PPT-Cold War Politics in the Truman Years: 1945 - 1953

Dean Acheson foreign policy advisor Soviet Union posed a threat to US security Shaped policy to contain communism The Chill Sets in Soviet Sacrifices 20million citizens killed in WWII and vast amounts of agricultural amp industrial capacity. Do Nagasaki and Hiroshima constitute a crime against humanity?. Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) prohibits the unlawful killing of civilians during wartime.. Between 150,000-240,000 civilians died as a result of both bombs, another 2,000 died later in Hiroshima from cancers that could be directly traced to the radiation emitted by the blast.. 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. . Lesson 4 – Truman’s Domestic Policies. 3/15/13. Unit 10 Lesson 4: 3/15/13. Warm-Up. : . (1) Download this Power Point from . mrvandsburger.weebly.com. (2) Download the “Korean War and McCarthyism Quiz” . The Cold War,. 1945–1952. Part One:. Introduction. . Chapter Focus Questions . What were the prospects for world peace at the end of World War II?. What was the diplomatic policy during the Cold War?. Do Nagasaki and Hiroshima constitute a crime against humanity?. Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) prohibits the unlawful killing of civilians during wartime.. Between 150,000-240,000 civilians died as a result of both bombs, another 2,000 died later in Hiroshima from cancers that could be directly traced to the radiation emitted by the blast.. Chapter 26 AMSCO. Themes. Containment. Communism. UN. Nuclear Proliferation. Introduction. WWII. Isolationist to military superpower, world affairs leader. Revitalized American Economy. Cold War. Democratic United States vs. Communist Soviet Union. Truman and the atomic bomb . FDR dies April 12, 1945. Truman becomes President . Atomic Bomb dropped August 6. ,. 1945. Truman’s “Get Tough” Style. Truman had a personality ill suited for diplomacy. . Explain the point of view of the cartoon. Chapter 36: . The Cold War Begins. (the “grim struggle for world power between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. in the post World War II world”). How did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries?. Enduring legacies of 1945. June 26, 1945 Truman speaks at the closing session of the UN Conference--San Francisco. July 2, 1945 Address before the Senate urging ratification July 2, 1945. July 28, 1945 Senate approves U.N. charter and it becomes effective on October 24, 1945. 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. . Postwar America. Strong economy. By 1950s, America had the highest standard of living. GI-Bill Opened door to veterans to attend college. Baby Boom: explosion of marriage/birth. By 1960 1/3 of married women worked outside of home. T.S. – Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions. Objective- to . understand how . The Cold War . shaped foreign. policy throughout . the 1950s. Cold War under Eisenhower. Brinkmanship. : taking the country to the brink of war to avoid war (Sect. of State Dulles). 11-3: Fear of Communism & the Wars it Leads To. Warm-Up. Describe America’s greatest fear leading into the 1950’s?. 1 . Paragraph:. What?. Why?. 1.) Warm-Up!!. The Korean War. During WW2-. Korea owned by Japan. President Truman to do?. Learn about the history of nuclear weapons. Decide whether or not USA President Harry Truman was . justified. in using nuclear weapons against Japan in 1945. What . we’ll do in this lesson:.