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1 26 Cold War Conflicts 1 2 3 4 Origins of the Cold War
CHAPTER 26 Cold War Conflicts Overview Time Lines 1 Origins of the Cold War SECTION 2 The Cold War Heats Up SECTION 3 SECTION The Cold War at Home 4 Two Nations Live on the Edge SECTION Chapter Assessment Transparencies

2 26 Cold War Conflicts Economic Opportunity Constitutional Concerns
CHAPTER 26 Cold War Conflicts HOME “We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.” J. Robert Oppenheimer, speaking of the buildup of atomic weapons by the United States and the Soviet Union, 1953 THEMES IN CHAPTER 26 Economic Opportunity Constitutional Concerns Science and Technology

3 26 Cold War Conflicts What do you know?
CHAPTER 26 Cold War Conflicts HOME “We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.” J. Robert Oppenheimer, speaking of the buildup of atomic weapons by the United States and the Soviet Union, 1953 What do you know? In what ways was the Cold War “cold”? Read the quote and answer the following: What visual images does the quotation evoke? How would you paraphrase Oppenheimer’s statement in your own words?

4 26 Time Line The United States
CHAPTER 26 Time Line HOME The United States 1945 Truman meets with Churchill and Stalin at Potsdam conference. 1947 Truman Doctrine is announced. 1949 United States joins NATO. 1950 United States sends troops to Korea. 1952 United States explodes first hydrogen bomb. 1953 Rosenbergs are executed as spies. 1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy alleges Communist involvement in U.S. Army. 1960 Francis Gary Powers’s U-2 spy plane is shot down by Soviets.

5 26 Time Line The World 1945 United Nations is established.
CHAPTER 26 Time Line HOME The World 1945 United Nations is established. 1948 Berlin airlift begins. 1949 Germany is partitioned China becomes Communist under Mao Zedong. 1953 Soviets explode their first hydrogen bomb Korean War cease-fire is agreed to. 1954 French are defeated in Vietnam. 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik. 1959 Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.

6 1 Origins of the Cold War Learn About
SECTION 1 Origins of the Cold War HOME Learn About economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union. To Understand the Cold War and how it began.

7 1 Origins of the Cold War Key Idea
SECTION 1 Origins of the Cold War HOME Key Idea The Allied coalition falls apart as the United States and the Soviet Union find themselves in conflict with each other.

8 1 Origins of the Cold War 1 Section Assessment
HOME Section 1 Assessment SUMMARIZING What were the U.S. and Soviet actions that contributed most to the beginning of the Cold War? U.S. ACTIONS SOVIET ACTIONS Marshall Plan aid to Greece and Turkey Truman Doctrine Berlin airlift refusal of free elections in Poland control of countries in Eastern Europe invasion of Czechoslovakia

9 1 Origins of the Cold War 1 Section Assessment
HOME Section 1 Assessment Former aides of Franklin Roosevelt worried that Truman was not qualified to handle world leadership. Considering what you learned in this section, evaluate Truman as a world leader. EVALUATING his behavior toward Stalin his economic support of European nations his support of West Berlin THINK ABOUT

10 1 Origins of the Cold War 1 Section Assessment
HOME Section 1 Assessment Which of the two superpowers do you think was more successful in achieving its aims during the period 1945–1949? DRAWING CONCLUSIONS events in Eastern Europe the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan the conflicts over Berlin and the rest of Germany THINK ABOUT

11 2 The Cold War Heats Up Learn About
SECTION 2 The Cold War Heats Up HOME Learn About how Communist governments were established in Asia. To Understand why the United States became involved in the Korean War.

12 2 The Cold War Heats Up Key Idea
SECTION 2 The Cold War Heats Up HOME Key Idea U.S. containment policies and Communist successes in China and North Korea lead to the Korean War.

13 2 The Cold War Heats Up 2 Section Assessment
HOME Section 2 Assessment FOLLOWING CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER What were the major events influencing the fighting in Europe and North America? September 1950 North Korea captures most of Korea. June 1950 North Korea invades South Korea. November 1950 Chinese troops enter war. 1948 Korea is split in two nations. June 1950 U.S. supports South Korea. October 1950 UN counterattack succeeds. July 1953 Armistice signed.

