Difference in Ideologies CapitalismCommunism Property Ownership
Social Objectives Economic Objective Political System
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Truman vs. Eisenhower 1.Marshall Plan 2.Truman Doctrine
3.Berlin Airlift 4.NATO 5.NSC #68 6.Korean War 1.Marshall Plan
2.Truman Doctrine 3.Berlin Airlift 4.NATO 5.NSC #68 6.Korean War
1.Mutual security agreements. 2.Massive retaliation. 3.M. A. D.
4.Domino Theory 5.CIA & covert operations 6.Eisenhower Doctrine
7.$ Diplomacy Part II 1.Mutual security agreements. 2.Massive
retaliation. 3.M. A. D. 4.Domino Theory 5.CIA & covert
operations 6.Eisenhower Doctrine 7.$ Diplomacy Part II Containment
[George Kennan] Brinksmanship [John Foster Dulles]
Foreign Policy Hot Spots 1.1953 CIA sponsored coup in Iran P.
M. Mohammed Mossadegh nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.
2.1956 Suez Crisis. 3.1958 Civil War in Lebanon 1.1953 CIA
sponsored coup in Iran P. M. Mohammed Mossadegh nationalization of
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. 2.1956 Suez Crisis. 3.1958 Civil War in
Lebanon Middle East:
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Foreign Policy Hot Spots 1.1948 O. A. S. [Organization of
American States] was created during Trumans administration. 2.1954
CIA covert ops. in Guatemala. 3.1950s Puerto Rican independence
movement. 4.1959 Castros Communist Revolution in Cuba. 5.1961 Bay
of Pigs invasion 1.1948 O. A. S. [Organization of American States]
was created during Trumans administration. 2.1954 CIA covert ops.
in Guatemala. 3.1950s Puerto Rican independence movement. 4.1959
Castros Communist Revolution in Cuba. 5.1961 Bay of Pigs invasion
Latin America:
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Foreign Policy Hot Spots 1.1953 end of the Korean War. 2.1954
French depart Indo-China. Geneva Accords 3.1964 China explodes its
first atomic bomb [during LBJs administration]. 1.1953 end of the
Korean War. 2.1954 French depart Indo-China. Geneva Accords 3.1964
China explodes its first atomic bomb [during LBJs administration].
Far East:
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The Cold War begins USSR and other Communist ally states oppose
the USA and endure conflicts across the globe. The Vietnam War 1965
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Bay of Pigs 1961 The Korean War 1950
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The JFK Assassination November 22, 1963 JFK is assassinated
Lyndon Johnson takes over as President
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Leading Causes of the Korean War Stalin encouraged the spread
of communism as long as it did not result in a war with America. He
soon realized that nuclear war might be a possibility and wanted to
avoid that and beat the USA using more indirect means. The Creation
of Eastern Bloc occurred at the end of WWII as most of Europe was
divided into democratic or Communist spheres The Domino Effect -
Truman believed that if Korea fell to communism, Japan (a major
trading partner) would follow. The Truman Doctrine stated that the
USA would lend aid to any country not wishing to be suppressed by
the political ideals (communism) of any other country. The Marshall
Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the large-
scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave
monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end
of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet communism
April 1950 the American National Security Council issued a report
recommending direct involvement (a proxy war) against communism.
Stalin saw that the Korean War Was a chance for a war by proxy. Kim
II Sung visited Stalin to persuade him that he could conquer South
Korea.
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This map is from an American magazine from 1950. This shows how
much the US feared communism in the far east.
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United Nations The United Nations now had to formulate a plan.
Sixteen member states would provide troops under a United Nations
Joint Command. It would fight with the South Korean army. This
United Nations force was dominated by America even to the extent of
being commanded by an American general Douglas MacArthur On
September 15th 1950, United Nations troops landed at Inchon. The
landing was a huge success and the United Nations effectively cut
the North Korean army in half and pushed them out of South Korea.
Note: MacArthur was later fired by Truman for getting the Chinese
involved in the war.
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Korean War [1950-1953] Syngman Rhee Kim Il-Sung Domino
Theory
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Soviet Union Soviets sold Chinese military equipment, including
artillery and MIG fighter planes. The USSR also provided advisers
and military hardware to the North Koreans. Soviet pilots flew MIGs
against US planes. However, Stalin was unwilling to become involved
with the United States in a war over Korea.
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United States The US provided the majority of the UN military
forces which drove the North Koreans out of South Korea and still
stand guard along the border. The US moved their troops into South
Korea quickly. The US and the Soviets agreed to divide Korea
temporarily to avoid long term decisions regarding Korea's future.
Although the United States took the lead in the Korean action, it
did so under the order of the United Nations.
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Results There was an armistice signed by North Korea, China,
and the UN but not by South Korea. The armistice was NOT a peace
treaty, just a temporary cessation of hostilities.
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Modern Korea Korea is still split up into North Korea
(communist) and South Korea (non- communist) The border between the
two countries has remained one of the most heavily- armed stretches
of land on Earth
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Winners? Losers? After three years, July 27, 1953- ceasefire
stopped the fighting Although there was no declared winner, South
Korea never succumbed to a communist rule.
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The Cold War at Home - HUAC The Red Scare allowed for many
people in America to be suspected of being communists. Joseph
McCarthy pun many Americans on trial under suspicion of being
communists. Many called this a witch hunt, similar to the events of
the Salem witch hunt.
