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1 The Cold War US History

2 Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
Loss of China Civil War – Communists (Mao Zedong) v. Nationalists (Chang Kai-Shek) US Offers Financial Assistance to Nationalists Communists Win the Revolution Americans are shocked at the loss of such a big territory to communism; significant failure of containment under President Truman

3 Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
USSR Gets the Atomic Bomb (1949) Americans are frightened Sets off a decades long arms race

4 Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
Spy Cases Klaus Fuchs – leaked atomic secrets to USSR Rosenbergs – executed for leaking atomic secrets to USSR

5 Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954 Crash Course #37 9:18-12:50
Hysteria Americans are frightened by world events and government propaganda

6 Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954
Second Red Scare / McCarthyism America begins to hunt for communists in the society Government workers Labor unions Hollywood Senator Joe McCarthy becomes the leader of the Red Scare

7 Changes in the Cold War 1949-1954

8 Korean War Korean War Communist North Korea invades non-communist South Korea America (UN) intervenes to contain communism

9 Korean War

10 Sputnik 1957 Monkey US Reaction Fear / panic
Heavy investment in science, math, technology Space Race $ to schools – National Defense Education Act

11 Sputnik 1957 Monkey

12 Cuba, Castro, and JFK US & Cuba Fidel Castro Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

13 Vietnam War Vietnam War Escalation Anti War Movement War Powers Act

14 President Nixon’s Cold War (1969-1974)
Vietnamization Leaves Vietnam (73) Détente China (72) USSR (72) SALT TREATY

15 Watergate Watergate Pentagon Papers Enemies List Break In (1972)
Cover-up Tapes US v. Nixon Resignation (1974) Pardon

16 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) – First Term
Tough Talk Military Buildup Star Wars (SDI)

17 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) – Second Term
Negotiation Mikhail Gorbachev Arms Summits

18 The End of the Cold War (1988 – 1991)
Gorbachev Perestroika Glasnost Eastern European Revolutions Fall of Berlin Wall Reunification of Germany

19 Dissolution of the USSR (1991)
In 1991, the USSR dissolves into 15 separate countries. (CC #43 9:45 to end)

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