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Gabby- Period 4 - Coggle Diagram
Gabby- Period 4
12-1 The tensions that emerged after World War II led to a conflict that dominated U.S. foreign policy for decades.
TrumanHelped found the United Nations very soon after taking office. He also helped found NATO. A treaty binding the U.S. and Western democracies into a defense agreement against the Soviets.
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The Policy of Containment The Soviet’s either took over or set up puppet governments in many countries after WWII
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12-2 Government efforts to address the economic, political, and social problems of the Cold War era changed the nation.
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In 1946, Republicans won both houses of Congress Americans were mad at inflation: when prices rise faster than wages.
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12-3 The Korean War tested how far the United States was willing to go to stop the spread of communism around the world.
The original goal of the war was To push North Korea back across the 38th Parallel The new goal for the war was to unify Korea as a democratic country.
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The war ended after After 150,000 Americans were killed or wounded
And nearly 2 million Koreans and Chinese were killed.
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14-1 The fear of communism in the 1960s created tension around the world and greatly influenced America's foreign policy.
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In 1962 A U.S. spy plane discovered then The Soviets building launch sites for nuclear missiles. and The standoff between Kennedy and Soviet leader Khrushchev was called the Cuban Missile Crisis. The world came very close to nuclear war.
In 1961 Kennedy ordered Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro. Castro crushes the invasion at the Bay of Pigs
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14-2 The United States entered Vietnam in an attempt to fight the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
In 1964 North Vietnamese patrol ships... Attacked American ships. This became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Ho Chi Minh Wanted a united, Communist Vietnam. The Vietcong was his guerilla army
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After North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam America gradually began to escalate our support of the South.
14-3 The Vietnam War caused strain within the United States and between the United States and other nations.
The Credibility Gap this Developed when Americans stopped trusting President Johnson and the war effort in general.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, which sparked riots across the country.
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14-4 The Vietnam War took a heavy toll on America's soldiers and their families. It also changed the social and political climate in the United States.
Henry Kissinger... He tried to work with the Soviets and China to stop supplying the North. This was called linkage.
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Protests against war continued... 4 protesters were shot by the National Guard at Kent State after the Ohio Governor called for martial law
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