UNIT 8Chapter 26 – The Cold WarChapter 29 – The Kennedy & Johnson Years

THE COLD WAR

Presidents of the United States George Washington; Federalist (1788) John Adams; Federalist (1796) Thomas Jefferson (1800) James Madison (1808) James Monroe (1816) John Quincy Adams (1824) Andrew Jackson; Democrat (1828) Martin Van Buren; Democrat (1836) William Henry Harrison; Whig (1840) John Tyler; Whig (1841) James K. Polk; Democrat (1844) Zachary Taylor; Whig (1848) Millard Fillmore; Whig (1850) Franklin Pierce; Democrat (1852) James Buchanan; Democrat (1856) Abraham Lincoln; Republican (1860) Andrew Johnson; Democrat (1865) Ulysses S. Grant; Republican (1868) Rutherford B. Hayes; Republican (1876) James Garfield; Republican (1880)

#21 - …Chester A. Arthur; Republican (1881)Grover Cleveland; Democrat (1884)Benjamin Harrison; Republican (1888)Grover Cleveland; Democrat (1892)William McKinley; Republican (1896)Theodore Roosevelt; Republican (1901)William Howard Taft; Republican (1908)Woodrow Wilson; Democrat (1912)Warren G. Harding; Republican (1920)Calvin Coolidge; Republican (1923)Herbert Hoover; Republican (1928)Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democrat (1932)Harry S. Truman; Democrat (1945)Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican (1952)John F. Kennedy; Democrat (1960)Lyndon B. Johnson; Democrat (1963)

America: Pathways to the Present

Section 1: Origins of the Cold War

Section 2: The Cold War Heats UpSection 3: The Korean War

Section 4: The Continuing Cold War

Chapter 26: The Cold War (1945–1960)

OBJECTIVESCORE OBJECTIVE: Analyze the origins of the Cold War

and evaluate the presidential foreign policies during the Cold War. Objective 10.1: How did the differing postwar goals of the Soviet Union and

the United States lead to the Cold War? Objective 10.2: How did the goals of containment

influence events in the late 1940’s? Objective 10.3: Explain the Causes and effects of the Korean War. Objective 10.4: Describe characteristics of the McCarthy Era. Objective 10.5: Describe the domestic programs pursued by President

Kennedy. Objective 10.6: Describe the foreign policy Cold War crises that occurred

during Kennedy’s presidency. Objective 10.7: Explain the goals and effects of President Johnson’s domestic

programs.

THE COLD WAR HEATS UP

CHAPTER 26 SECTION 2

The Marshall Plan

The United States wanted to help European nations, recover from the war, and become economically strong democracies. It also wanted to prevent Communists from continuing to gain power in

Europe.

The Marshall Plan was created in 1947 by U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall as a means to achieve these goals. Nations design recovery programs and would receive

financial aid from the U.S.

Seventeen Western European nations joined the plan, receiving a total of $13 billion in aid.

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The Berlin Airlift

As part of the postwar division of Germany, the city of Berlin, located in Communist East Germany, was divided into West Berlin (capitalist) and East Berlin (Communist). In June 1948, Stalin banned all shipments to West

Berlin through East Germany This created a blockade which threatened to cut off

supplies to the city. In response, Allied nations began the Berlin airlift,

which delivered tons of food and supplies to West Berlin via air. Although the Soviet blockade ended in May 1949, Berlin

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NATOWhy create a treaty

organization? Soviet vetoes prevented the United

Nations from resolving a number of postwar problems.

The United States sought to avoid the problems of post–World War I isolationism.

The United States did not want to be the only nation in the Western Hemisphere committed to fighting communism. A Canadian role in the treaty organization would be vital.

What was NATO? The North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO) was formed in April 1949. In joining NATO, the United States,

Canada, and ten Western European nations pledged to support one another against attack, a principle known as collective security.

In response, the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

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Communist AdvancesThe Soviet Atomic Threat In September 1949, Truman

announced that the Soviet Union had successfully tested an atomic bomb.

In response, the United States began developing the even more powerful hydrogen bomb, reestablishing itself as the world’s leading nuclear power.

The newly formed Federal Civil Defense Administration distributed information on how to survive a nuclear attack; this information was ridiculed by experts.

China Falls to the Communists

During World War II, competing factions in China had cooperated, but fighting between them resumed towards the end of the war.

At first, the United States supported Nationalist leader Jiang Jieshi against Communist Mao Zedong. However, the United States later decided to focus on Western Europe instead.

Many Americans viewed Mao Zedong’s creation of a Communist state in China as a failure of Truman’s policies.

COLD WAR PROPAGANDA

Duck and Cover (1951) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

SPIES During the late 1940s, fear of Communist spies created a climate of

suspicion in the United States. Truman established a federal employee loyalty program in 1947, checking the

backgrounds of all new and existing federal employees.

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began investigating Hollywood personalities who had Communist leanings. One group, known as the Hollywood Ten, refused to answer

HUAC’s questions and was imprisoned. Hollywood studios compiled a blacklist, a list circulated to employers

naming persons who should not be hired. Blacklisted individuals came from all sections of the industry and included

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DISCRIMINATION Fueled by fears of disloyal immigrants from

Communist countries, the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act reestablished the immigration quota system from 1924. This act discriminated against potential immigrants

from Asia and Southern and Central Europe. Two famous spy cases reinforced fears that Soviet spies in the

United States were sharing American secrets with foreign Communists. These were the cases of Alger Hiss and of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Alger Hiss was a former government employee sent to prison for four

years for lying to a federal grand jury on espionage. (1950) The Rosenbergs were executed for being communist spies in 1953

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The Cold War Heats Up—Assessment

Which of these phrases best describes NATO? (A) A collective security pact between the United States,

Canada, and Western European nations(B) A military alliance between the USSR and its satellite

nations(C) A U.S.-sponsored program for postwar recovery(D) A regional group within the United Nations

Which of these was a result of HUAC’s investigation of the movie industry?

(A) Hollywood approved many scripts that dealt with controversial social problems.

(B) Many Hollywood personalities were blacklisted.(C) The McCarran-Walter Act was passed. (D) Pro-Soviet movies became popular.

The Cold War Heats Up—Assessment

Which of these phrases best describes NATO? (A)A collective security pact between the United

States, Canada, and Western European nations(B) A military alliance between the USSR and its satellite

nations(C) A U.S.-sponsored program for postwar recovery(D) A regional group within the United Nations

Which of these was a result of HUAC’s investigation of the movie industry?

(A) Hollywood approved many scripts that dealt with controversial social problems.

(B)Many Hollywood personalities were blacklisted.(C) The McCarran-Walter Act was passed. (D) Pro-Soviet movies became popular.