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The Cold War Begins… Ch 25.1, p. 508
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Words Satellite State _____________________ Arms Race ______________
Liberate Nuclear
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Balance of Power ________________________________ ____________________________ Who would control the newly defeated Eastern European countries? Which country would have greater influence? Do we trust each other with apocalyptic weapons?
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The Truman Doctrine __________________________________ ______________
We have to stop the USSR’s expansion in Greece/Turkey, other wise communism will spread across the globe The _____________ is all about financing, like the Dawes Plan
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Containment The USSR also tried financial assistance, with COMECON, but couldn’t afford to pay as much. By 1947, the _____________________________ ___________________
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Division of Germany After WW2, __________________________ __________: East (USSR) and West (GB, France, US) Also city of Berlin was split the same way.
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Division of Germany ___________________________________ __________ (GB, Fr, and US) so that the allies would eventually give up Berlin to the commies. Who needs trucks, the Berlin Airlift begins 10 months, 200,000 flights carried 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin
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Chinese Commies Too?! In 1949, ________________________ after a brutal civil war. We freak out.
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New Alliances The US formed NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org.) and the USSR signed the Warsaw Pact. The ____________________________________ ________________
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Arms Race Instead of building enormous militaries, both countries emphasize ____________________ The arms race is in full swing by the 1950s USSR catches up in 1949 with their own atomic bomb Soon after: Hydrogen Bombs, ICBMs, and a policy of deterrence (later called MAD)
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Berlin Wall Nikita Krushchev, new leader of the USSR, decides to isolate West Berlin Ppl are fleeing to West Berlin b/c it’s more prosperous _________________________________ ________________ – no one can enter/exit
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Q&A Why did the US and USSR become rivals?
________________________________________ ________________________________________ Which side of Germany did the USSR control? ______________ and East Berlin What are the alliances called in the Cold War? ______________________
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China After WW2 Ch 25.2, p. 513
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Terms _______________ Permanent revolution Final Source
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Civil War After WW2, China splits into two gov’ts: the Nationalists and Communists ______________________________ _________________________
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China Civil War, Cont’d. _______________ wants a ‘capitalist’ society with strict adherence to traditional philosophies _____________ wants communism and land redistribution.
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Mao Wins! Within 2 years, Mao defeats the Nationalists with the _______________________ Promising jobs, land and food to everyone ______________________, which becomes a pseudo-separate island nation
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The Great Leap Forward In the 1950s many farms in China were collectivized (remember that?) But that wasn’t enough! ________________ ______________: 30,000 ppl living and working together on each collective farm THIS DOES NOT SUCCEED
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The Great Leap Forward _________________________________ ____________________ Lesson: Don’t make ppl do things they aren’t motivated to do naturally. The peasants hated the Great Leap Forward Even slogans like “Hard work for a few years, happiness for a thousand” weren’t effective.
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Cultural Revolution In 1966, Mao decided he needed to takes things further in order to achieve a classless society Enter ___________________________________ ________________ Mao hoped to change ppl fundamentally
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Cultural Revolution, Cont’d.
____________ formed to quell capitalist elements of society, by humiliation, relocation and death. __________________________ – old ideas, culture, customs and habits LOL: city of Shanghai made red traffic lights (color of communism) stand for moving instead of stopping
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Cultural Revolution, Cont’d.
______________________________, he dies in 1976 Children report parents Permanent revolutionary fervor until his death _______________ takes over and starts to fix madness
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China + Cold War In the 1940s and 1950s it looked like China would be fighting us with the USSR Then the USSR and China started to dislike each other ____________________________________ ____________________ China has become more capitalistic ever since
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Q & A Why did Mao believe permanent revolution would be a good idea?
__________________________ Imagine you are a Chinese peasant sent to a desert commune during the Great Leap Forward. Do you enjoy this? ______ What group of ppl sought to sustain Mao’s Cultural Revolution? ________________
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Cold War Conflicts Ch 25.3, p. 517
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Vocab Proxy war _______________ Temporary Emerge
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US vs. USSR After WW2, European supremacy was over.
The world was controlled by the _____________ But _______________________________ Nuclear bombs?
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US vs. USSR _____________________________________ __________________
NATO + SEATO + CENTO (US alliances) Korean War Vietnam War Taiwan And many, many more
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The Korean War _____________________________________ ___________________ MacArthur is dispatched with the UN to push back the commies He goes too far and the full force of the USSR is brought to fight, MacArthur pushed back to the 38th Parallel and fired.
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_____________ Still the most heavily fortified border on planet Earth
A symbol of the policy of containment
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Cuban Missile Crisis Fidel Castro (commie) overthrows Cuba in 1959
____________________________________ __________________________ All are captured or killed
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Cuban Missile Crisis, Cont’d.
In 1962 Khrushchev put nuclear weapons in Cuba The US had them in neighboring Turkey, so this was retaliatory Months later, more ___________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________
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Cuban Missile Crisis, Cont’d.
A nuclear attack on US soil would have occurred if Kennedy attacked Cuba Instead, _____________________________ ________________________
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_________ War France still controlled Vietnam after WW2 as a colony
_______________here A guy named Ho Chi Minh unites his ppl with communist help (China) and defeats France
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Vietnam War President Kennedy sends in our first 25000 troops…
WE ARE WORRIED THE USSR is pulling strings His successor, President Johnson continued sending troops…in fear of a _______________ If one country falls, more will continue
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Vietnam War Turns out China and the USSR now hate each other and the domino theory is unfounded After _________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________ President Nixon ends this nonsense
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Vietnam War The best result of Vietnam is that __________ _________________________________ Mao is dead China doesn’t hate us Peace?
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Q&A Who takes over China after Mao?
_________________ How did nuclear weapons influence battle in the Cold War? ________________________________________ Has the US won any wars since WW2? ______________________________________
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