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Cold War
U.S. HistoryChapter 18
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United States vs. Soviet Union
• United States:• Democracy• Private citizens control
economic activity• People elect
government official with political parties – offers a CHOICE
• Soviet Union:• State-controlled
property and economic activity
• Totalitarian – NO CHOICE
• Upset over no 2nd Front, secret atomic bomb
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United Nations
• 50 nations • Promote peace• San Francisco meeting• Competition between the
U.S. and Soviet Union
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Potsdam Conference
• July 1945 – U.S., GB, S.U. • Final war-time conference• Clear Stalin NOT allowing free elections in
Poland like he promised at Yalta• Showed U.S./S.U. at big odds• So..– Truman fought against large reparations from
Germany
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Satellite Nations
• Page 605• Countries
dominated by the Soviet Union – communist governments established
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Containment **
• Taking measures to prevent communism from spreading to other countries – “containing” it where it exists
• George Kennan
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“Iron Curtain”
• Winston Churchill• Refers to the division between democratic
Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
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The Cold War
• Conflict between the U.S. and the S.U. that does not take place on a battlefield
• 1945 – 1991 (when S.U. breaks up)
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Truman Doctrine
• Greece and Turkey – civil wars – communists vs. pro-western governments. Fall of either opens up Western Europe and Asia to Soviet influence
• Truman Doctrine - $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey.– Why? U.S. must support free people everywhere
from outside pressure
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Marshall Plan
• Western Europe torn up!• Sec. of State George Marshall – give aid to
European nations that need it• 16 nations - $13 billion
over 4 years• Promoted democracy• Our industries/banks
profited
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German reunification
• 4 zones – GR, FR, US combine their areas – Democratic
• Western Berlin – cut off by S.U.• Berlin Airlift – 327 days –
U.S. airlifts food, supplies• Increased our prestige• Protected flights with threat of bomb!• Germany – Western part – The Federal Republic of
Germany. Eastern part – German Democratic Republic
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NATO
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization• 12 nations• Defensive military alliance• **1st peacetime alliance for the U.S.• **end of isolationism
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China
• National government led by Chiang Kai-shek, supported by the U.S.
• Sent $3 billion to help fight communist take over. He had no public support though.
• Mao Zedong – Communist leader – won people’s support, defeated Kai-shek, est. the People’s Republic of China
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Korea
• 38th parallel – North – Soviet, South – American controlled
• KNOW MAP PAGE 613• General Douglas MacArthur – commander of
troops– Wanted to invade China, Truman rejected idea,
MacArthur spoke out against Truman, fired
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The Cold War at Home
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Executive Order 9835
• Called for loyalty boards for government employees.
• 91 organizations labeled “subversive” – watched members
• 3.2 million investigated, not allowed to see evidence against them
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HUAC
• House Un-American Activities Committee – investigated communism in the movie industry
• “Hollywood 10” – 10 screen writers, producers, directors – associated with communism
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McCarran Act
• Against the law to establish a totalitarian government in the U.S.
• Required Communist organizations to register with the government
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Alger Hiss
• Accused of being a Soviet spy• Guilty, prison
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Rosenberg’s
• Sept. 1949 – Soviets exploded an atomic bomb. How so fast???
• Jan. 1950 – Truman orders creation of hydrogen bomb – finished in ‘52. Soviets do the same 9 months later
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg – accused of leaking atomic secrets to the Soviets
• Guilty, put to death in electric chair
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McCarthyism
• Joseph McCarthy – Rep Senator – accused government employees of being members of Communist party (205 names)
• Later charged the Army of being filled with communists – put on trial – TV– Lost a lot of support
• McCarthyism – public charges ofdisloyalty in the government without evidence
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 1952 election• 1956 election
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John Foster Dulles
• Secretary of State• “Massive Retaliation” – use ALL force to stop
communism• “Brinkmanship” – going to the brink of war
with S.U. to keep peace – relies on nuclear weapons
• Fear of nuclear war comes home – air raid procedures, fall-out shelters
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CIA
• Central Intelligence Agency – spies, information.
• Secret operations to weaken/overthrow unfriendly governments
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Warsaw Pact
• 1953 – Stalin dies• Nikita Khrushchev took over – “Peaceful Co-
existence” • Warsaw Pact – S.U. and 7 Eastern European
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“Spirit of Geneva”
• Meeting between Eisenhower/Khrushchev. Wanted “open skies” – does not get, but does get an agreement to stop nuclear testing
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Eisenhower Doctrine
• U.S. would defend any Middle Eastern nation against any Communist nation
• Hungarian Revolt – Hungary revolted against S.U., denounced Warsaw Pact. Soviet tanks rolled in, 30,000 killed. 200,000 fled.– U.S. did nothing, UN did nothing – it was a satellite
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The Space Race
• Sputnik – artificial satellite launched by Soviets• Increase in education – science and math• CIA – making secret flights over Soviet territory
taking photos• May 1, 1960 – U-2 plane shot down, evidence of
spying shown to world– We agree to stop spying
• Caused the ‘60s to begin with tension!!!
