Transcript After WWII US foreign policy was influenced by its willingness to be

After WWII US foreign policy was influenced by its
willingness to be involved in international peacekeeping
efforts and its determination to stop the spread of:
Communism
Which western leader gave the "Iron
Curtain" speech where he warned of
the world about the spread of
Communism?
Winston Churchill
In order to stop the expansion of
Communism, the United States
adopted this policy which was
intended to confine Communism to
where it already existed. This policy
was known as the policy of:
Containment
In 1950 this senator from
Wisconsin charged that he had a
list of known communists who
were part of the State Department
Joseph McCarthy
In 1950 Douglas MacArthur led
American troops against
communist troops in this war:
The Korean War
Under N.A.T.O. the US, along with
other fellow allies agree to come to
the defense of any member nation
which was attacked. This idea of
mutual defense came to be known as:
Collective Security
. Since the Soviet Union chose to
cut off road access to the eastern
part of Berlin and Germany the
western nations responded by
using the
The Berlin Airlift
From the end of World War II up until
1990 a period of tension existed
between the United States and the
Soviet Union. This period of conflict
was known as the:
Cold War
Under this the United States invested
over $13 billion in an effort to rebuild
Europe after WW II:
The Marshall Plan
After World war II, under this
president, a new doctrine was
established where U.S. economic and
military aid was dedicated to fight
against the spread of Communism:
Harry Truman
On April 17, 1961 President
Kennedy authorized this invasion
which was an attempt to
overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba:
Bay of Pigs
On October 22, 1962 President
Kennedy ordered a naval blockade
of Cuba during the
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave
President Johnson all the power necessary
to repel any armed attack against forces of
the United States. This also began the
escalation of US involvement on this war:
The Vietnam War
The successful launching of Sputnik
by the Soviet Union in 1957
signaled the beginning of
American fears that the Soviets had
achieved technological superiority
In the United States, the Red Scare
of 1919 and the McCarthy Era of
the early 1950’s were periods of
persecution of people suspected of holding
anti-American political views
What was a cause for the investigations of
the House Un-American Activities
Committee in the late 1940s and the
investigations of a Senate committee
headed by Joseph McCarthy in the early
1950s?
the belief that there were Communist
agents in the federal government
The immediate impact of the 1957
launch of Sputnik I was that it
heightened the space race as
a form of Cold War competition
The Truman Doctrine and the
Marshall Plan represented
attempts by the United States to
deal with the:
spread of communism
“An attack on one shall be considered an
attack on all.” This statement summarizes
the foreign policy known as:
collective security
“Batista Driven from Power” “Bay of
Pigs Invasion Fails” “U-2 Planes Reveal
Soviet Missiles” These headlines refer
to the relationship between the United
States and
Cuba
". . . Let every nation know, whether it wishes us
well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any
burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe to assure the survival and the
success of liberty.“ What was Kennedy
encouraging in this quote?
President Kennedy was encouraging
a very strong presence in foreign policy
in the post-World War II period.
Both the Bay of Pigs invasion of
Cuba (1961) and the invasion of
Panama (1989) are examples of
United States attempts to:
eliminate unfriendly governments
geographically close to the United States
During the mid 20th century in the United States
screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other
U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied
employment in the field because of their political
beliefs or associations, real or suspected related to
Communism. This was called…..
blacklisting
What was the main purpose of the
Truman Doctrine, the Marshall
Plan, and the Berlin airlift?
limiting Soviet expansion
What extraordinary action did
American citizens take to out of
fear from of atomic weapons?
Building bomb shelters
in their backyards
During the Cold War many examples of the
United States fighting against the spread of
Communism can be identified.
Cite three examples and for each give three facts
which help better understand the outcome of
this conflict of ideas.
1. Berlin Airlift 2. Marshall Plan 3. H.U.A.C. 4. McCarthyism
5. Communist overtaking Mainland China 6. Korean War
7. Turkey/Greece. 8. Vietnam War 9. Bay of Pigs 10. Cuban Missile
Crisis 11. Alger Hiss 12. N.A.T.O. 13. Berlin Wall 13. The Rosenburgs
14. Space Race/Sputnik 15. Truman Doctrine 16. Domino Theory