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Cold War Conflicts & Global Impact: A Comprehensive Overview

Delve into the historical intricacies of the Cold War era, from the G.I. Bill of Rights to the containment policy and key events like the Berlin Airlift and Korean War. Explore the rise of superpowers, the UN's role in international peacekeeping, and the geopolitical dynamics that shaped the world. Learn about significant figures like Truman, Chiang Kai-shek, and McCarthy, and the lasting effects of McCarthyism. Unravel the complex relationships and power struggles that defined this turbulent period in world history.

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Cold War Conflicts & Global Impact: A Comprehensive Overview

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  1. Cold War Conflicts

  2. G.I. Bill of Rights • Free post secondary education • 8 million participated • $14.5 billion in tax dollars • Loans for homes, farms, & small businesses

  3. United Nations • International peacekeeping organization • 1945 • Promote world peace, security & economic development

  4. All members = General Assembly • 11 nations = Security Council • 5 nations = Permanent seats • U.S. • U.S.S.R. • France • G.B. • China POWER TO VETO

  5. Satellite Nation • Country controlled by another • Soviet Union controlled: • Albania, Bulgaria, Czech., Hungary, Romania, & Poland

  6. Containment • Blocking of another country’s influence

  7. Iron Curtain • Imaginary line that separated Eastern & Western Europe

  8. Cold War • Conflict after WWII between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. • 1945-91

  9. Truman Doctrine • 1947 • Provide aid to free nations threatened by communism • 1947-50: $400 million to Greece & Turkey

  10. Marshall Plan • 1947 • Aid to European nations that needed it • Over 4 years: • 16 nations • $13 billion

  11. Berlin Airlift • U.S. & G.B. flew food/supplies into W. Berlin • 327 days • 277,000 flights • 1948

  12. 1948 Election • Democrat Harry S. Truman

  13. NATO • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • 1949 • Military alliance of 12 nations

  14. Chiang Kai-shek -Leader of nationalist China -Supported by the U.S. & southern/eastern Europe -ruled in southern & eastern China

  15. Mao Zedong -ruled Northern China -supported by U.S.S.R. -ruled in northern China

  16. 38th Parallel -separated Korea -U.S. supported S. Korea U.S.S.R. supported N. Korea

  17. Korean War • 1950-53 • U.S. supported S. Korea • China supported N. Korea

  18. 1952 Election • Dwight D. Eisenhower

  19. HUAC • House Un-American Activities Committee • Investigated communist activity in U.S. after WWII • Hollywood 10 • “Blacklist”

  20. Alger Hiss • Accused of spying for the U.S.S.R. • Too many years had passed to charge him with espionage • Found guilty of perjury

  21. Ethel & Julius Rosenberg • Accused of spying for the U.S.S.R. • Guilty of espionage • Electric chair 1953 • 1st civilians executed for espionage

  22. Joseph McCarthy • Wisconsin Republican Senator • Anti-communist activist • Lists • State Dept. • Democrats • U.S. Army

  23. McCarthyism • Attacks against those who were thought to have ties to the communist party

  24. Nikita Khrushchev • Soviet Union leader • 1958-64

  25. Warsaw Pact • 1955 • Alliance between U.S.S.R. & Eastern European satellite nations

  26. U-2 Incident • 1960 • Downing of a U.S. spy plane & capture of its pilot Francis Gary Powers

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