Icing the Cold War Crash course History matters 1 US vs soviets 1 1945 90 Era 2 The biggest threat to humans is ourselves Individualism vs collectivism a Capitalists vs communism b c Democracy vs Dictatorship d Religion vs dedication to government and atheism 2 Dates a WWI soviet goes communist b 1920s red scare i Stalin comes to power ii Paranoia which led to lots of murders by red army c 1930s murders in USSR d 1938 Munich Appeasement i Meet in Germany after WWI ends ii Everyone was leery of USSR and Germany iii US and USSR used as a buffer zone 1 Germany asked for Poland to keep them safe from i Nazi Soviet Pact ii Hitler broke that pact to start WWII in 1941 e 1939 USSR f WWII Allies g Feb 1945 i Yalta Conference 1 Soviets would join in Pacific War and UN 2 Got Poland back but that wasn t enough for him a Got too greedy ii July 1 Potsdam 2 Boundaries 3 Reparations 4 Free elections 5 Atomic secrets 6 Post war loan a To everyone but the soviets Post War issues 1 1946 Iron Curtain Speech 2 Europe Reconstruction 3 1947 Marshall Plan architect of victory as first 5 star general a Loans to Europe Interest free i ii Avoided another great depression iii Keep communism out of it b National security council c Department of War turns into Department of Defense d CIA monitors communist activity i World wide 4 Containment a Diplomatic Revolution b George Kennan i Russian expert ii US ambassador iii Wrote the Long Telegram 1 Communism must expand or die a Unstable b Won t work in the long run if they don t pull in other economies and populations If we can contain it it will collapse c 2 Published anonymously to protect himself from soviets c Military economic social containments d Truman Doctrine i Official beginning of Cold War ii US finally commits to fighting communism long term 5 International friction a NATO b 1948 soviet threats expand i Greece Revolution ii Czech coup iii Berlin Blockade c China falls d Soviets detonate their first atomic bomb e NSC 68 peace time military buildup 1950s the 4 A s Nostalgia 1 Mostly thing of good things 2 Wasn t always like that Anxiety 1 Cold War 2 Korean War 3 Space race a As a form of nuclear war protection b Beginning of bomb shelter era 4 Conformity and consensus a Took away freedom of speech and freedom from fear b Tranquilizers to calm themselves down c Churches swell as people want to know they re going to the right place Joined groups of conformity to feel safer and stronger d i Worked out their anxiety Anti communism 1 Part of conformity 2 Loyalty a New powers to investigate people b Like after 9 11 c Suspended some civil rights d Asian specialists were fired 3 Red baiting 4 Lavender scare a Calling people communists a Refers to women and feminists i Especially lesbians ii People getting fired for being gay 1 Security risk 2 They were more susceptible to communism 3 The searcher died of AIDS because he was one 5 Laws and cases a Smith Act i Compliments other acts ii Can t teach overthrowing US government b Dennis vs US i 1951 ii Upheld Smith Act c McCarran Act i Another control board ii Communists had to register with the government It was already a crime to be a communist 1 2 So no one registered d State laws i Texas communist party 6 Impact a Politically conservative 1 You could be imprisoned for 20 years if you were in the Joe goes on his show and calls him a communist i McCarthy discredited by Murrow reporter ii iii Murrow was America s most trusted man iv McCarthy accuses the army and gets kicked out b Foreign policy through alliances c Ruined careers i 2300 in Hollywood ii 2700 government workers fired iii 12 000 left in protest iv Lost all Asian specialists right before going to Vietnam v None of these were ever proven guilty vi Kept going until USSR fell d Education had required courses i Tenure was strengthened e Social normalcy Affluence 1 Affluent society a Financial boom b Gain weight c Spending surges 2 Centrist 3 Business changes a Plastic b Aluminum c Factories could barely keep up d Savings grows e 60 million people with jobs 1 Discouraged feminism 2 Became discontent 4 Suburbs i Excluding women because they went back to the nuclear family a All the houses look the same b Assembly line building c Loans to get people out of the city and to the suburbs d Car culture for commute to work i Moms even got their own car to take kids around and to shop e Self sustaining houses i Appliances 5 Baby boom a 19 growth 6 Consumer economy a TV i 90 of homes had it ii Avoided controversy and conflict iii Homogenous image of American family life 1 Middle class focus 2 Sitcoms 3 White nuclear families b Advertising i Sponsors emerged to keep TV shows and studios running ii That s why they kept controversy out to keep and protect their sponsors 7 Nuclear family 8 Less class division a Start separating from cousins and grandparents a Middle class lived next to lower middle class b A few ethnically mixed but not many 9 Shopping centers a Strip malls then full malls in suburbs 10 Poor and some ethnicities stuck in the city a Couldn t afford to move out Alienation 1 Youth culture a Affluence changed teen and parent relationships b Music tears out family structure c Wanted to be with friends instead d Wanted all the new things e Rebelled but only against their parents i Not society as a whole ii Didn t know what they wanted 1 Just what they saw on TV 2 Beatniks a Kerouac Burroughs Ginsberg i Writers ii Critiqued new consumer culture b Said suburbs were dull and against individualism c Some dressed like slobs and did drugs to get back to individualism i Gave rise to hippies d Quest for beatitude i Zen e Long hair drop out of society because they have no use for it f Abstract in art i Java shop people 3 Juvenile delinquency a More teenage crime during WWII i Dad away mom working b Continued in 1950s c Kids becoming more self sustaining i Could be susceptible to communist underground d Attracted to people who weren t with the system e People from depression had so much in savings i Doting on children ii Kids expect to have their way Civil Rights WWII 1 Effects on Civil Rights a Saw equality in France b Tried to bring it to US after that 2 Truman s response military 3 Desegregation of military in Korean War a Executive orders for civil rights commission and desegregated a Previously they were in it but as labor and were still segregated b Sent them out when they ran out of white people to fight i Sent …
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