RAH-H Day 4 AgendaRAH-H Day 4 AgendaRAH-H Day 4 AgendaRAH-H Day 4 Agenda

Goal – to understand that int’l events are very complex, requiring complex responses that are not easily evaluated for success or failure. To understand that int’l events occur concurrently with, affect and are affected by domestic events

1. Complete map activity 2. Finish and Review PSSA prep reading of Gaddis and the p

9-10 multiple choice3. complete containment chart pp 11-12 for

Truman Doctrine thru NATO & identify paradox4. Assess understanding of Cold War Origins 5. In a group of four address the following statement: The

containment policy was poorly designed and implemented.A. Write three arguments that support your conclusion.B. Discuss your conclusion and arguments with the class

6. Complete pp 13 about Truman’s home policies and the 1948 election

Use Maps on pages 15 and 18Use Maps on pages 15 and 18Use Maps on pages 15 and 18Use Maps on pages 15 and 181. Identify all countries controlled by USSR after WWII in

Europe.2. Which countries joined NATO by 1955?3. Which countries joined the Warsaw Pact?4. Which countries are notable exceptions to the above

membership?5. Which countries were recipients of Marshall Plan

money? Who was not?6. Where is Berlin? Why is its geographical location a

cause of the Berlin Crisis of 1948?7. What does map on 18 indicate about the causes and

effects of the early Cold War?

Use Maps on pages 15 and 18Use Maps on pages 15 and 18Use Maps on pages 15 and 18Use Maps on pages 15 and 181. Identify all countries controlled by USSR after WWII in Europe. E.

Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary – Cominform (1947) to organize and coordinate communist parties world wide, the CoMEcon (Council of Mutual Economic Assistance – 1949) and Warsaw Pact 1955

2. Which countries joined NATO by 1955? US, Canada, Portugal, France, UK, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany

3. Which countries joined the Warsaw Pact? Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, USSR

4. Which countries are notable exceptions to the above membership? Yugoslavia, Ireland, Sweden and Austria

5. Which countries were recipients of Marshall Plan money? Who was not? Portugal, France, UK, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Ireland – USSR turned down ERP money for itself and its satellites

6. Where is Berlin? Why is its geographical location a cause of the Berlin Crisis of 1948? Berlin is in Eastern Germany, behind the Iron Curtain but ¾ of Berlin was controlled by US & Allies – great base for espionage

7. What does map on 18 indicate about the causes and effects of the early Cold War? Europe was divided down the middle, US & USSR across IC

Truman Doctrine TranscriptTruman Doctrine Transcript

Policy – a statement of US foreign policy generally to oppose the spread of Soviet influence. Specifically it was an argument to Congress to scare them into approving spending $400million to help Greece and Turkey in 1947.

Purpose – to stop the spread of Soviet influence in Greece and Turkey, and then the rest of the world.

Soviet reaction – Soviets felt threatened and thus further supported “Communist” governments throughout the world including China and Korea.

Evaluation of success – the doctrine was successful in Greece, Turkey, Western Europe, (Including Berlin) and Korea. But failed in China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba

Truman Doctrine – March 12, 1947

Economic cooperation Act – the Economic cooperation Act – the Marshall PlanMarshall Plan

Post War DevastationPost War Devastation

Post War DevastationPost War Devastation

Marshall Plan rebuilds Marshall Plan rebuilds the townthe town

Policy – a Congressional law called the Foreign Assistance Act that authorized the US government to spend up to $13billion over 4 years in Europe.

Purpose – 1. to stop the spread of Soviet influence in Europe, 2. To help Europe rebuild after the devastation of WWII, 3. To link countries together through trade to help prevent war, 4. To help the US economy grow.

Soviet reaction – Soviets felt threatened and thought the US was trying to undermine their system and turned down the aid for the USSR and Eastern Europe.

Evaluation of success – the most successful foreign policy ever implemented by the US – all goals were achieved

Marshall Plan – proposed 1947, passed into law April 3, 1948

Berlin AirliftBerlin Airlift

Policy – 11 months of 277,000 flights into Templehof airport containing supplies of oil, coal, food and clothing.

Purpose – to stop the spread of communist influence in Berlin, to prevent the fall of Berlin to the communists, to show the world our resolve in containing communism and to keep a bastion of democracy behind the Iron curtain.

Soviet reaction – Soviets felt threatened but did not want war, so finally backed down and let West Berlin stay connected to West Germany

Evaluation of success – very successful, all goals achieved. Led to strong economic, military and political ties with Germany to this very day. US still has major military bases in Germany

Berlin Airlift – June 1948-May 1949

NATONATO

NATO Flag

Map of Expansion of NATO –

US and Canada were original founding members of the alliance not depicted on map

Policy – military alliance linking Canada and US to Western Europe

Purpose – to stop the spread of communist influence in W. Europe, to help prevent war in Europe, and to act as a mutual defense arrangement, protecting its members from Soviet aggression.

