1. The Cold War Heats Up 1)Define Containment.
2)Examine the Korean War as a Cold War Proxy conflict.
3)Reflect on McCarthyism and its detrimental affects on American society.

2. Truman and Containment
- (1947) Communist rebels trying to take over Greece.
- Truman opposes this!
- Containment:
- Countries already Communist left alone.
- US would oppose Communism from spreading.

3. Expansion of Communism
- Chinese Civil War.
- Nationalists vs. Communists.
- Communists win under Mao Zedong, Nationalists retreat to Taiwan.

4. The Korean War - After WWII, Korea was freed from Japan.
- Divided into 2 occupation zones.
- North Korea became Communist.
- South Korea became Capitalist.

5. The Korean War
- (June 25th, 1950) N.K. Under Kim il Sung attacked S.K.
- U.N. Security Council support war against N.K. Aggression
- U.S.S.R. Boycotted vote, could not veto.

6. The Korean War - U.N. Forces counterattack.
- (Sept. 1950) Inch'on Landings.
- U.N./U.S. Army almost to Yalu River.
-(Nov. 1950) Communist China attacks!

7. The Korean War
- McArthur wanted to expand the war, attack China.
- advocated using nuclear bombs.
- Truman wanted to keep Korean War limited, not attack China.
- Removed McArthur from command.

8. The Korean War - 1952, China/N.K. vs. U.N./U.S. Has stalemated.
- New POTUS Eisenhower signs an armistice, ends fighting.
- War Casualties
- 58,000 U.S. deaths.
- 2.5 million Korean war deaths.
- 152,000 Chinese deaths.

9. Cold War Hysteria and McCarthyism
- Fear of Communism abroad led to fear of Communism at home.
- (1947) Loyalty Review Board.
- House of Un-American Activities (HUAC)
- Investigated groups for Communist ties.
- Is this Democratic?

10. McCarthyism - Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- (1950) Claimed there were Communists in govt.
- Americans believed him!
- (1954) Claimed U.S. Army had Communists in their ranks.
- No solid evidence.
- Discredited.

11. Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
- (1949) Soviet Union exploded an A-bomb.
- Now two atomic powers in world.
- (1950) U.S. Starts working on hydrogen bombs.
- Cold War becomes a Nuclear Arms Race.