1. Cold War Conflicts
Chapter 18

2. Tensions During War Stalin was Hitler’s ally
Allies took too long to attack Europe
U.S. kept A-Bomb a secret
U.N. becomes a tug-of-war

3. Potsdam Conference U.S. & Soviets lone world powers
Stalin is only one left from Yalta
Stalin & Truman both change policy

7. Truman Doctrine Policy of Containing Communism
U.S. must help people resist takeovers from minorities or outside groups
$400 million to Greece & Turkey

8. The Marshall Plan Massive economic aid to Europe ($13 billion)
Help rebuild Europe
Side effect: contain communism
Ensure the health of the economy

9. George C. Marshall

12. Berlin Airlift (6/48)

14. N.A.T.O. North Atlantic Treaty Org. Military support
Standing military of 500,000
First ever alliance in peacetime for U.S.

16. Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan

18. Mao Zedong

19. Korea Prior to 1945 Division

20. Beginnings U.S. and Soviets both fought there in WWII.
Divide Korea in two.
Kim Il-Sung in North
Syngman Rhee in South

21. Kim Il Sung

22. Syngman Rhee

23. Korean War

24. The War North invades June 25, 1950 U.S. intervenes with U.N. support.
By end of July, Northern forces near the Southern coast. (Pusan)
McArthur attacks behind them.

28. American Soldiers July, 1950

29. War Continues From Inchon regain Seoul very quickly North Koreans flee
Truman decides to invade.
McArthur promises to have the soldiers home by Christmas

30. Bombed bridges on the Yalu River.
China now enters the war.
March 1951 troops back at the 38th Parallel.
McArthur gets ticked

31. McArthur Fired Wanted to use the atomic bomb Go after China
Blames Truman for stalemate.
Would not follow orders
McArthur gets a hero’s welcome

32. Aftermath of McArthur Problem
Truman looks bad
Loses support
None of his domestic policies seemed to work
Nation looks for a new leader

33. Korean War Monument, near Demilitarized Zone

36. End of Korean War Ike goes to Korea
Sees there is a stalemate
Peace talks were also at a stalemate
Increases bombing
Warns of atomic bomb

37. Cont’d July 27, 1953 Armistice is signed.
54,000 Americans, over 1 million Koreans died.
War seemed like a waste of time, money, and people.

38. C.W. In the U.S. Loyalty Review Board (3/47)
Investigate suspicious employees
House Un-American Activities Committee
Check Communism in Hollywood

42. Alger Hiss

44. McCarthyism Accuses 205 people from the State Department.
Blames them for China being Communist
Focused on wealth and privilege
No accusations were based on facts!

45. Joseph McCarthy

47. McCarthy Hearings

48. End of McCarthyism
Charges got worse, accused the army of being full of communists.
The Army-McCarthy Hearings
McCarthy gets his due thanks to the army lawyer: Joseph Welch

49. McCarthy accuses Welch

50. The Nuclear Age America was afraid of a nuclear war
Creates Hydrogen Bomb.
67 times more destructive than Little Boy
U.S. gets ahead of Soviets again.

53. Nevada Test Site,

55. Other Entanglements Iran and oil Hungarian Revolt v.s. Soviets
Suez Canal Crisis
Eisenhower Doctrine
U-2 Incident

56. Gamal Abdel Nasser

58. Nikita Khrushchev

59. SPACE RACE TAKES OFF!!!!!!

61. Sputnik 1 (October 4, 1957)

62. Orson Welles

64. Humphrey Bogart

65. John Wayne

69. Josh Gibson

70. Satchel Paige

71. Jackie Robinson

72. Joe Louis

73. Death of Bugsy