the cold war chapter 26. key topics prospects for world peace at the end of wwii diplomatic policy...
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The Cold War
Chapter 26
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Key Topics
• Prospects for world peace at the end of WWII
• Diplomatic policy during the Cold War
• The Truman presidency• Anticommunism and McCarthyism• Cold War culture and society• The Korean War
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The Cold War [1945-1991]: An Ideological Struggle
Soviet & Eastern Bloc
Nations[“Iron
Curtain”]
US & the Western
Democracies
GOAL spread world-wide Communism
GOAL “Containment” of Communism & the eventual collapse of the Communist world.[George Kennan]
METHODOLOGIES:
1. Espionage [KGB vs. CIA]
2. Arms Race [nuclear escalation]
3. Ideological Competition for the minds and hearts of Third World peoples [Communist govt. & command economy vs. democratic govt. & capitalist economy] “proxy wars”
4. Bi-Polarization of Europe [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact]
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The Division of Berlin
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The Bipolarization of Europe
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Containment
• The Truman Doctrine– Self-Granted power to keep Communism
from spreading
• The Marshall Plan– Commitment to help rebuild Europe
• The Berlin Crisis
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George Kennan [“X Article”]: CONTAINMENT
Goals Means Actual Application1.Restoration
of the balance of power
2.Reduction of Soviet ability to project outside power.
Encouragement of self-confidence in nations threatened by Soviet expansion.
Exploitation of tensions in international communism.
Long-term program of U.S. economic assistance [Marshall Plan]
Cooperation with communist regimes; [supporting Titoism in Yugoslavia]
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3.Modification of the Soviet concept of international relations.
Negotiating settlement of outstanding differences.
Using “carrots & sticks’; containing Germany with an embrace and Russia at arms length.
George Kennan [“X Article”]: CONTAINMENT
Goals Means Actual Application
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“To Err is Truman”• Why was Truman
relatively unpopular at the beginning of the 1948 campaign?
• What controversy arose around the 1948 election?
• What role did anti-communism play in Truman’s Fair Deal?
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The Cold War at Home
• Why was there such an extensive Red Scare at Home?– What steps were
taken for National Defense?
• How were people’s rights restricted?
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National Defense Budget [1940-1964]
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The Cold War at Home
• The Red Scare in Hollywood– How did HUAC influence
the movie industry?
– Should government have censorship rights on creative productions?
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The Cold War at Home
• Spy Cases– Alger Hiss– Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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The Cold War at Home
• Why were people like McCarthy deemed credible?
• What did McCarthy hope to achieve through his action?
• How was he eventually brought down?
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Cold War Culture
• How did the cold War affect American Culture?– Return of the Soldier– Women’s Roles– Middle Class Status
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Korean War
[1950-1953]
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Korean War[1950-1953]
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il-Sung
“Domino Theory”
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The Shifting Map of Korea[1950-1953]
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The Korean War
• Did the Korean War serve any purpose?
• Was American entry a mistake?
• How much responsibility should Truman bear for the result of the Korean War?
• How was the Korean War a demonstration of the Containment Policy?