What series of events and ideological conflicts prompted the cold war? how did the cold war reshape ideas of american freedom? what major domestic policy initiatives did truman undertake? what effects did the anticommunism of the cold war have on american politics and culture?

What series of events and ideological conflicts prompted the cold war?

Ideological conflicts

Soviet Union already didn't like us before the end of the war

-- Didn't give them atomic bomb

-- We helped them out a year later

Further divided

-- George Kennan: established the "containment" policy

-- Truman Doctrine: we help out non-comm. govts, even if they are led by dictators

-- Marshall Plan: rebuild Europe; further solidified divide

Events

Middle East

-- Soviets in N. Iran, withdrew

-- Soviets set up puppet comm. govts in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria

Military aid sent to combat comm.

-- Greece and Turkey (for OIL!!)

We supported anyone who claimed to be non-communist and built up others

-- Chile, Iran

-- Greece, Spain

Marshall Plan

-- Rebuild Western Europe

1948-49 Berlin blockade

1949 Soviets test first atomic bomb

1949 NATO

-- Creating treaties to stop the spread of communism

1949 China falls to communism

1949 Warsaw Pact in response to NATO

1950 National Security Council

-- Increase in defense spending

1950 GATT

-- Western nations got together to encourage trade between our nations so we could be economically stable and not communists!!!

1950-1953

- 1950 Inchon - MacArthur pushes democratic forces up, China pushes them down again, end up BACK at the 38th Parallel

-- "Proxy war"

how did the cold war reshape ideas of american freedom?

Government agencies like the CIA secretly funded the arts. The Soviets did the same so the U.S. wanted to keep it quiet. This is an example of soft power.

what major domestic policy initiatives did truman undertake?

The Fair Deal asked Congress to do New Deal-ish things like expand public housing, social security.

what effects did the anticommunism of the cold war have on american politics and culture?

Southern Democrats want states' rights to keep certain people to stay suppressed.

hi friend   look late me tall   you with my experience first politic because this subject   it is more politic than be religious   and also give you my experience in islam

first   the islam it is not religion order to kill for we be clear .

so bin laden he not was man of religion   for he use they taught sound islamic theology.

osama bin laden he was influenced by mullah mohammad omar, a very radical manosama bin laden's little understanding of religion has made osama bin laden's speech radical and deviated from the teachings of islam

so the answer > they used radical persuasive rhetoric

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