Soviet reaction – Soviets felt threatened and created the Warsaw Pact in 1955

Evaluation of success – very successful, all goals achieved. NATO still exists today, protecting the peace in Europe. No NATO countries fell to communism. But helped to lead to the arms race and the development and deployment of dangerous weapons in Europe and the world.

Creation of NATO –1949

Guo Mindong – Chinese Nationalist Party led by:

Jiang Jieshi

CCP – Chinese Communist Party led by:

Mao ZedongUS tries to mediate war: but then helps Jiang

Chinese Civil WarChinese Civil War

Policy – military and economic assistance to Chinese government of President Jiang Jieshi

Purpose – to stop the spread of communist influence in China by giving military hardware and training to the Nationalist Army and to give economic aid so that Jiang’s government would be successful in helping his people

Soviet reaction – Soviets and Chinese Communists felt threatened Soviets briefly aided Mao Zedong’s Communists, and helped to lead to Korean War

Evaluation of success – failed – the Communists under Mao Zedong won the civil war in 1949 and kicked the Guo Mindong to Taiwan. Us begins to give financial and military hardware assistance to France in its war against Vietnam

Support for Jiang Jieshi’s Guo Mindong (the Nationalists)

government in China

Policy – military invasion by US and UN forces

Purpose – to stop the spread of communism into South Korea by defending South Korea after it was attacked by North Korea under the leadership Kim Il Sung

Soviet reaction – Soviets were happy that the US interest was not solely focused on Europe. Chinese Communists felt threatened and entered to war on NK side in November 1950. Continued animosity between US and China for 20 more years.

Evaluation of success – a success when looking at main goal of defending South Korea, which did not fall to communists and is an independent successful democracy today. But a failure if viewed as intending to rid all of Korea of communist control.

Korean War - Active map of Korean War

Origins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War Quiz

1. How did WWII lead to the Cold War?2. Describe 2 of the purposes for the Marshall Plan.3. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?4. Why did the Berlin Airlift occur?5. What policy developed from George Kennan’s Long

Telegram?6. How did USSR respond to creation of NATO?7. Why were communist parties popular in Europe

immediately following WWII?8. Explain two reasons for the incompatibility of communism

and the American system.

Origins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War Quiz1. How did WWII lead to the Cold War? USSR fear of

invasion, dislike of Truman, death and devastation, division of Europe and Germany, no free elections

2. Describe 2 of the purposes for the Marshall Plan. to help Europe rebuild to prevent spread of communism and help us economy

3. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine? Containment directly re: Greece and Turkey

4. Why did the Berlin Airlift occur? Soviet’s blockaded Berlin (entirely in E. Ger) and we did not want Berlin to fall to communism

5. What policy developed from George Kennan’s concerns? containment

Origins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War QuizOrigins of Cold War Quiz6. How did USSR respond to development of NATO? Created

Warsaw Pact7. Why were communist parties popular in Europe

immediately following WWII? Communism often sounds good to the poor and homeless because it promises that everyone equally will have food, a home and a job

8. Explain two reasons for the incompatibility of communism and the American system. 1.Private property – only communal property, 2. belief in god – no religion, 3. political and personal choice – no choice, 4. limited government - totalitarian unlimited government, 5. spreading democracy & capitalism - world revolution to spread communism -

Chapter 2 - InflationChapter 2 - InflationProblem – very high inflation due to vast sums of money in

hands of many Americans who had not bought much for the previous 17 years – High demand + low supply + removal of price controls = high inflation

Solution – reintroduce Price controls until supply could catch up to demand.

Opposition – let the market work itself out – no price controls – too communistic

Result – temporary OPA price controls stemmed inflation from ’47 to ’50, when most controls were removed – the key is that supply caught up to demand.

Chapter 2 - DemobilizationChapter 2 - DemobilizationProblem – 12 million men were in uniform overseas – we

wanted them brought home. But what will happen to jobs, income, homes, families?

Solution – implement 1944 GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act) so vets could get unemployment payments, college tuition, low interest loans for houses and businesses. Brought most troops home by 1946. National Housing Act of 1949 to build 800k housing units

Opposition – wanted troops home even faster and wanted taxes cut

Result – GI Bill was the most influential domestic policy of the last 50 years leading to 8 million new college students, white collar jobs, new inventions, migration to suburbs, huge increase in house building, ½ of women lost their jobs,

Chapter 2 - strikesChapter 2 - strikesProblem – over 5000 strikes in 1946 – workers felt they had

delayed getting raises during the war, and post-war was the time for raises. Lots of defense workers lost their jobs. Energy, steel and transportation were shut down due to strikes

Solution – threatened owners with nationalization and the workers with the draft if they did not negotiate and agree. On May 25, 1946 asked Congress for permission to draft Rail workers.

Opposition – Passed 1947 Taft-Hartley anti-union act over Truman’s veto

Result – strikes were mostly ended, workers got better raises and began the “benefits” of healthcare and pensions that are affecting us today, but paradoxically these union victories also began a slow decline in unionization and hurt industries by the 1980s and today.

