1. Ch. 26 & 27: The Cold War Years

2. 26.1 - Origins of the Cold War
1945 – A Critical Year
US / USSR: troubled relationship
Yalta Conference: formation of the United Nations
F.D.R. dies –Truman becomes President
Conflicting Postwar Goals
U.S. supports democratic / capitalist world
U.S.S.R. supports totalitarian / communist world
Seek “satellite nations” by force and influence (see map p. 743)
The Iron Curtain: Divides Cold War Rivals
Communists dominate eastern Europe
U.S. and allies hope to contain Communism
Truman Doctrine: U.S. will “support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation…”

3. 26.1 Cause and Effect: The Cold War (p. 745) (Skills for Life p. 747)
How does this cartoon express Cold War view points?

4. 26.2 – The Cold War Abroad and at Home
The Marshall Plan – U.S. will aid ($$$) war recovery
The Berlin Airlift – Germany split
Allied sectors become West Germany (democracy)
USSR sector becomes East Germany (communist)
West Berlin (inside East Germany) cut off by USSR
Airlift brings supplies and breaks blockade
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
“democratic peace-loving states”
“an attack against one…shall be considered an attack against all.” = collective security
Warsaw Pact – USSR + satellite nation alliance

5. 26.2 Communist Advances The Cold War at Home
USSR develops atomic bomb in 1949
China falls to communism in 1949
The Cold War at Home
Loyalty Program and HUAC: the new Red Scare
“Duck & Cover”
US citizens “blacklisted,” many testify before Congress
McCarran-Walter Act: quotas for immigration from communist countries
Ques: How did US foreign policy during the Cold War differ from that prior to WWII?

6. 26.3 – The Cold War Expands The Korean War – 1950 – 1953
After WWII Korean split at 38th parallel
N. Korea invades S. Korea in June 1950
MacArthur leads UN forces in their first military operation
China enters war in 1950
Stalemate leads to truce in 1953, but not full peace
The McCarthy Era
Sen. McCarthy leads communist conspiracy accusations
Domino Theory
If one country falls to Communism, others will follow
Conflicts in Asia, Middle East and Latin America unfold
The Arms Race & brinksmanship (see quotes p. 762)

7. Ch The Postwar Economy

8. 27.1 The US economy grew after WWII and many Americans prospered
TVs, computers, nuclear energy and advances in medicine
Growth of white-collar work force
Growth of suburbs and “baby boomers”
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill)
Provided economic and education opportunities for veterans

9. 27.3 Truman’s Domestic Policies Eisenhower Years: “I Like Ike” 1952
Transition to peacetime economy
Fair Deal –failed attempt to extend New Deal goals
Eisenhower Years: “I Like Ike” 1952
Modern Republicanism: pro business, anti “big government”
27.4 – Demands for Civil Rights
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) – desegregation of schools
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) – Rosa Parks sets off events led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that results in desegregation of buses.

10. The Cold War Years Review
Crash Course: The Cold War