COLD WAR DEFINED 1945-1990* US-USSR

*BIPOLAR

*CONFLICT / COMPETITION IN ALL AREAS OF A NATION’S LIFE

TIMELINE

1945-1953 ORIGINS

1953-1970 HEIGHT OF COLD WAR

1970-1980 DETENTE

1980’s RENEWED CHILL

1990’s GORBACHEV ERA

WEAPONS USED TO FIGHT A “COLD WAR”

*ARMS RACE

-AID TO ALLIES

* “HOT” WARS

-LIMITED WAR

*DIPLOMACY

*COLLECTIVE SECURITY

-REGIONAL

*TECHNOLOGY

*ECONOMIC

-TRADE AND AID

*CULTURAL

-IDEOLOGY

*PROPAGANDA

*COVERT ACTIVITIES

DESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS OF CONTAINMENT

POST WWII CONDITIONS OF USSR

ECONOMIC DISTRESS IN W. EUROPE

POLITICAL STRESS IN GREECE AND TURKEY

SOVIET MILITARY IN E. EUROPE

MARSHALL PLAN AND TRUMAN DOCTRINE

(U.S. POLICY)

SUCCESS

EXPANSION OF POLICY

KOREA AND VIETNAM

EISENHOWER DOCTRINE

ID EARLY COLD WAR EVENTS 1945-1953

*POTSDAM

*CREATION OF SATELLITE GOV’TS

*BERLIN AIRLIFT

*NATO

-“IRON CURTAIN”

I.D. GERMANY’S OCCUPATION ZONES

*MAP

*GERMANY / BERLIN

-EAST AND WEST GERMANY-EAST AND WEST BERLIN

HOW DID THE CHINESE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION IMPACT THE U.S. (1949)

*CONTAINMENT

*TRUMAN

*TAIWAN- 2 CHINAS

**SUMMARIZE THE KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)

**EXPLAIN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN TRUMAN AND MACARTHUR

DESCRIBE THE “RED SCARE” IN THE U.S. AFTER WWII

*LOYALTY PROGRAMS

businesses / organizations state and national laws supportive SC rulings

*SPY CASES

Hiss Rosenburgs* HUAC*McCarthyism

SUMMARIZE ADMINISTRATIONS OF HST AND IKE

HST IKE*FDR/ “THE BOMB”

*POST WAR RECESSION

*LABOR

*DIXIE CRATS

*CHINA / MacArthur

*ELECTION OF 1948

*IMAGE

*“MODERN REPUBLICANISM”

*JF DULLES/ ‘BRINKMANSHIP’

*HUNGARY 1956

*EISENHOWER DOCTRINE

*CIVIL RIGHTS-MONTOGOMERY-LITTLE ROCK-EARL WARREN

DESCRIBE“BRINKMANSHIP”

- H-BOMB

- JF DULLES•CIA covert intervention•China

How did IKE adjust “ Containment”? - Suez Canal ( Eisenhower Doctrine) - Hungary - use of Dulles

**DESCRIBE THE 1960 ELECTION AND JFK’S VICTORY

•TV•CAMELOT / IMAGE•JFK = Obama

**WHAT WAS “FLEXIBLE RESPONSE”?•different from “massive retaliation” of IKE and Dulles

**CRISIS MANAGEMENT: FOREIGN POLICY •Bay of Pigs (4/61)

•Cuban Missle Crisis (10/61)•Berlin Wall (61)

* DESCRIBE THE “NEW FRONTIER” DOMESTIC PROGRAM

-FIGHT RECESSION - spending - military, NASA, foreign aid - “new dealish”

-CIVIL RIGHTS - reluctant - RFK

-ANTI-POVERTY - rejected by a conservative congress

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

I. BACKGROUND

B.) Well-educated, attended Harvard

A.) Had a large, wealthy family

C.) Fought in WWII

D.) Entered politics after death of brother Joe

E.) Served in Congress

F.) Good speaker, courageous, very determined

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

II. 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

A.) Ran against Republican, Richard Nixon

B.) JFK had the disadvantage of being young and Catholic

C.) Televised TV debates-made JFK look better

D.) JFK is the 1st Catholic and youngest man elected to office

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

III. FOREIGNFOREIGN EVENTS

A.) Believed in a “flexible response” to Soviets ; built up conventional arms and fight limited wars

B.) Bay of Pigs-April 17, 1961 ; CIA supported invasion of Cuba. Intended to start an uprising and overthrow Castro.

C.) Berlin Wall built-August 1961 ; built to prevent East Germans from defecting

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

III. FOREIGN EVENTS

D.) Cuban missile Crisis-October 1962 ; U-2 plane discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba. U.S. ships blockaded Cuba. Soviet ships arrived and turned around. Soviets agreed to dismantle missiles and U.S. agreed to not invade the island.

E.) Alliance For Progress ; 10 year, $20 million program of economic aid to Latin America

F.) Very Anti-Communist ; emphasizes military build-up, by 5 times. Determined to make the U.S. word good.

G.) Makes initial military commitment to Vietnam

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

IV.DOMESTIC EVENTS- “New Frontier”

A.) Many plans were blocked by Congress

B.) 1st president to address Congress on Civil Rights

C.) Established Peace Corps. -to help the poor in other countriesD.) Put emphasis on the space program

-May 1961- Alan Shepard Jr. becomes the 1st American to make a space flight.-1962- John Glenn was the 1st American to orbit the Earth.

-Apollo Project- makes plans for landing on the moon.

**DESCRIBE LBJ’S “GREAT SOCIETY” and “WAR ON POVERTY.”

-CIVIL RIGHTS

-HEALTH CARE

-URBAN RENEWAL

-EDUCATION

**ID REFORMS OF THE WARREN COURT.

-DESEGREGATION

-REAPPORTIONMENT

-RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

I. BACKGROUND

A.) Came back from a poor background and a self made man

B.) Experienced politician ; served in both houses of Congress

C.) Very persuasive and convincing- “Johnson Treatment”- pressured colleagues to agree with him

JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

I. PRESIDENCY 1963-1969

A. Committed himself to a “Great Society”

B. Persuaded Congress to pass many of JFK’s bills

1) Civil Rights Act of 1964

2) Aid to Education

3) Aid to Wilderness Area

JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

C.) Declared a “War on Poverty”

2) VISTA- Volunteers In Service to America

1) Economic Opportunity Act of 1964- job training and loans to the poor.

D.) elected in 1964- won over Rep. Barry Goldwater

5) Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

6) Social Security to higher education

7) Aid provided to higher education

8) National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities founded

E.) Passed extensive social legislation

1) Medicare Act- medical aid to people over 65

2) Medicaid Program- medical aid to the poor

3) Voting Rights Act 1965

4) Housing Act 1965

JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

5) Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

6) Social Security to higher education

7) Aid provided to higher education

8) National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities founded