1. The Spread of Communism
The Cold War
The Spread of Communism

2. United Nations Work For World Peace
Representatives From 50 Countries in San Francisco to Discuss Charter

3. Nuremberg Trials High-Ranking Nazi Officials Tried
19 Nazi Leaders Found Guilty
12 Sentenced to Death
Lower-Ranking Officials Also Tried
Exposed the Horrors of the Holocaust
Led to Sympathy for New Israel Independence

5. US and Soviet Union Bitter Rivals
Different Economic and Political Ideas
US = Capitalism/Freedom
Soviet Union = Communism/Control
Fight Over Post War Germany

6. Truman Doctrine Britain Can No Longer Help Greece Avoid Communist Rule
US Steps in to Keep Communism Out of Greece and Turkey
Deeply Angered Soviet Leaders

7. The Marshall Plan
America Helps European Countries Rebuild After the War to Avoid the Spread of Communism
Containment

8. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
US, 9 Western European Nations, Canada, Iceland
Vowed to Defend One Another if Attacked

9. Warsaw Pact Response to NATO
Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Satellite Nations

11. Spread of Communism China Faces Communist Rule
Non-Communist Citizens Forced to Taiwan
Korea is Divided Between the Soviet Union (North) and the US (South)

13. Korean War North Korea Invades Over the 38th Parallel
UN Calls For Cease-Fire, Ignored
Truman Refuses Expanding Into China = Unpopular
Americans Become Frustrated
Eisenhower Threatens Atomic Bomb if War Continues
Cease-Fire Eventually Signed

15. Red Scare 1st- After WWI 2nd- 1940s and 1950s
Americans Feared Communist Take Over
Media Outlets Refuse to Hire Suspected Communists
Propaganda Focused on Fear Tactics
Suspected = Lose Job
Schools, FBI, Government, Justice Department

16. Joseph McCarthy
Blamed Spread of Communism on Government Leaders Involved in Making Foreign Policies
Made Accusations of Suspected Communists in Government Without Proof
Challenge = Risk Being Associated With Communism
Suspected Communists in Military
Taken Out of Power Eventually

17. Nuclear Threat
After WWII, Constant Threat of More Nuclear Weapons Being Released
Hydrogen Bomb Developed
More Powerful Than Atomic
Nuclear Arms Race
“Duck and Cover” Drills

18. Space Race Sputnik – First Satellite (Soviet) NASA Created
US Beats Soviets to the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (1969)
Led to Technology Developments
Building Materials, Computers, Medical Devices, Communication Systems
(We Went to the Moon in 1969)