PPT-The Cold War and the Americas, 1945- 1981

Objective 44 Assess President Eisenhowers New Look in defense and foreign policy while looking at reactions to leftist regimes in Latin America WarmUp Cold War 1945 1991 Quiz. Birth Years 1900-1945 1946-1964 1965-1980 (1977-1994) 1981-2000 Current Age 63-86 44-62 28-43 “Me” Generation, Moral Authority Gen X, Xers, The Doer, Post Boomers, 13 th Generation Ge Objective 4.5: . Consider the involvement of the USA in Vietnam from 1950 to . 1973. Warm-Up . : . Class Review—Truman . Doctrine. Read the following excerpt from the Truman Doctrine…. I believe that it must be policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures…I believe that we must assist peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way…The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms. . The United States and East Asia. By Mary Jansen. Douglas A. MacArthur. Reconstructing Japan. Reconstructing Japan: Phase 1. The Punishment and Reformation of Japan 1945-47. Reconstructing Japan: Phase 2. US vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Democracy vs. Communism. Capitalism vs. Socialism. 2. US/USSR Relationship during WWII. 1939: Stalin (USSR) makes a deal with Hitler (Germany).. 1941: Hitler breaks deal and attacks USSR.. US vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Democracy vs. Communism. Capitalism vs. Socialism. 2. US/USSR Relationship during WWII. 1939: Stalin (USSR) makes a deal with Hitler (Germany).. 1941: Hitler breaks deal and attacks USSR.. APUSH, Unit . 12. Post WW1 Foreign Policy. Unilateral … acting independently. Didn’t join League of Nations. Promote a vision of international order. Maintain US Isolationism. “Select” Military Intervention. Lesson 3 . The Cold War Intensifies. Learning Objectives. Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.. Explain how Eisenhower’s response to communism differed from that of Truman.. L/O – To identify the key features and turning points of the Cold War and understand the nature of the conflict. What was the Cold War?. Cold War. . = . a period of extreme tension between states stopping just short of war.. From Allies to Enemies & Cold War Theory. Thesis. The West's fear of communism and perception that the USSR reneged on a series of deals made at various conferences at the end of World War II, coupled with Joseph Stalin's paranoia about at Third World War led to an increasing divided between the Allies at the end of World War II. This caused tacit escalation on both sides resulting in the perception that two ideologies were opposite and incompatible. The result was a series of moves isolation and dividing Europe between East and West, resulting in the Cold War. nited Nations. After World War II Western leaders perceived the Soviet Union as the center of a world revolutionary . movement. United . Nations . was formed . as a way of preventing future global conflicts. Revision for HSC 2014. The 1945 Conferences. Yalta Conference. In February 1945 Winston Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference. At this conference it was decided that Germany would be divided into four allied sectors after the war; that the Soviet Union would join the war against Japan; free elections would be held throughout Eastern Europe and the Lublin Committee, provisional Polish government, would no longer consist of just Communists. However, the Soviet Union did not adhere to these terms and instead; Stalin began to install communist governments in other Eastern European countries. . Both sides knew that a real “WW3”, a nuclear war, would be unwinnable.. However the Cold War had many characteristics of an actual war:. Arms race . (when countries compete to have the most effective armed forces). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0&index=38&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s. . Due Friday: . Reading Quiz on Friday. Overview. Study Guide . Supporting Documents. African American Theme Sheet Part 1. GS 53-52Page 1 53-