Ch. 35: The Cold War Begins

Winston Churchill

________ said in a speech,"A shadow has fallen… an iron curtain has descended across the continent.

MacArthur

________ asked Truman to authorize the use of nuclear weapons against China, but Truman refused.

American dream

dream= move to suburbs, good schools, houses and people all look the same.

J Robert Oppenheimer

led group of scientists in opposition to development of thermonuclear weapons.

WW2 helping America out of Depression

WW2 was a powerful stimulus because people had well- paying jobs and they saved.

Truman Doctrine

stated that the US would not hesitate to intervene and aid nations overseas to resist Communism.

Gi bill

offered WW2 veterans low interest loans to start new businesses, farms, or homes.

Mao Tse Tung (Zedong)

led the revolution and assumed power as the new leader and defeated Chang Kai Shek (forced to flee to Taiwan)

Julius Rosenberg

________= in fact a spy (only a courier) + Ethel- was not.

Cold War

Cold War was first used in 1947 by Bernard Baruch ; it referred to the tension between the US and the Soviet Union that dominated both nations foreign policies for decades.

suicide rates

1930s= Insecurity (job, food, home) → increase in stress and anxiety and that had mental health impacts (________ went up during Great Depression)

Truman

________ then authorized the Berlin Airlift- using planes to deliver supplies and food to those in West Berlin → funded and performed overwhelmingly by US (dropped medical supplies, food, and clothing) (90 days of food supplies or they die)

Stalin

outlawed political parties that opposed communism, jailed opponents, and rigged elections.

The Marshall PLan

US wanted to strengthen Western Europe to make sure countries wouldn’t fall to Communism

1947: Plan called for $17 billion in aid to Europe

Israel

The Holocaust increased support for the founding of a Jewish homeland
May 14, 1948: With the support of the newly formed UN, the new state of Israel officially became an independent state
Arab nations greatly resented the decision to give part of Palestine to the Jews and They claimed the entire region belonged to Arabs
Israel’s boundary also had an impact on the Cold War
US and Israel became allies and the Soviets began supporting Arab nations
US was the first nation to recognize Israel
Middle east was oil-rich and it resulted in foreign policy problems for US forever