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1 DEMOCRACY VS. COMMUNISM UNITED STATES VS. SOVIET UNION

2 CONTAIN COMMUNISM TRUMAN DOCTRINE: $400m to help Greece and Turkey- help people resist communism MARSHALL PLAN aka EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAM (ERP) Stop the spread of Communism July 1947 and operated for 4 years 13 billion $$$ to rebuild Europe after WWII Offered to S.U. but rejected because they had to make political reforms and accept outside controls

3 CONTAIN COMMUNISM CONT.
WWII ENDS- Sept 1945 COLD WAR DEMOCRACY (U.S) VS. COMMUNISM (U.S.S.R) TRUMAN DOCTRINE- MARCH $400 MILLION TO GREECE AND TURKEY “…it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” MARSHALL PLAN- JUNE “…not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.”

4 CONTAIN COMMUNISM N.A.T.O.: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, defensive military alliance between W. European nations, U.S. and Canada. 1st time in history the U.S. entered into a military alliance during peacetime. WARSAW PACT: alliance between communist countries in E. Europe. CONTAINMENT: STOP the spread of communism. Iron Curtain: term created by Churchill: invisible wall that separated E (communism) and W (democracy) Europe

5 BERLIN AIRLIFT June 1948 – May 1949 first major international crises of the COLD WAR. Stalin blockades access to W. Berlin days, 277,000 flights, 2.3 million tons of supplies airlifted to West Berlin. May 1949 Stalin lifted blockade and Democracy is maintained

6 C H I N A CHIANG KAI-SHEK $$$$ FROM U.S. NATIONALIST HIGH INFLATION
MAO ZEDONG $$$$ FROM U.S.S.R COMMUNIST PROMISED LAND TO PEASANTS IMPLEMENTED LITERACY & FOOD PROGRAMS STRONG MILITARY EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCED AND STRONG LEADERSHIP CHIANG KAI-SHEK $$$$ FROM U.S. NATIONALIST HIGH INFLATION FAILING ECONOMY WEAK LEADERSHIP POOR MORAL EXTREMELY CORRUPT GOVERNMENT

7 KOREAN WAR: JUNE 1950-JULY 1953 Korea was controlled by Japan from 1910 to 1945 End of WWII: Japanese troops north of 38th parallel surrendered to SU troops: SU took control of NORTH Japanese troops south of the 38th parallel surrendered to US troops: US took control of SOUTH At the end of WWII, US withdrew most troops and the SU concluded that the US would not defend the territory. June 25, 1950 North Korean forces attacked South Korea; the conflict that followed became known as the Korean War. The U.N. agreed to help: 16 nations sent 520,000 troops to aid S. Korea and troops were led by General Douglas MacArthur

8 KOREA IS A PENISULA OFF OF CHINA
38TH PARALLEL- LINE THAT DIVIDES COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA FROM DEMOCRATIC SOUTH KOREA

9 McCarthyism Most famous anti- communist activist
“Communist Witch-hunt” Ineffective legislator needed issue to win re-election Attacked and accused people without evidence McCarthy claims Communists in State Department and U.S. Army: resulted in nationally televised investigation Joseph McCarthy was seen as bully and was alienated by senate and public

10 Cuba: BAY OF PIGS: CIA trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba. April to 1500 Cuban exiles tried to invade Cuba to overthrow government. US paid Castro $53 million in food and medical supplies for release of hostages REVOLUTION Guerilla movement Fidel Castro leader US recognizes new government Conflicts with US led Castro to rely On USSR for support

11 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
SOVIETS set up missiles in Cuba Aimed at U.S. US responded by setting up missiles in Turkey aimed at SU. Both nations removed missiles: CLOSEST THE U.S. AND U.S.S.R CAME TO ACTUAL WAR KHRUSHCHEV VS. KENNEDY 11

12 The Vietnam War COMMUNIST NORTH VS. DEMOCRATIC SOUTH 12

13 VIETNAM WAR North: Communist North and Viet Cong
South: US and Democracy GOAL: STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 1968: TET OFFENSIVE led by North Viet Cong’s largest and most damaging campaign of the war Encouraged Anti-War protests throughout the United States COLLEGE CAMPUSES PUSH TO END DRAFT DEMANDED THE REMOVAL ALL AMERICAN TROOPS FROM VIETNAM

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