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General Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur was a wonderful army general. Felt that to win the Korean war the UN forces had to attack china. Truman fired him for disobeying orders. The public was outraged. -
Ho Chi Minh
Led communist North Vietnam. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet leader who had gained power a couple years after Stalin died. He started out with hopes that the war wuld end soon. However he got angry and once pounded his shoe on the table. Khrushchev once took a trip to the United Nations, this symolized that the cold war had become global. -
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
JFK was the 35th president of the United States. JFK approved a plan to overthrow the president of Cuba or Castro. Kennedy made lots of aid programs. For example he made the Peace Corps, Organization of American States or IAS, and the Alliance for Progress. -
USSR
The USSR or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was founded December 30, 1922. The USSR tried to consolidate their forces to end the cold war. -
Fidel Castro
Was a cuban politition. Led a revolution to turn Cuba communist. During this many Cubans fled to the U.S -
Che Guevara
Was a physician, author, guerrilla, government officials On the 26th of July he lead a Movement called the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution. -
The Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established the Truman Doctrine. The truman Doctrine helped provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under a threat. The Truman Doctrine dramatically changed U.S. foreign policy. The Marshall Plan was the American initiative to aid Europe. It was also to supply Germany with enough money so they wouldn’t have to turn communist. This was another aid program for Europe. -
Truman Doctrine continued
The United Nations was a way for countries could talk out their differences before war. The United Nation was created on established October 24, 1945. The United Nations was created to replace the unsuccessful League of Nations. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin was an attempt in 1948 to keep the U.S, France and Great Britain from traveling to their sections of Berlin. However the western powers instituted an airlift that lasted nearly a year and delivered much-needed supplies and relief to West Berlin. This was the last Berlin conflict before the Berlin wall was built to keep West Berlin and East Berlin apart. -
NATO
Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO in 1949. The original membership of NATO consisted of Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States. NATO fought against communism and the USSR. Over the course of the cod war many different countries joined. Greece and Turkey joined in 1952. -
NATO continued
West Germany joined in 1955 and Spain joined in 1982. France withdrew from NATO in 1966 and did not return until 1995. North America and Western Europe gathered in Washington, D.C. to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. It was primarily a security pact. For the first time since the 1700s, the U.S. had formally tied its security to nations in Europe. The main purpose of NATO was to defend the countries in it from the possibility of the communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of 205 state department officials who were communist party members. However McCarthy was never able to prove his claims. Yet, he still got very popular with the supposed list. Years passed by and Senator Joseph McCarthy was known throughout the nation. Many people were fired because of him. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were among those found guilty. They we the few that were actually spies. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
They were passing top secret U.S atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. They were put to death. McCarthy lost much support when the Senate passed a censure. Senator Joseph McCarthy died three years later. -
38th Parallel
The 38th parallel was the dividing line between South Korea and communist North Korea. The fighting at the 38th parallel was a direct link to the start of the Korean war. -
Korean War
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to a temporary division of Korea at the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union supported the communist government of North Korea.The U.S supported the noncommunist South Korea. However there was no agreement on when or how to reunite Korea. North Korea invaded the 38th parallel. The North Koreans landed at Inchon. South Korea was overwhelmed and outnumbered. However General Douglas Macarthur launched a counterattack which caught North Korea by surprise. -
The Korean War Continued
North korea was pushed back behind the 38th parallel. China fought back and pushed the U.N forces away from their border. Finally in the end the U.S and the Soviet Union signed an armistice ending the war. The artist also set up a demilitarized zone on the redrawn border between North and South Korea. -
Landing at Inchon
North Korea invaded the 38th parallel. South Korea was overwhelmed and outnumbered. However Macarthur launched a counterattack which caught North Korea by surprise. North korea was pushed back behind the 38th parallel. -
Demilitarized zone
An area with no military forces. Set up a demilitarized zone on the border of North and South Korea. -
Armistice
The armistice redrew the border between North and South Korea near the 38th parallel. -
Warsaw Pact
The formation of the Warsaw Pact was in some ways a response to the creation of NATO. However it did not occur until six years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization came to be. West Germany formally joined NATO on May 5, 1955, and the Warsaw Pact was signed less than two weeks later, on May 14. The countries that joined the USSR were Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. the Warsaw Pact’s objective was to prevent the enemy attack. The enemy at this time was NATO -