14 2 The Cold War Heats Up 2 Section Assessment
HOME Section 2 Assessment If the Communists had lost the Chinese civil war, how might later events in Korea have been different? HYPOTHESIZING how North Korean plans might have been different how American public opinion might have been different what might have happened when MacArthur’s troops neared the North Korea-China border THINK ABOUT

15 2 The Cold War Heats Up 2 Section Assessment
HOME Section 2 Assessment Many Americans have questioned whether fighting the Korean War—a bloody war that ended in a stalemate—was worthwhile. What is your opinion? Why? FORMING OPINIONS what the war cost in lives and material goods what might have happened if UN troops had stayed out of the conflict what might have happened if UN troops had waged full-scale war against China THINK ABOUT

16 3 The Cold War at Home Learn About
SECTION 3 The Cold War at Home HOME Learn About the Hollywood Ten, two famous spy cases, and Senator Joseph McCarthy. To Understand how and why fear of communism swept the nation.

17 3 The Cold War at Home Key Idea
SECTION 3 The Cold War at Home HOME Key Idea The Cold War kindles a fear of Communist influence in the United States.

18 Anti-Communist fear gripped the country.
SECTION 3 The Cold War at Home HOME Section 33 Assessment What events illustrate how anti-communist fear gripped the country? SUMMARIZING HUAC investigates “un-American” activity in Hollywood. Congress passes the McCarran Act. Spy cases increase fears. Anti-Communist fear gripped the country. McCarthy arouses fears of a Communist conspiracy.

19 3 The Cold War at Home 33 Section Assessment
If you had lived in this period and been accused of being a Communist, what would you have done? MAKING DECISIONS the Hollywood Ten, who refused to answer questions the Rosenbergs, who pleaded the Fifth Amendment those who informed on others to save themselves THINK ABOUT

20 3 The Cold War at Home 3 Section Assessment
Get together with three classmates, with each group member playing one of the following roles: Harry Truman, a member of HUAC, Judge Irving Kaufman, and Joseph McCarthy. As the person you have chosen, explain your motivation for opposing communism. ROLE-PLAYING HISTORY

21 Two Nations Live on the Edge
SECTION 4 Two Nations Live on the Edge HOME Learn About the arms race, the spread of the Cold War, and the U-2 incident. To Understand how tensions grew between the United States and the Soviet Union.

22 Two Nations Live on the Edge
SECTION 4 Two Nations Live on the Edge HOME Key Idea Tension mounts between the United States and the Soviet Union as both try to spread their influence around the world.

23 Two Nations Live on the Edge
SECTION 4 Two Nations Live on the Edge HOME Section 4 Assessment What are some possible newspaper headlines that summarize U.S. involvement in the Cold War troubles of Guatemala, Iran, Egypt, and Hungary and the outcome of the situation? SUMMARIZING Trouble Spot Headline Guatemala CIA-Trained Army Topples Guatemalan Ruler CIA Keeps Communism Out of Guatemala Iran U.S. Prevents Iranian-Soviet Alliance U.S. Engineers Iranian Chaos Egypt U.S. Urges Peaceful Suez Solution Hungary U.S. Protests Soviet Invasion

24 Two Nations Live on the Edge
SECTION 4 Two Nations Live on the Edge HOME Section 4 Assessment Do you think that the United States should have taken each of the following actions? Why or why not? EVALUATING the development of the H-bomb the adoption of a policy of massive retaliation covert actions, including those in Iran and Guatemala and the U-2 flights THINK ABOUT

25 Two Nations Live on the Edge
SECTION 4 Two Nations Live on the Edge HOME Section 4 Assessment Which of the two superpowers do you think contributed more to Cold War tensions during the 1950s? ANALYZING U.S. decisions during this period each country’s participation in the arms race the Soviet Union’s invasion of Hungary THINK ABOUT

26 26 Chapter Assessment HOME 1. What were the goals of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War? 2. Explain the Truman Doctrine and describe how Americans reacted to it. 3. What was the purpose of the NATO alliance? 4. What global events helped to bring about U.S involvement in Korea? 5. What issue of military strategy led to a disagreement between General Douglas MacArthur and President Truman, eventually costing MacArthur his job?

27 26 Chapter Assessment HOME 6. What goals did the United States achieve by fighting in Korea? What goals did it fail to achieve? 7. What actions of Joseph McCarthy worsened the national hysteria about communism? 8. How did the spy case of the Rosenbergs feed anti– Communist sentiment in America? 9. By what means did the U.S. government, including the CIA, fight the Cold War around the world? 10. What technological developments during the 1950s contributed to an arms race that would last for more than 30 years?

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