Unit+VII

=﻿Unit VII: The Cold War=

__Major Aspects of the Cold War__
 * Cold War : between U.S. and S.U. U.S.S.R. = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
 * The Truman Doctrine of containment - This policy is to help people avoid Russian expansive tendencies.
 * There was a deadly "arms race" - Russia tested a bomb, and after U.S. knew they were basically prepared for anything Russia threw at them by building an even more destructive atomic weapons.
 * The practice of attack drills in school and other public places called "duck and cover drill". - People built bomb shelters in their backyards.
 * There was a space race - satellites, tech, the moon, spying, NASA - On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik so it can be placed into Earth's orbit. 1958, the U.S. launched its own satellite, Explorer I which started this "space race".
 * Red Scare - fear of communism
 * HUAC - investigated Americans beliefs - Are there communists in U.S.?
 * June 1950, Soviet-backed North Korean People's Army invade South Korea. - Korean War began
 * The use of diplomacy instead of military action.

Major Cold War Action:

 * The Korean War
 * Cuba
 * Vietnam War ( American Failure )
 * communist country

2011 Communist countries

 * Vietnam
 * Cuba
 * China (somehwat)
 * North Korea



=‍A. Intro=

‍2. What can we learn from looking at the Cold War map above?

 * U.S. had a lot of allies on both sides of the world
 * China is the largest comunist country and one of the few of them
 * Soviet Union and Allies countrol most of Europe and all of Russia


 * Alliences:
 * need resourses
 * trade
 * strategy
 * beliefs
 * language
 * religion

=Quotes=

‍- President George H.W. Bush
===‍2. At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. __One way of life__ is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by __free__ institutions, representative government, __free__ elections, guarantees of individual __liberty__, __freedom__ of speech and religion, and __freedom__ from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon __terror__ and __oppression__, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms. ===
 * ===Choice - Democracy or Communism- like U.S. or Like Soviet Union ===

- President Harry Truman

==‍3. "The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."==

-Joseph Stalin

 * Curruption

=4. The Truman Doctrine=

‍Speech delivered by President Harry S. Truman to Congress - March 12, 1947

 * His policyo have free peoples risist subjugation. All the help he gives is through economic and finacial aid.
 * Help countries resist communism through use of economic aid.

=B. The Basics=
 * 1) ===__‍Who was the Cold War between?-__ U.S and the Soviet Union===
 * 2) ===__‍When was the Cold War?-__ 1947-1991===
 * 3) ===__‍Why did it occur? What was it over?-__ U.S. didnt trust Soviet Union and they didnt agree on how they were going to punish Germany- spread of communism.===
 * 4) ===‍Why is it called "the Cold War?"- There was not a lot of direct military fighting- it was mostly a war of ideas and trying to spread democracy and communism===
 * 5) ===‍We will complete the following chart:===


 * || ECONOMY || DESCRIPTION || POLITICS || DESCRIPTION ||
 * THE UNITED STATES || Capitalism || * Citizens run the businesses-
 * Compitition is what drives the industries || Democracy || * The people controls the government by picking their represenatives
 * Many individual rights and freedoms ||
 * THE SOVIET UNION || Communism || * Government runs the economy || Dictatorship || * One person with COMPLETE power
 * Limited individual rights ||

__Communism-__ in theory communism is about having classless society NO rich and NO poor.
=__Cold War Video:__=
 * NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)- U.S. and other Democratic countrys in an Alliance
 * Warsaw Pact- Soviet Union and their alliances
 * Berlin Airlift- U.S. sending in supplies by planes to keep West Berlin from becoming communist.

===‍6. QUESTIONS: use the info below the question and your background knowledge to answer these two questions:=== >>
 * 1) ====__‍Why was America so set on stopping the spread of Soviet influence? What is so bad about communism? What was so bad about the Soviets?__====
 * America didnt like communism because it was the opposite in what they belived in and they see it as limiting peoples freedom, rights and oppurtunities. Communism was bad because noone is rich noone is poor people geting paid the same amount other people get lazy and still getting paid the same as hardworkers.
 * 1) ====__‍What did the Soviets think was so bad about America and capitalism?__====
 * To much inequality, money influences everything, greed, consumerism, etc...

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= =__The Marshall Plan__=
 * Was an American Program to aid Europe, and help it rebuildits economy.
 * The U.S. had many goals- rebuild a war devastated region, remove trade barriers, moderize industry, and make Europe prosperous again.
 * Fighting the spread of communism
 * Stable economies = democracy?
 * $13 billion U.S. aid- 1948-1952 to17million European Countries.
 * Most money to Britain, France, Italy, West Germany.
 * 1st $ went to Greece + Turkey
 * Very successful program! Help w/ containment

=__McCarthyism__= __Named after a guy named Joseph McCarthy and is a belief...__
 * exposing communist whereever they are, including the U.S. government.
 * Turned out he had very little evidence
 * can we fight communisim without violating citizens rights?