Vietnam War
The U.S slowly became involved in Vietnam slowly and step by step. Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese nationalist and communist. He led a fight for independence. Ho Chi Minh led communist North Korea. Ngo Dinh Diem led non-communist Korea. President Johnson announced that there were North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked an American ship patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam. The congress passed a law that let the president take all measures to fight the torpedo boats. -
Vietnam War Continued
Many peasants of Korea joined Vietcong, Vietcong was communist and were supported by North Vietnam. Vietcong spread very quickly and this worried the U.S, if the spread of communism continued at this rate the U.S was afraid that the domino theory would take effect. To raise troops to fight in the Vietnam war the U.S instituted a draft. It was a mandatory enlistment. To end the war the U.S withdrew from the war however they still sent large amount of aid to South Korea. -
Vietnam War Continued
The war produced no winner and divided the nation of Korea. It left Americans wondering how far will the country go to fight communism. -
National Aeronautics and Space Administation (NASA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administation. NASA’s mission was to biuld an American space program to compete with the Soviets. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Soviet Union began supplying Cuba with large amounts of aid. Communist Soviet Union was growing closer and closer to Cuba. This worried the U.S so JFK approved a plan to overthrow Castro. Castro was the President of Cuba. A force of about 1,200 Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s south coast. However Castro’s forces quickly rounded up and jailed the invaders. This invasion embarrassed the U.S and strengthened Castro and the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall was built to keep West Berlin and East Berlin apart.The Berlin Wall was a barrier that cut throught the middle of Berlin from 1961 to 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic. The constuction started 13 August 1961 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
After the Bay of pigs invasion, the Soviet Union gave Cuba more weapons. In the October 1962, President Kennedy learned that the Soviets were secretly building missile bases on the island of Cuba. If the bases were completed then atomic missiles could reach the U.S in minutes. However Kennedy assured Americans that military forces would stop any Soviet ships carrying missiles. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Continued
The superpowers of the world were Nikita Khrushchev was in charge of the Soviets at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. During the Cuban Missile crisis NASA was collecting the debris of the exploded Sputnik 22. This satellite was meant to take pictures of Mars however it exploded before it could get to the planet. Fidel Castro had a big part in trying to turn Cuba communist. Che Guevara was the leader of the communist revolution in Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Continued
In the end Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba. -
Vietcong
Many peasants joined the Vietcong-Guerrillas are fighters who make hit and run attacks on the enemy. Vietcong turned communist and were supported by North Vietnam. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson announced that there were North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked an American ship patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam. -
The Tet Offensive
January 1968, the Vietcong launched surprise attacks on cities throughout South Vietnam. Guerrillas stormed the American embassy in Saigon or the capital of Vietnam. The attack became known as the The Tet Offensive. Tet is the Vietnamese New Year’s holiday. The Tet Offensive showed that half a million american troops, no part of South Vietnam was safe from Vietcong. -
Salt Agreement
Salt stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. The soviet Union and the U.S signed the SALT agreement to limit the number of nuclear warheads and missiles a country could have. One of the main things that caused the SALT agreement was called détente. Détente was and effort to reduce tensions between the superpowers. Later President Carter and the Soviet Union leader worked out a SALT treaty II. -
Communisum Collapes
Ronald Reagan took office in 1981 firmly believing that the Soviet Union was the source of all evil. He persuaded Congress to increase military spending by 100 billion in the first 5 years in office. He also wanted a new weapons development system that he hoped might destroy the Soviet Union. This system was nicknamed Star Wars after a popular movie of the time. Détente was and effort to reduce tensions between the superpowers. -
Communism Collapses continued
The superpowers at the time still where the U.S and the Soviet Union. The USSR or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was founded December 30, 1922. The USSR tried to consolidate their forces to end the cold war. -
Glasnost
In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the new Soviet leader. He believed that only major reforms would allow the Soviet system to survive. He instituted glasnost. Glasnost is a russian term for speaking openly. Mikhail Gorbachev thought this would lead citizens to find solutions to important economic and social problems. However in the end Gorbachev realized that he could not fix the Soviets economic problems without using the military fund. -
Glasnost Continued
To cut spending he realized that the Soviets had to have much better relations with the U.S. Reagan and Gorbachev met and had many meetings. Reagan loved the idea of openness.