Chapter 2 - healthcareChapter 2 - healthcareProblem – most Americans paid for healthcare out of pocket,

but medicine was becoming more expensive, making good health difficult to obtain for the poor and working class.

Solution – HST proposes a national insurance program for all Americans along the lines of the British system

Opposition – disliked the NHS and called it socialist and against American values of free enterprise and self-reliance

Result – NHS was shot down, leading to the current private health system we have today.

Chapter 2 – fear of communismChapter 2 – fear of communismProblem – most Americans had grown fearful of the spread of

communism and Soviet power. This was caused by the Soviet acquisition of the bomb, as well as spy rings, and communist takeovers in Eastern Europe, China,

Solution – HST proposes through executive order 9835 to create the Federal Employee Loyalty Program top investigate and remove those deemed to be disloyal (connected to communists or accused of such)

Opposition – the House under Republican control operates the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the rise of McCarthy in the US Senate with his Subcommittee on Investigations

Result – 3000 federal employees were fired or resigned, hundreds or thousands of people were accused or communist-leanings were hinted at, and thus lost their jobs, friends and families through a general process of blacklisting. A few were even imprisoned for not answering questions or “lying”

Chapter 2 – ideological direction of Chapter 2 – ideological direction of gov’tgov’t

Problem – post-WWII with the tremendous success of the war, the war-time economy and the New Deal during GD, there came a conflict over whether the New Deal should continue, expand, or be repealed. Abroad – should US come home (neo-isolationism) or lead the world (intervention or internationalism)

Solution – HST proposes expanding the New Deal and leading the world through multi-lateral institutions like the UN and to intervene to stop communism.

Opposition – two sets – liberals wanted to go farther in expanding New Deal and conservatives wanted to cut taxes and shrink the federal government. FP – some wanted to be heavier-handed with USSR and others wanted to cooperate, while others wanted to return to isolationism

Result – moderate expansion of existing New Deal policies, but no new domestic programs. The US was a world leader just as Truman suggested – spreading US influence militarily (Korea, bases in Germany, support for France in ’Nam) diplomatically (new embassies opening throughout world), economically (Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, IMF, World Bank)

Chapter 2 – Civil RightsChapter 2 – Civil RightsProblem – Blacks, Latinos, Natives, Women were all

essentially2nd class citizens after the war, even though they all worked and sacrificed equally during the war. They wanted the equality principle they had fought for during the war to be enacted after the war

Solution – HST proposes a civil rights commission to investigate civil rights issues, Executive Order 9980 desegregated the federal bureaucracy and EO 9981 desegregated the US military, proposed anti-lynching laws, civil rights laws

Opposition – conservatives and southern democrats (Dixiecrats) opposed any desegregation and prevented all of the civil rights laws Truman proposed from being passed into law

Result – the military and the federal workforce was desegregated and the civil rights commission continued to investigate and report on the conditions of civil rights in the US, but no laws were passed until 1957

Truman and paradoxTruman and paradoxCold War 1. Americans wanted the troops home from WWII but wanted to

stop the spread of Communism and Soviet power abroad.2. The Implied threat of atomic bombs was meant to keep the

USSR at bay, but pushed the USSR to obtain the a-bomb.3. To prevent war, more and more dangerous, powerful weapons

were created and deployed – so that they would not be used.4. Wanted taxes lower and the government to focus on post-war

domestic problems, but politically blamed Truman for the loss of China to communism and for being weak on the commies in Korea.Post-war domestic issues

1. elected conservative Republicans to lower taxes and shrink the power of the federal government – but blamed Truman for high inflation and wanted solutions to housing, employment, wages and to stop crippling strikes.

2. Wanted government to stay out of the economy so that business could be business and the economy would boom – so that the government would have more money to spend on social programs.

1948 Election1948 Election• Democrats split over :

– civil rights plank in the national platform that HST pushed for. Therefore, with civil rights as an issue, souther Demos left to support the States’ Rights Democratic Party (Dixicrats)

– direction of government – the old New Deal coalition wanted more federal programs and expanded New Deal – When Truman was unable to get that done and seemed less liberal than they wanted, former VP and Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace fronted the Progressive Party

1948 candidates1948 candidates

Henry Wallace Progressive Party

1. very liberal 2. more New

Deal,3. cooperation

with USSR4. Civil rights

Harry Truman Democratic Party

1. liberal 2. Fair Deal,3. Containme

nt of USSR4. Civil Rights

Thomas Dewey Republican Party

1. conservative

2. Smaller gov’t lower taxes,

3. Confront USSR

4. Anti-union

Strom Thurmond States’ Rights Democratic Party

1. Socially conservative

2. Opposed to civil rights

3. Confront USSR4. Opposed to civil

rights

49.6%49.6%

WinnerWinner

2.4%2.4%

0% electoral 0% electoral votevote

45.1%45.1%

35.5% 35.5% electoral voteelectoral vote

2.4%2.4%

7.5% electoral 7.5% electoral votevote