Berlin crisis 1948 - 1961 Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

1947 National Security Act created the CIA, a separate air force, the National Security Council, and Department of Defense 1948 election Truman (Democrat) v. Strom Thrumond (States' Rights/Dixiecrat) v. Thomas Dewey (Republican); Truman won in a surprising upset 1950s Civil Rights A Series of Civil rights movements began -Jackie Robinson -Resistance in Little Rock -Montgomery Bus Boycott -Truman's Actions -Brown vs. board of Education -Other Voices 1954 Geneva Acc...

Kennedy and the Cold War - Online US History From online Edgenuity US History Course actual solution In the wake of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Cuba placed Fulgencio Batista in power. formed an alliance with the United States. formed an alliance with the Soviet Union. built an economy based on capitalism. The United States formed NASA in 1958 to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba. oppose the building of the Berlin Wall. lead its own space program. increase civil rights and equali...

IB History Paper 2 The Cold War March 1941 - Lend Lease 1943 - Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill discuss cross-channel invasion, earliest date is early 1944, which angered Stalin, as they took brunt of fighting May 1945 - End of Lend Lease to USSR February 1945 - The Yalta Conference P: Poland J: Japan U: United Nations G: Germany Declaration of Liberated Europe It was a promise that allowed the people of Europe "to create democratic institutions of their own ch...

Cold War 1945-1991 A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. Joseph Stalin Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition Iron curtain A political barrier that...

Marshall Plan a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Berlin Wall In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989. Containment Policy established by the Truman administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II. berlin airlift planes flew in food,fue...

Fascism A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition Communism A government system created by Karl Max advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned. Yalta Conference 1945 meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt in which the leaders discussed plans for the post-war world. Stalin agreed to join the fight with Japan 90 days after the war in Europe was over. Stal...

Feb 1945 Yalta conference May 1945 Germany surrenders Jul 1945 Potsdam Confrence Aug 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki Sept 1945 Japanese Surrender Feb 1946 Kennan's long telegram March 1946 Iron curtain speech March 1947 Truman Doctrine begins June 1947 Marshall plan 1948 Berlin Blockade & Airlift Apr 1949 NATO formed May 1949 Berlin blockade ends May 1949 FRG created Aug 19...

IB History Paper 2 Topic 5 (The Cold War) Marshall Plan - a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Berlin Wall - In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989. "New Look" - established by the Eisenhower administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II. ber...

IB HL History: The Cold War Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of the economy. - •Capitalism: Individuals should be able to compete w/ each other w/ a minimal state interference & make as much $ as they wish • Individuals thus encouraged to work hard by the promise of individual reward Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of politics. - liberal democracy: • Individuals choose the gov't through voting. There is a range of political parties to cho...