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Kennedy and the Cold WarChapter 20
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1960 Election
• Republican – Richard Nixon• Democrat – John F. Kennedy• Things that cost Republicans – Sputnik, long range
missiles, U-2 spy plane, Cuba and Soviet Union• TV and Civil Rights turned the election:– TV – 4 debates where JFK looked more “polished”
than Nixon– Civil Rights – MLK arrested in Atlanta. Eisenhower did
nothing, Kennedy got him out of jail
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• Kennedy wins by small margin – just over 100,000 popular votes
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A New Military Policy
• Flexible Response – less reliance on nuclear weapons, increase spending on conventional arms and mobile military
• Created the Green Berets
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Cuba
• 1959 – Fidel Castro came to power• Nationalized American-owned
businesses/property• Eisenhower cut off trade• Castro turned to Soviet Union• Est. a communist Totalitarian government• Eisenhower – train anticommunist Cuban
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Bay of Pigs
• April 17, 1961 – 1,300 to 1,500 Cubans exiles trained by the CIA landed at Bay of Pigs
• Nothing went as planned, trapped by Cubans backed with Soviet tanks
• Forced to surrender• Made us look BAD
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Cuban Missile Crisis
• Oct. 1962 – spy photos show Soviet missile bases in Cuba, some with missiles ready to launch
• Page 675• Oct. 22 – “any attack
from Cuba would trigger an all-out attack on the Soviet Union”
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• For 6 days – Soviet ships heading toward Cuba, naval blockade around Cuba, 100,000 troops sent to Florida
• “Eyeball to eyeball”• S.U. backed down
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• Khrushchev – removed missiles from Cuba• Kennedy – will not attack Cuba, removed
missiles from Turkey• Both sides criticized • Hot line established• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty – end testing of
nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
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Berlin Wall
• U.S. troops still in Berlin• People still escaping from east to west• Khru – ordered us to leave, JFK – no.• August 1961 – Berlin wall built• Symbol of the Cold War
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The Vietnam War Years
U.S. HistoryChapter 22
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Moving Toward Conflict
• French controlled Vietnam until WWII• Ho Chi Minh – leader of Vietnamese Communist
Party• Japan took over Vietnam• Ho Chi Minh returned and helped from the Vietminh
– determined to gain independence• Japanese left after WWII, Ho Chi Minh declared
Vietnam an independent nation
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• French send troops, gain control of Southern half
• 1950 – U.S. sends nearly $15 million in economic aid to France
• Domino Theory – Eisenhower – if one nation falls to communism they all will fall (just like dominos)
• French surrendered May 1954
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• Geneva Accords – temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel
– Communist north, nationalists south. Election to unify the country would be held in 1956
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The United States Steps In
• Ho Chi Minh – North Vietnam• Ngo Dinh Diem – South Vietnam – strong
anticommunist• Diem refused to take part in the elections• Vietcong – Communist opposition group in the
South – began attacking Diem’s government
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Kennedy and Vietnam
• Increased financial aid to Diem• Sent military advisors to train South
Vietnamese troops (16,000 by 1963)• Diem becoming unpopular• Corruption• Moved villagers from their homes• Attacked Buddhism
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• Diem had to go• Nov. 1, 1963 – U.S. supported military coup
overthrew Diem, Diem killed.
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Johnson Expands the Conflict• Unstable leadership in South Vietnam• Aug. 2, 1964 – U.S. destroyer fired on by North
Vietnamese• Johnson called for bombing strikes on N.V.• Tonkin Gulf Resolution – granted Johnson broad
military powers in Vietnam• Operation Rolling Thunder – sustained bombing of
North Vietnam• Troops began arriving
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U.S. Involvement and Escalation
• More and more troops sent – containing communism. By end of 1965 – 180,000 troops, 1967 – 500,000
• Vietcong – hit and run tactics, attacked in cities and countryside
• Tunnel system• Land mines, traps, heat, leeches
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• U.S. – wear down the Vietcong (receiving supplies from China and S.U.). Vietcong remained defiant
• U.S. needed to get support of South Vietnamese.
• Napalm (set fire to jungle) and Agent Orange (toxic chemical) – often injured civilians and destroyed villages
• Search-and-destroy missions• Low troop morale
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Early War at Home
• Great Society suffered, tax increase• “living room war”• Young Americans resisting draft
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Roots of Opposition• New Left – growing youth movement• SDS – Students for a Democratic Society –
more power to the people, individual freedom
• College campuses – “teach ins”• Why oppose? Vietnam was a CIVIL war, no
need for us to be there, South Vietnamese leaders no better than Communist leaders, and morally unjust
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• Central Park demonstration – half a million protesters – “Burn cards, not people,” and “Hell no, we wont go.”
• Oct. 1967 – march in Washington
• Doves – believed the U.S. should withdraw• Hawks – do whatever to win the war
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1968
• Tet Offensive – Tet – our New Year’s Eve. Villagers were celebrating. That night, Vietcong launched an attack on 100 towns in South Vietnam and the U.S. embassy in Saigon. Continued for a month until stopped by U.S.
• Vietcong lost 32,000 soldiers• Greatly upset the American public – open criticism
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• Robert Kennedy assassinated• MLK assassinated – riots• College campus riots/demonstrations (200)• Riots/demonstrations during Democratic
Convention
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Richard Nixon
• Wins 1968 election• 1969 – Nixon announced troop withdrawals• Vietnamization – called for gradual
withdrawal of U.S. troops, let South Vietnam take more control– Henry Kissinger – Security Advisor
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Trouble Continues …• My Lai – massacre of innocent civilians in
South Vietnam by troops• Cambodia – U.S. invaded Cambodia to clear
it of Vietcong and North Vietnamese
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• Kent State – National Guard fired on demonstrators, killed 4
• Jackson State – same, 2 killed
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America’s Longest War Ends
• March 1972 – heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
• Dec. ’72 – “Christmas bombings” – 100,000 bombs/11 days
• Mar. ’73 – last American troops left Vietnam• North still attacked South• April ’75 – South surrendered to North