Origins of the Cold War
I. Containing the Russian Bear: The Cold
War in
A. The
B. A
World Divided
1.
2.
3.
4.
Atomic Bomb
5. The
Escalation and Spread of the Cold War
6. An “Iron Curtain,” March 1946
C. Tough
Talk: The Truman Doctrine
1.
2. Saving
3.
The Start of the Cold War
4.
The National Security Act, July 1947
*Department of Defense
*National Security Council
*Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
D. The Marshal Plan or European Recovery
Plan,
E. The Fall of
II. The Containment Policy
A. Mr.
X, “Sources of Soviet Conflict,” July 1947
1. The Dictator—Stalin
2. The Enemy—The
West
3. The Protector of Democracy—The
4. Creation of the
5. A Critic of Containment? Walter
Lippmann
B. The
1. “A Bone in the Throat”
2. The
C. Troubling
Times
1. NATO and the
2.
The Soviet Bomb, Sept. 1949
3.
Red
4.
D. Ike,
Dulles, and the World
1. The New Look in
a.
Military Cuts
*$50.4 billion, 1950
*$38..8 billion, 1953
b.
CIA
c.
Nuclear Weapons over Conventional
d.
The Growth of the Military Industrial Complex
2. The New Look in the
a.
*condemns Stalin
*emphasizes a peaceful coexistence
*emphasizes the importance of allowing greater freedoms
3. 1956: The Dangerous Year
a.
b. Imre Nagy,
Oct. 23
c.
d.
Tremors in the
e.
Tremors in
4. The Launching of Sputnik and Laika,
1957
5. The National Defense Education Act,
1958
6. The
U2 Crisis, 1959
7.
NASA, 1958
E, Later
Tremors: The
III. The Cold War in
A.
1. Chiang Kai-shek
2. Mao Tse-tung
3. “They Lost
5.
Henry Luce and the
6.
The Other Alternative:
B. The
Korean War
1.
NSC Paper-68, April 1950
a.
increased military spending
b.
20% of the GNP
c.
300% increase in military appropriations
d.
hydrogen bombing
2.
The Korean Conflict, June 1950
a. Democratic
Front for the Unification of the Fatherland
b. Kim II Sung
vs. Syngman Rhee
c. June 25
Attack
d.
f.
MacArthur Reverses the
g.
North Koreans retreat at the Inchon Landing, Oct. 1950
h.
The Chinese Advance, Nov. 1950-Jan. 1951
i.
US troops near the Chosin Reservoir
i. Fighting Ends: Stalemate, July 1953
IV. The Cold War in
A.
Democracy, Dictatorship, and Development
1. Import-Export Economies
2. The Great Depression
3. Rise of Military Dictatorships
a. dictators
seek to crush the working and middle-class
b. import-export
economies continue
4. Cold War Intensifies the Problem
a. US Supports
Dictators, $27 billion-$315.3 billion, 1970-82
b. US Backs Anti-Democratic Rebels
c. This Leads to the Cuban Revolution
B. Cuban
Revolution
1. Communism at the
2. Spanish-American War, 1898
a. “El Cubre Libre”
b. Teller Amendment, 1898
c. Platt Amendment, 1901
3.
US Economy Benefits from Cuban Export-Import Economy
a.
90% of mines
b.
80% of utilities
c.
40% of sugar operation
4. The Corrupt Fulgencio Batista
5. Fidel Castro and the Freedom Fighters
6. Batista Government Abdicates,
7. The New Regime
a. Return to Pre-1940 (Pro People)
Constitution
b. Redistribution of Land to all Cubans
c. Workers Have Access to 30% of Profits
d. Large Planters Must Share 55% of Profits With Small Planters
d.
Confiscation of all holdings Ill-gotten by Earlier Regime
e.
Other changes:
*schools and hospitals are constructed
*segregation ends
*wages increase
*nation moves toward socialism/communism
8. USSR Agrees to buy Cuban Sugar and Provide
$100 million in Credits
9. Eisenhower Begins the Training of Cuban
Guerrillas in
10.
11. Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct. 1962
12. Cuban Gains and Losses
13.
Eisenhower severs ties with Cuban government
14.
15.
78 nations representing 1 billion people (1/3 of world’s population)
gain their independence
V. The Cold War at Home
A. Adjusting
to Peace
B. Labor
1. Taft-Hartley Act, 1947
2. Labor-Management Relations Act
(outlawing
of the closed shop and the mandatory joining of unions)
C. Election
of 1948
1.
Democrats
2.
Republicans
3.
Dixiecrats
4.
Progressives
D. Truman’s
Fair Deal, 1949
1. Expansion of Social Security
2. federal aid
for education
3. minimum wage
4. health
insurance
5. public housing
6. Civil Rights
7. Integration of the Armed Forces
E. “I
Like Ike”
1. Booming Economy
2. National System of Interstate and
a. Super Highway System
b. More Cars
c. A Modern
d. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953
E. Searching
for the Enemy Within
1.
The Defection of Igor Gouzenko
a. Henry Gold
b. David
Greenglass
c. Morton
Sobbell
d. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
2. Algier Hiss Affair
a. Whittaker
Chambers, Time Magazine editor
b.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
c. Meet
the Press
d. Perjury
conviction
3. Federal Employee Loyalty Program, 1947
F. The
Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy
1.
2. Lucille Ball
3. Walt Disney
4. Martin Luther King
5. President Truman
6. Sec. of State Dean Achison
7.
G. Human
Experiments
1.
Radiation Fallout
2.
Atomic Energy Commission Tests
3.
George Mace and the NAAV, 1979
H. The
War on Organized Crime