U.S. History Cold War Introduction
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The document provides an introduction to the Cold War between the United States and USSR after World War II. It discusses the conflicting goals between capitalism and communism that led to the rivalry, including who would be the dominant superpower. Key events that exacerbated tensions included the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift, the formation of NATO in response to the Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact, and the Korean War. The Cold War had impacts both internationally through proxy wars around the world, and domestically in the US through fears around communism.
U.S. History Cold War Introduction
- 1. Introduction to the Cold War Titan II Missile Museum
- 2. What is a Cold War? • diplomacy versus combat (hot war) • international chess match • proxy wars
- 3. Cause of the Cold War: Conflicting Goals of the USA and USSR • Who would be the most influential world super power? • Buffer Zone vs Self Determination (Atlantic Charter) • Iron Curtain speech • Fear! • individual vs collective • competition vs cooperation • religion vs atheism International Domestic
- 4. •What are two significant differences between capitalism and communism? Check your notes!
- 5. Early Strains Between the U.S. and USSR • Russian Revolution and Civil War • Warnings--Op Barbarossa • Berlin • A-bomb
- 6. Impact of World War II • 6,100,000 from the USSR • 3,250,000 from Germany • 360,000 from England • 291,000 from the United States • USA spent $296 billion in 1945 dollars (Congressional Research Service 2010) or $4,012,134,288,306 in 2016 dollars! These stats are for soldiers only: 57 to 70,000,000 military and civilian casualties
- 7. Check your notes! •What caused the Cold War? •Identify at least two reasons.
- 8. The Marshall Plan (June ‘47) • Nations that accepted aid: England, France, Belgium, W. Germany, Italy, Austria, Norway... • $13 billion in 1947 = $141,961,748,332 in 2016 • When the economy is in the gutter.....
- 9. Berlin Airlift • Soviet blockade of Berlin in June 1948 • 3 Possible moves by the U.S. gov. • Significance Berlin Wall built in 1961
- 10. The Berlin Wall Today
- 11. Foundations of U.S. Cold War Policy • 1) George Kennan’s Long Telegram (Feb.‘46) • USSR was an “’aggressive giant’” that was “’uncompromising’” and responsible for most of the world’s disturbances” (Paterson 126) • 2) Truman Doctrine (March ‘47) • CONTAINMENT! • CIA (July 1947) Contain ‘em!
- 12. Foundations of U.S. Cold War Policy • 3) Formation of NATO (April ‘49) • protect the Marshall Plan • USSR forms the Warsaw Pact (Iron Curtain!) • 4) NSC-68 (April ‘50) • U.S. has the “responsibility of world leadership” (Chomsky 22) • massive increases in military spending
- 13. Korean War • Causes? • Role of USSR • Who won? • Kim Jong Un
- 14. Global Spending on Defense 2015 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- 15. History of U.S. Defense Spending
- 16. Cold War Case Studies • Asia: China, Korea andVietnam • Latin America: Guatemala, Cuba, Chile and Nicaragua • Middle East: Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan
- 17. Impact on the Home Front • Red Scare! • bomb shelters & Bert • the pledge of allegiance • villains
- 18. •What are three effects of the Cold War? Check your notes!
- 19. Always keep in mind... • Which of the four USFP futures do you want? VOTE!!! • How do you want the world to view the United States? • What are the human and financial costs of intervention?