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| offered European nations funding to rebuild as long as money was spent on goods in the U.S. spent $17 billion on recovery |
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| designed to aid economic recovery in Eastern Europe. established COMECON to create trade agreements |
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| formed between U.S. , Canada, 10 other Western European countries to protect each other from Soviet aggression. |
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| 1955: Soviet Union & Eastern Countries joined forces for mutual defense |
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| communist rebellions in Greece and Turkey? |
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| On March 12, 1947, the Truman Doctrine brought about the policy of containment. The goal was to stop the spread of communism. Congress agreed to $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey. preventing a revolution was successful. |
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| House Committee on Un-American Activities. investigative committee that targeted anyone believed to be a communist |
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| economic or political system in which the state or the community owns all property and means of production and "all" citizens share the wealth |
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| there was a sharp division between have's and have not's economically. some felt communism might be a better way to go. the have's felt their lifestyle and belief system was being threatened and accused people of being communist |
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| labor unions, universities, writers, Hollywood |
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| results of HUAC activities |
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| raised fears of communism, many who refused to testify were held in "contempt of court," many Hollywood actors/directors were blacklisted, Supreme Court finally limited investigations from labor unions |
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| blueprint for American policy in Cold War. Soviet expansion was happening at alarming rate |
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| mutually assured destruction--how much is too much??? |
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| Berlin was divided into different zones but inside the Russian German sphere. Germans feared that Americans wanted to create separate west German state hostile to communism. Germans blockaded goods and transportation.US wanted to avoid war so airlifted supplies. After almost a year – Stalin reopened routes into West Berlin in 1949 but Berlin and Germany remained divided. then Berlin wall was erected |
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| In China (ally of Russia) a Communist revolution alarmed the U.S. It was “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” vs the Republic of Korea. In June 1950, North Korean troops invaded South Korea supported with USSR arms. In response, the U.S. and United Nations authorized sending troops to put down the invasion. The US was stretched too thin and forced to retreat.In July of 1953 – Korean War is ended with the agreement of 38th parallel being the dividing line |
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| Hungarians resisting Soviet rule began rebelling, demanding that more freedoms be granted or a democracy would be put in place. Khrushchev sends the Red Army to Budapest – leaders are arrested and executed. American forces failed to come! Didn't want to risk war. |
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| Cuban Missile Crisis came in the aftermath of... |
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| the failed U.S. Bay of Pigs invasion--attempt to overthrow Castro's government by anti-Castro Cuban exiles with full U.S. naval and military support. Cuban importing of Russian oil and its nationalizing of U.S. sugar mills caused U.S. to impose trade embargo. |
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| the discovery of Cuban Missile |
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| October 14, 1962- U-2 Spy plane flying over Cuba discovered missile sites under construction. Kennedy convened small group of senior officials to debate the crisis. group split between those who wanted military solution (invasion) and those who sought diplomatic solution |
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| Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin agreed on military plan to end the war; plan for joint occupation of Germany |
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| USSR, US agreed to recognize each other's influence over regions where their troops remained at the end of the war. Stalin moved to establish Soviet-controlled communist governments in Eastern Europe. U.S. would occupy Japan. Europe was East (Russia) vs West (Allies) |
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| President during Cuban missile crisis. orders a naval blockade of Cuba and all U.S. military forces to DEFCON 3 |
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| split Germany into East and West |
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| ideological barrier that existed between Eastern and Western Europe from 1946 to 1990 |
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| after WWII, the U.S. foreign policy practice of attempting to restrict the expansion of Soviet influence around the world |
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| belief that if Vietnam fell to communists, the rest of Southeast Asia would fall |
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| an attempt to overthrow Castro's government by anti-Castro Cuban exiles with full U.S. naval and military support |
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| North Korean troops armed with Soviet Weapons invaded South Korea in order to unite Korea under communist rule. Truman ordered U.S. forces to help South Korea repel the invaders |
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| conflict between U.S. and Soviet Union over deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba |
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