exec Order # 9981 • MCCARTHY • HUAC

  16. EISENHOWER • Class Cartoon • Baby Boom; Mom at home; TV dinner • Highway Act 1956/interstate, suburbs • Levittown • Sun Belt-sunny states of s & sw • RockNRoll-Elvis Presley • Billy Graham • Brown v. Brd of Ed/Rosa Parks/LRCrisis

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