THTR1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mccarthyism, Mccarran Internal Security Act, Alger Hiss
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Identify the events and ideological con icts that prompted the cold war. The soviet union already didn"t like the usa before the end of the war, because us didn"t give them an atomic bomb and helped them out a year later. Kennan establishing the containment policy, the truman doctrine, and marshall plan: rebuild. Events in the middle east greatly prompted the cold war as soviets in. North iran, withdrew and set up puppet communism governments in poland, romania and bulgaria. Other events included the 1948-49 berlin blockade, 1949 soviets test rst atomic bomb, the creation of nato, china"s falls to communism in 1949, warsaw pact in response to nato, national security. Council increase in defense spending, gatt and the korean war. Lists the ways the cold war reshaped the ideas of american freedom. Government agencies like the cia began to secretly fund the arts. Pledge of allegiance, because the soviets opposed organized religion.
