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from the 1945 to the 1990s was characterized by The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in anti-communist suspicions and international incidents that led the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear disaster.The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II. Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but the period is generally considered to span the 1947 Truman Doctrine to the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. The term "cold" is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers, but they each supported major regional conflicts known as proxy wars. The conflict was based around the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by the two powers, following their temporary alliance and victory against Nazi Germany in 1945. The doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD) discouraged a pre-emptive attack by either side. Aside from the nuclear arsenal development and conventional military deployment, the struggle for dominance was expressed via indirect means such as psychological warfare, propaganda campaigns, espionage, far-reaching embargoes, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.
2A: Identify major eras in US history from 1877 to the present and describe their defining characteristics
2A: Identify major eras in US history from 1877 to the present and describe their defining characteristics
Cold War, (onset 1945 - 1970)
Ideological war against communism
HUAC
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Domino Theory / containment
Korean Conflict
McCarthyism
Space race
Berlin Wall (construction and fall of)
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
2B: Explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1969 (U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends).
2B: Explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1969 (U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends).
1957: Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union resulting in the U.S. government funding of space exploration.
1969: Increased spending on education and space exploration led to the U.S. landing on the moon. *
Begins space race and the struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
1991: Cold War ends.
Economic Impacts
Economic Impacts
Baby Boom
GI Bill
Increased consumption
Growth of agriculture and business
Defense spending
Education priorities (NDEA)
NASA
Social Impacts
Social Impacts
Rust Belt to Sun Belt
“E Pluribus Unum”
Fear of the communist threat
Television and auto industry sore
Conformity
Political Impacts
Political Impacts
War Powers Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
22nd amendment
23rd amendment
25th amendment
Korean War
“McCarthyism”
Iron Curtain
Communism vs. Democracy
Venona Papers
GREAT SUMMARY VIDEOS OF THE COLD WAR ERA!
GREAT SUMMARY VIDEOS OF THE COLD WAR ERA!
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