1. Communism v. Capitalism
The Cold War
Communism v.
Capitalism

2. Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan
WWII Ends
Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan
Warning to USSR?
Surrender August, 1945

3. The Allies Split Up With war over, US and USSR again adversaries
Superpowers
Germany to be divided into 4 zones
France, Britain, USA, USSR

5. The United Nations (UN)
Replaces League of Nations
UN Charter Signed by 50 nations (June 1945)
To resolve disputes & prevent wars
US & Soviet Union both join
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

7. Soviet Expansion in Europe
Stalin agreed to elections in Eastern Europe but they were rigged
USSR set up Communist governments = satellite states
Europe split in ½
“East” v “West”
Buffer zone?

8. Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill
Western dems must
halt communism

10. Policy of Containment
US to halt Communist expansion through limited military means & non-military means
Strategic Areas – Western Europe & Japan
Truman Doctrine – give aid to any countries threatened by Communism

12. The Marshall Plan George C
$17 billion recovery program for Western Europe
USSR & E. satellites refuse $
Increase in US exports
Deepened cold war divide

13. Berlin Blockade & Airlift
June 48 USSR cuts access to Berlin > Truman would not w/draw or use force > supply by airlift ensued > Atomic bombers sent to England > Stalin does not challenge > (Truman wins in 48) > Stalin blinks in May 49
Effect: 2 Germanys
Federal Republic of (West)
Democratic Republic of (East)

14. Opposing Alliances NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
Democratic Countries
Break w/Washington’s advice and long standing policy
10 Euros + US & Canada
Truman placed troops in in W Europe under Eisenhower
Warsaw Pact (1955)
USSR & Communist Countries

15. National Security Act 1947 Dept of “Defense”
Creates Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Gather info on foreign nations
Domestic spying?

16. Atomic Weapons

17. Arms Race
US monopoly 45-49
Long range bombers
USSR 1st bomb in 49
Truman approved Hydrogen-bomb in 49, completed by 52

18. Cold War Asia
Japan – Parliamentary Democracy, US-Japanese Security Treaty ’51 > ally in Asia
China – communists under Mao take over by ‘49
Republicans especially worried about the “loss of China”

19. Korean War Communist North Korea attacks Democratic South Korea (1950)
Containment policy
UN sends forces to fight communists under MacArthur
Amphibious attack at Inchon
Chinese drive US out of N. Korea
By Stalemate War ends

23. Senator Joe McCarthy

24. Eisenhower Doctrine - Aid to Mid East to stop communism
Egypt’s Nassar nationalizes Suez Canal
Covert action in Iran 1953
Gov’t tried to nationalize oil
Shah Reza Pehlavi installed