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Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s

Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s. Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary.

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Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s

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  1. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  2. Three questions tonight and throughout the course:What is history?What do we know about it, especially early American history? How do we know?

  3. We will pursue our understanding of American history through critical questions.Critical questions- are open-ended, no single definitive answer- tie the past to the present- require analytical thinking (SHEG) and techniques- examine primary and secondary sources- must be supported by American history content

  4. This is how Dwight Eisenhower was able to get North Korea to begin peace talks, a promise he made in the 1952 Presidential campaign. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s 8 Questions

  5. What if, in the far future . . . . . . the United States had been invaded by a country, Nation X, for the second time in less than thirty years. Even though the United States was barely able to defeat Nation X the second time, it came at a high cost: over 1,000 American cities were destroyed and 15% of America’s entire population has been killed. The United States received very little assistance from so-called “allies” and feels like it had to fight against Nation X virtually alone. Now, another threat appears. Nation Y, which had been an ally of the United States during the recent war against Nation X, now becomes threatening to the United States. Nation Y has grown more powerful economically during the war and its factories are undamaged by war. Politically, Nation Y has not lived up to some of its agreements made with the United States. And Nation Y had used a new type of weapon against one of its enemies in the recent war and vaguely suggests it would not hesitate to use it again in the future against non-cooperative nations like the United States. Also, Nation Y has organized several nations that border the United States into an alliance aimed against it. If you were a high-ranking official in the U.S. government, what are some actions you would suggest to make the United States become more secure in the world?

  6. What if . . .What if we substituted the following for the previous scenario? For the United States, read “Soviet Union”For Nation X, read “Germany”For Nation Y, read “United States”

  7. What if, in the future . . . . . . the Soviet Union had been invaded by a country, Germany for the second time in less than thirty years. Even though the Soviet Union was barely able to defeat Germany the second time, it came at a high cost: over 1,000 Soviet cities were destroyed and 15% of the Soviet Union’s entire population has been killed. The Soviet Union received very little assistance from so-called “allies” and feels like it had to fight against Germany virtually alone. Now, another threat appears. The United States, which had been an ally of the Soviet Union during the recent war against Germany, now becomes threatening to the Soviet Union. The United States has grown more powerful economically during the war and its factories are undamaged by war. Politically, the United States has not lived up to some of its agreements made with the Soviet Union. And the United States had used a new weapon against one of its enemies in the recent war and vaguely suggests it would not hesitate to use it again in the future against non-cooperative nations like the Soviet Union. Also, the United States has organized several nations that border the Soviet Union into an alliance aimed against it.

  8. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  9. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Results of WW II – Soviet Union

  10. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Results of WW II - Europe

  11. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Results of WW II - Asia

  12. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Notes Results of WW II - US

  13. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Results of WW II – Yalta, 2/45

  14. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  15. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Truman“Gets Tough” with Russia

  16. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia

  17. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent”. - W. Churchill Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Truman“ Gets Tough” with Russia

  18. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia: The Truman Doctrine

  19. Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia: the Marshall Plan Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s GM Malenkov, a Soviet politician, speaking in 1947 about the Marshall Plan.   “The ruling gang of American imperialists has taken the path of open expansion, of enslaving weakened capitalist countries.   It has hatched new war plans against the Soviet Union. Imitating Hitler, the new aggressors are using blackmail.”

  20. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Truman“Gets Tough” with Russia: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  21. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  22. The Soviet Union is “like a persistent toy automobile wound up and headed in a given direction, stopping only when it meets some unanswerable force . . . [Soviet aggression can only be] contained by the adroit and vigilant applicant of counterforce in a series constantly shifting geographic and political points.” - George Kennan, “Mr. X” article, 1947 Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Communism’s Gains

  23. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Communism’s Gains: Soviets attained the A-bomb

  24. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Communism’s Gains: China turns Communist, 1949

  25. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Communism’s Gains: Korean War, 1950 - 1953

  26. "I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the President. That's the answer to that. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a b****, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals.” - Harry Truman Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Communism’s Gains: Truman fires MacArthur

  27. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  28. “Our capacity to retaliate [militarily] must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.” - JF Dulles Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s “Smile and Frown”: Eisenhower and Dulles

  29. This was how Dwight Eisenhower was able to get North Korea to begin peace talks, a promise he made in the 1952 Presidential campaign. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s 8 Questions

  30. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline: “Smile and Frown”: Arms Race

  31. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 16, 1953 Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s “Smile and Frown”: Eisenhower’s reminder

  32. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  33. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Third World Challenges: Iran Mossadegh threatened to nationalize Iran’s oil Reza Pahlavi, US ally, replaced Mossadegh after the coup

  34. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Third World Crises: Egypt and Hungary

  35. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Notes: Third World Challenges

  36. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s Outline Results of WW II Truman “Gets Tough” with Russia 3. Communism’s Gains 4. “Smile and Frown” 5. Third World Challenges 6. Summary

  37. Coming of the Cold War, 1945 – 1950’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91kdwxFsthI Soviet anthem Summary Question: Why did the Soviet Union act as it did after World War II? Why the United States?

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