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Cold War spreads
Depression
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Before WWII: Depression scares people into
the communist party
After WWII: most quit the party
Party members will face persecution in the
following years
Loyalty to America
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Root out any element of communism
Spies begin to enter the U.S.
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Atomic bomb information
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg executed for passing
atomic information to Soviets
Hollywood is attacked
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“black list” names of people in the business who
may be communist (list consisted of 10 names)
Joseph McCarthy
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Sparks an Anti-Communist hysteria caused
fear and suspicion across the nation
Took crusade to senate floor with a list of 205
accused communist in the government
Opposition was weak at first
Army v. McCarthy
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Televised to the nation: Result: lost supporters
Cold war 1950s
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Dwight D. Eisenhower President 1953
Southeast Asia: Vietnam
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Middle east
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French colony
America sent aid but stayed out
Iran oil fields
Suez Canal
Jews got to Palestine and create Israel
Latin America
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We help overthrow countries, Nicaragua, Honduras,
Guatemala
Arms Race
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Growth of Nuclear Arms
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Deterrance: policy of making the military power of
the U.S. and its allies so strong that no enemy
would dare attack for fear of retaliation
1954
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Dropped bomb 750 times more destructive than
the two atomic bombs dropped during WWII
Japanese sailors 90mi away suffered radiation
burns