Transcript The Cold War Begins - The Independent School

Unit VII: World War II
and Its Aftermath
Chapter 26: Cold War
Conflicts
The Origins of the Cold War
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Former Allies Clash
• What wartime decisions of the United States
inspired Soviet distrust?
• What wartime decisions of the U.S.S.R.
inspired American distrust?
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The United Nations
• The Security Council
• Veto Power of Permanent Members
• Why these countries?
Tension Mounts
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Rewind: Truman’s Succession
The Potsdam Conference
• What does Truman find out at Potsdam (about
Stalin) that FDR did not know at Yalta?
• What were the differences between Truman’s
and Stalin’s postwar goals?
• Define: satellite nations?
• What countries today might be thought of as
“satellites?”
The Iron Curtain
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What is meant by the phrase
“Iron Curtain?”
• Why does Stalin’s seizure of
Eastern Europe appear
acceptable to the Soviets?
• Why doesn’t the West fight
him over the broken promises
at Yalta?
• Define: Containment Policy
Cold War in Europe
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The Truman Doctrine
• How does this represent a radical change in
American foreign policy?
• Why does Truman think it is important?
• What tactics does Truman use in Turkey and
Greece?
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The Marshall Plan
• Why was this so important to the history of
Western Europe?
• Where had the United States learned this
lesson?
Superpower Struggle
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The Berlin Crisis
• Why does Berlin matter so much?
• What is Stalin trying to gain over and above the
value of West Berlin?
• How does the United States solve its dilemma?
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Germany Divided
• Federal Republic of Germany
• German Democratic Republic
• What’s in a name?
NATO
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The North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (1949)
• What major change takes place in U.S. foreign policy
and why?
• What is the primary military objective of this alliance?
The Cold War Heats Up
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Chiang Kai-shek vs. Mao Zedong
• What can we learn from the differing views of average
Americans and U.S. officials? Why are these views
different?
• Why is Communism so popular in China?
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Renewed Civil War
• What effect does the Containment policy have on
American aid to China?
• Taiwan (the Republic of China)
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American Reaction
• Who was in the right about China? Had the containment
policy failed?
The Korean War
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Cold War in Korea
• Why is Korea divided?
• The Communist North
• The Democratic South?
• What do the Soviets have
to do with the war?
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The UN’s First War
• The USSR’s diplomatic
blunder
• Why a boycott?
• Why is this such a
disastrous blunder for the
Soviets?
War In Korea
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Douglas MacArthur
• MacArthur invades Inchon by
surprise attack.
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Enter The (Chinese) Dragon
• Why can China fight America, and
why is it willing to take the risk?
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A Nuclear Korea?
• Truman vs. MacArthur
• Insubordination
• Why do the generals of the Joint
Chiefs disagree with MacArthur?
Why does the public back him?
The Cold War At Home
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The Loyalty Review
Board
The House Un-American
Activities Committee
(HUAC)
• Pro-Soviet Films
• Were the HUAC hearings
unconstitutional?
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The McCarran Act
• Why the controversy?
Who was right?
Spies
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Alger Hiss and Richard Nixon
• Espionage results in political capital
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The Rosenbergs
• The Soviet Bomb
• What caused the Rosenbergs to spy for the
Soviet Union?
• Should they (if guilty) have been executed?
The Witch-Hunt
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McCarthy’s Red Scare
• What tactics did McCarthy use to gain fame?
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Why does the public believe him?
Why are Senators immune from slander charges?
What danger exists in Joe McCarthy’s tactics?
Why don’t the Republicans stop him?
What mistake does McCarthy make in his
accusations?
Living On The Edge
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Brinkmanship
• Fusion Weapons
• What is the purpose of the fusion weapon?
• Eisenhower and Dulles
• Massive Retaliation
• What is the theory behind America being willing to
use nuclear weapons first? How is it supposed to
ensure peace?
• Problems?
• What technologies develop?
The Cold War Spreads
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The Influence of the United States
• Iran (1951)
• Why is Mossadegh seen as pro-Soviet?
• How does this affect relations with Iran today?
• Was the CIA’s action defensible?
• Guatemala (1954)
• Why was the Guatemalan government seen as Communistfriendly?
• Was the CIA’s action defensible?
• The Warsaw Pact and Geneva (1955)
• What spurs this “alliance?” Why do it?
• Why do you think the Soviets rejected “open skies?”
The Middle East
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The Formation of Israel (1948)
• Why does Israel’s existence anger Arab
nations?
• Colonization?
• Why does the United States support Israel so
consistently?
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Nasser and the Suez (1955)
• Why does Nasser seize the Suez canal?
• Is this action defensible?
• Why are Great Britain and France involved?
Hungary
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Nagy the Communist?
• If Nagy is a Communist, why does he defy
Moscow?
• Why can the Soviet Union invade Hungary, but
the West cannot throw them out?
• Why can’t the UN do anything?
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Khrushschev
• Differences between Stalin and Khrushchev?
The High Front
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The Space Race
• Why is the space race important?
• What advantages does a country with a space
program possess?
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The U-2 Incident
• Why did the United States launch this program?
• How did the Soviets find out?
• What is the effect of the incident?