Unit+7

= **The Cold War** =
 * Lasted 4 years (1945- 1990)
 * Soviet Union vs. United States of America
 * U.S. many Allies
 * S.U. some Allies
 * China partial allies of the S.U.
 * both China and the S.U. - Commonism
 * Started before WWII ended

=A. Intro=

‍- President George H.W. Bush

 * All Democratic
 * All Comminist
 * All something different

===2. At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms. ===

- President Harry Truman

 * There are only two ways a person can live. to be able to do as you pleased, or you could be told what you can do or what you cant do

-Joseph Stalin

 * The people who count votes could cheat to help the person they want to win
 * They could not count your vote if they don't want
 * Fixed election
 * Control
 * Corruption

‍Speech delivered by President Harry S. Truman to Congress - March 12, 1947
"To ensure the peaceful development of nations, free from coercion, the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations. The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. We shall not realize our objectives, however, unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes. This is no more than a frank recognition that totalitarian regimes imposed upon free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, undermine the foundations of international peace, and hence the security of the United States.

The peoples of a number of countries of the world have recently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their will. The Government of the United States has made frequent protests against coercion and intimidation in violation of the Yalta agreement in Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria. I must also state that in a number of other countries there have been similar developments.

At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life.

The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms.

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes..."


 * What are the central principles of Truman's cold war foreign policy ?
 * Truman believes in Democracy (it's the right way of life)
 * He wants to help the people choose Democracy
 * Intervention
 * TRUMAN DOCTERINE PROMOTES DEMOCRACY AND CONTAIN COMMUNISM
 * The Marshell plan is an American program that helped rebuild European economies (1948-1952)
 * 17 countries received a total of 13 billion in U.S. aid
 * Goal- stop spread of communism in Europe $ = Stability = democracy
 * 1st marshell plan money went to Greece + Turkey


 * || **ECONOMY ** || **DESCRIPTION ** || **POLITICS ** || **DESCRIPTION ** ||
 * ** THE UNITED STATES ** || //**Capitalism**// || * //**Individual citizens run the economy - Own business, spend, and work**//
 * //**Competition drives Industries**// || //**Democracy**// || * //**Power lies with the people and the representatives that they elect**//
 * //**Individual rights and freedoms are valued and protected**// ||
 * ** THE SOVIET UNION ** || //**Communism**// || * //**Government runs the economy, not many privately owned businesses**// || //**Dictatorship**// || * //**One person (or small group) has complete control**//
 * //**the rights and freedoms of the majority of people are not protected**// ||

Video Notes

 * During WWI People rioted over bread in Russia, they put there leader in jail
 * Privet property, and Privet businesses, even bank accounts got taken away everything was government owned
 * Oct 1917 Lenin and the Bolsheviks
 * Berlin air lift- America dropped food to west Berlin
 * NATO - the U.S. formed a military with 10 other countries. still exists today
 * in 1949 S.U. made there own Atomic
 * in 1949 China become communist
 * in 1950 Korean war starts
 * Asia
 * China- Failure
 * Korea- Succsess
 * vietnam- Failure
 * People in America got scared of an atomic bomb attac so they built bomb shelters
 * Senator Joseph McCarthy- Republician- Wisconsin

6. QUESTIONS: use the info below the question and your background knowledge to answer these two questions:

 * ====‍Why was America so set on stopping the spread of Soviet influence? What is so bad about communism? What was so bad about the Soviets?====
 * They wanted everyone to be as free as they are. The bad thing about communism is people are being told what to do with there live's and have no say in the matter. The bad thing about the Soviets was that they took people's privet businesses and privet property and made them government owned
 * ====‍What did the Soviets think was so bad about America and capitalism?====
 * They thought the U.S. was giving its people to many rights, they thought that they shouldwhat they are doing and take over privet busnesses.

Communism explained a bit more

 * Origins of communism are in the writings and theories of Karl Marx in the mid-1800s. He co-wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848.
 * Communism is a theory about society and economics: socio-economics. It is a belief system about how society and the economy should work - it is an idea of justice.
 * Communists are therefore often called Marxists.
 * Three key Marx quotes:
 * From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
 * The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
 * The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.


 * When communism has been put into practice in different countries like the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, etc., it has often been very different from how Marx thought it would be. It has usually been accompanied by very strict, ruthless dictatorship and corruption. It has usually become associated with a lack of rights and freedoms. Communism has never been purely implemented like Marx thought it could be.

**What is your opinion of communism as of right now?***
I think its wrong, i think people should be able to own property and not have to share it if they dont want to they should be able to call it there own not the governments.

Cold War- Homefront

 * HUAC- investigates communism in America