the cold war
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The Cold War. Aim: How does “fear” affect society during times of war?. Cold War. The Cold War was a decades-long struggle for global supremacy that pitted the capitalist United States and allies against the communist Soviet Union and allies Main Characteristics Espionage (KGB vs. CIA) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Cold WarAim: How does “fear” affect
society during times of war?
Cold War The Cold War was a decades-long
struggle for global supremacy that pitted the capitalist United States and allies against the communist Soviet Union and allies
Main Characteristics • Espionage (KGB vs. CIA) • Arms Race (Nuclear escalation • Ideological Competition through Proxy Wars • Bi-Polarization of Europe (NATO vs. Warsaw Pact)
Origins of the Cold War Mutual Suspicion
during WWII • Second Front in
Northern Europe • Lend-Lease Act
Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe under Stalin to create a “buffer zone” to stop invasion
US Policy Against Communism
Containment Doctrine: Stopping the spread of Communism would lead it to die on its own
Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan
How does “fear” affect society during times of
war?
Documentary Activity As you watch the
documentary, answer the questions below. • How was the
atmosphere of fear created in the US post 9/11?
• How did Americans react to the terrorist threats?
• What is the Patriot Act? • How does it affect
Americans?
Fear Leads to…
Creation of a National Enemy + Consensus
Necessary for militarization of budget
Sacrifice of Civil Liberties 1950 1955 1960 1961
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Military SpendingTotal
Why were people so fearful during the Cold
War?
Propaganda Example: Propaganda: 100 Things You
Should Know about Communism in the USA
Read the document and SOAP it • Subject • Objective • Audience • Perspective
Answer: What is life like under Communism?
Communist Uprisings Post-War: Communist
factions in France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Turkey, Indochina
1949 Communists under Mao Zedong defeat Nationalists
1950 Communist North invades Democratic South
Spies! Spies!
1947 Truman Executive Order 9835: Loyalty Tests
“gave popular credence to the notion that the government was riddled with spies…”
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Alger Hiss: US State Department official
Joe 1/RDS 1 (August 29, 1949)
HUAC Dramatic Reading
Hollywood Ten• screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals
In 1947, the committee held nine days of hearings into alleged communist propaganda and influence the Hollywood entertainment industry
What is the goal of the HUAC investigation of Hollywood according to Lawson and Lardner? Why do you think this goal is necessary on the part of HUAC?
What are the main arguments of Lawson and Lardner?
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr.Screenwriter
John Howard LawsonScreenwriter
House Un-American activities chaired by Richard Nixon "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist
Party?"
McCarthyism: Fodder • Public alarm over the
evils of Communism allowed McCarthy to:• destroy many
reputations• Fire college
professors• Rid US of
individual expression
• The arts?
Homework Review A People’s War (Part II)
• Review Questions in your group. Make sure you know the answers as these same questions will appear on your final examination.
• Discuss the question below. Have a scribe write it down and a speaker will share answers. Based on the reading, was the Cold War
inevitable? Did fears have true sources or were fears used
to control the population?