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Start of the Cold War
Slide 4(Rough Date)
International politics- another supoer power arises. 20 million of its citizens were killed. Soviets emerged from WWII as the other super power. In WWII, US and the Soviet Union were allies. The Soviets used Eastern Europe as a buffer zone against Germany. They thought that after being invaded twice they should do this. -
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The Cold War
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Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Slide 6
Stalin is the Soviet leader. He closes off highway routes to deny western allies to get into west Berlin. However, Harry Truman doesn't wish to bow down to the Soviets. He tried to help out West Berliners by dropping off supplies. It wen on for more than 3 years. Ultimately, the Soviets realized that this was looked at as foolish. It made the Soviets look heartless. -
NATO
Slide 7Mutual defense organization. NATO was created to prevent the kind of scenario to prevent scenarios like WWI. If a country was attacked, ti would become a problem for all 12 of the original countries that joined together. The Warsaw Pact got together as a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Second Red Scare
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Joseph McCarthy (US Senator)- he bgean to make a claim- he had a list of the US state department that would ultimately bring down the US. He wanted to go after communists by getting rid of them. He operated with questionnable evidence. The communist threat was very real. Communists were known as "reds", hence the name. Techniclly the Second Red Scare started in the late 1940's. -
Brown Vs. The Board of Ed
Slide 12Decision on segregation of schools. This event was so important because it segrated public life. It was a huge thing for America because this act dealt with schools. It then opened up doors for America to take an even bigger step and end segregation as a whole. -
Space Race
Space Race
The United States and the Soviet Union engaged a competition to see who had the best technology in space.The Space Race was considered important because it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of PigsThe U.S. government distrusted Castro and was wary of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union.The disaster at the Bay of Pigs had a lasting impact on the Kennedy administration. Almost 50 years later, relations between Castro's Cuba and the United States remain strained.This was the US's attempt to overhtrow Castro. The US was trying to prevent commuism spreading -
Berlin Wall
[Slide 6]('http://http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm)1961- First year John F. Kennedy was in office, The Berlin Wall went up this year. It was strengthened over time. It was over 80 miles of fortifications. Germand lived under communism and died trying to escape.. Owners shot to kill. People tried to tunnel underneath, tried to use hot air balloons to get over the wall. They also tried to forge papers. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Slide 18Slide 18US servailence picked up things of the construction and Kennedy had to take care of it. Kennedy announced that the US was going to blockade the island of Cuba. US&Soviets agreed that missiles would be removed in exchange as long as US didn't invade Cuba. US went to DEFCON-2. If the US never initially invaded Cuba, this could've been bigger. -
Election of 1968
Election of 1968
Richard Nixon won, ended the Vietnam War and improved US relations with USSR and China. Nixon also made a historic visit to the Soviet Union, meeting with their leader Leonid Brezhnev and signied the SALT I Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
Soviet invades Afghanistan
Many of the Soviet soldiers were untested in battle and their gear was not designed for the harsh environment of Afghanistan.The United States provided the Mujahideen with Stinger missiles. These enabled them to shoot down Soviet helicopters.The United States supported the Afghanistan rebels in order to try and overthrow the communist government. -
Bye Berlin Wall
Ronald Reagan"During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in a speech: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" " This shows how much freedom is important not only to other countries, but especially to the US. -
Warsaw Pact dissolves
End of Cold War
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty involving eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe.There was a collapse of the USSR communism gov. This was important because the US got what they wanted out of it.
