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U.S. Domestic Policies AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (1945-Present) Unit IXA AP U.S. History Fundamental Questions Discuss the United States as a global superpower from 1945-1992. Analyze the American government response to foreign developments. Analyze how the American public responded to foreign developments. Understanding the Cold War After WWII, the traditional powers of the world regressed and the United States and the Soviet Union arose as the dominant superpowers. Both nations were polar opposites in ideologies. Soviet Union = communism, police state . United States = capitalism, democracy The relationship began under mistrust and tensions increased as time moved on. Cold War meant a “war of words” rather than outright conflict . However, the Cold War includes episodes of “hot” conflicts in various regions around the world. United Nations General Assembly . Member nations convened to develop a postwar world to combat global issues while respecting sovereignty and peace. Security Council . 15-member body to authorize peacekeeping and promote international security . Permanent Members United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, China Resolutions must be unanimous Iron Curtain German Occupation Zones . Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) . Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Eastern Europe . Soviet Union did not withdraw its troops from occupied Eastern Europe . Virtually forced communist regimes on Eastern European Truman & Containment (1945-1953) George F. Kennan . Strategies to prevent the spread of communism Secretary of State George C. Marshall and Dean Acheson Truman Doctrine . Provide economic and military support for nations threatened by communism . Greece and Turkey National Security Act (1947) . Expanded and centralized Department of Defense (DoD) . National Security Council (NSC) . Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) NSC-68 (1950) . Justify defense spending and arms buildup as necessary . Establish alliances with non-communist nations Truman & Containment (1945-1953) Marshall Plan European Recovery Program . $13 billion in grants . Rebuild and develop European infrastructure Designed to prevent communist uprisings or infiltration in vulnerable nations Truman & Containment (1945-1953) Berlin Airlift Soviet Union establishes blockade of West Berlin U.S. and allies launch aerial campaign from 1948-1949 . Drop food and fuel to citizens Extremely successful . Over 200,000 flights . 47,000 tons daily Truman & Containment (1945-1953) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) . Permanent alliance between U.S., Canada, and Western Europe . If one member is attacked, all treaty nations will defend Warsaw Pact . Soviet Union’s version of NATO . Eastern European satellite nations Truman & Containment (1945-1953) Korean Conflict (1950-1953) Potsdam Conference (1945) . Korean peninsula divided between communist North and democratic South North Korean Invasion (1950) . Advised by Soviet Union and China Truman and United Nations Intervention . General Douglas MacArthur launched successful counterattack . Repulsed to 38th parallel by Chinese support troops Armistice (1953) . 38th parallel: Communist North and Democratic South . Truman win/lose Containment worked “soft on Communism” Nuclear Arms Race Nuclear weapon development . United States develops weapons with higher yields Soviet Union . Detonated first nuclear weapon (August 1949) United Kingdom . Detonated first nuclear weapon (October 1952) France . Detonated first nuclear weapon (February 1960) China . Detonated first nuclear weapon (October 1964) Welcome Back! Bell Ringer: As you Agenda and Objective: watch the video clip, Through note, S.A.Q, and primary source review, students what observations do will identify major cold war you see? Why were policy events of the Eisenhower these drills necessary? and Kennedy Administrations. What was going on at Activity #3 and #4 due tomorrow the time? (Use terms and events that you know from this time period.) Cold War Quote matching review How to Spot a Communist SAQ Bell Ringer: Second Red Scare (1947-1957) Government Policies . Loyalty Review Board . McCarren Internal Security Act (1950) House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) . Investigate Americans for pro-communist beliefs and blacklisting Senator Joseph McCarthy (R) . McCarthyism Espionage . Alger Hiss . Klaus Fuchs . Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Agenda and Objective: Through note, S.A.Q, and primary source review, students will identify major cold war policy events of the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations. FOR MONDAY: Read and answer questions on the Vietnam War Cold War Foreign Policy Note quiz on Wednesday. Eisenhower & Brinkmanship (1953-1961) Secretary of State John F. Dulles . “New Look” . Massive Retaliation Domino Theory Eisenhower Doctrine . Extension of Truman Doctrine to Middle East Covert Operations . Operation Ajax (1953) - Iran Eisenhower & Brinkmanship (1953-1961) Soviet Union Temporary Thaw with Soviet Union . “Spirit of Geneva” (1955) Hungarian Revolt (1956) Sputnik (1957) U-2 Incident (1960) Eisenhower & Brinkmanship (1953-1961) Vietnam and Cuba Vietnam . Geneva Conference (1954) . Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam . Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) (1954) Cuba . Fidel Castro and Revolution Deposes General Batista (1959) . American Embargo . Cuban Alliance with Soviet Union Eisenhower & Brinkmanship (1953-1961) Farewell Address (1961) “Military-Industrial Complex” . Cold War and Arms Race implications . Warning of a military-corporate state Kennedy & Flexible Response (1961-1963) Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara . Develop conventional military strategies and policies . Nuclear weapon escalation as last phase Alliance for Progress (1961) . Economic cooperation with Latin America Peace Corps (1961) . Volunteer organization for developing nations American University Speech (1963) Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) Military Advisors in Vietnam (1963) . American troop support for South Vietnam and Ngo Dinh Diem Space Race National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) (1958) . Response to Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin . Mercury Program Alan Shepard . First American in space (1961) John Glenn . First American to orbit Earth (1962) Kennedy’s Race to the Moon . Apollo Program . Apollo 11 (1969) “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” - Neil Armstrong Welcome Back! Bell Ringer: On your Through note and index card, identify… primary source review, Leader of Cuba students will identify major cold war policy Name of Operation that attempted to events of Kennedy, remove this individual Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Administrations Cuban missile Crisis and its outcome For Tomorrow… Review Your foreign Wednesday: Multiple policy chart from Choice Quiz on the Carter to George W. Cold War. Bush Kennedy & Flexible Response (1961-1963) Berlin Wall Berlin Crisis (1961) Berlin Wall (1961) . Checkpoint Charlie “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” (1963) Premier Nikita Khrushchev and JFK (1961) Kennedy at the Wall Kennedy & Flexible Response (1961-1963) Cuba Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Soviet missiles in Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) . Fidel Castro topples dictatorship in Cuba and becomes Communist leader . Soviet Union plants missiles in Cuba . in response President John Kennedy – blockades Cuba and demands the removal of the missiles . seemingly at the brink of nuclear war – Khrushchev backs down and the Soviets pull out Soviet Union and United States sign test ban treaty in 1963 Kennedy’s Speech Review 1. The idea in the political cartoon was most directly associated with which of the following events in United States history? A. The Cuban Missile Crisis B. The Cold War C. Containment D. The Marshall Plan 2. Which of the following was most likely a long-term response to the event? A. An urgency to ratify international treaties limiting the arms race. B. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. C. An economic stimulus resulting from increased military production. D. Greater advocacy of the policy of mutual assured destruction. 3. The conditions shown in the image were most likely a result of A. American foreign policy of containment 20th during the Cold War. B. The United States’ involvement in World War I. C. The oil embargo of the 1970s D. The United States commitment to spreading democracy around the world Johnson & Vietnam (1963-1969) Gulf of Tonkin (August 1964) . Incident - North Vietnamese fired upon U.S. warships . Resolution - Congress authorized combat troops through Johnson’s urging Escalation . Operation Rolling Thunder . Troops increases from 1964 to 1969 540,000 at most during Vietnam Conflict Hawks and Doves . Hawks - contain communist aggression . Doves - internal conflict and unpopular draft and results Tet Offensive (January 1968) . Vietcong launch surprise attack . U.S. military victory but political and popular victory for Minh and North Vietnamese Johnson & Vietnam (1963-1969) War and Tragedy The Anti-War Movement Activity: Share with your neighbor your reading questions concerning the Anti- war movement The Events of 1968… January-TET offensive August- Anti-war demonstrations at the begins Democratic National March-LBJ does not seek Convention in Chicago. re-election. November- Richard Nixon is elected President April-Protestors take over Columbia University. April-MLK killed June-Robert Kennedy killed Year in pictures… Nixon & Detente (1969-1974) Secretary of State
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