The Cold War

topics 1. Europe 2. Containment at home 3. HUAC 10/24 Initial concerns with the economy. The U.S depression is over with. When U.S began to build weapons for the war unemployment drops to none. Concerns involving after war. What was going to happen? The Economy continues to expand. The Service men's readjustment act (1944)- provides certain benefits for veterans. 2.3 million veterans go to college. Getting degrees government supports this and government invests money into the economy. Dozens of consumers goods enter the market. Not much to buy during the war. Which allowed to people to spend. People begin to buys things when war comes to an end. Economy is thriving. After the war in Europe things also began to change the alliance between the soviet union breaks apart. The Soviet union is concerned what had happened during WWII. Germans invade lots of Soviets lost their culture . Germans are invade many of these nations states. Stalin is arguing after the war that it was easy for Germans to invade his country. Cold War is heating up. The U.S Sets up the marshal plan. The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism.[1] The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous again. Announces with Truman doctrine that it was going to try to help them Truman Doctrine states Truman stated the Doctrine would be "the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. After nine days after issuing the doctrine 9835 federal employee loyalty program. Stating if having a job as a federal employee taking an oath. Goverenent will investigate 5 million people of be
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Civil Right Movement Continued. Freedom Summer The goal of FS is to register black me to get them to vote. Concerns of violence..the Civil right movement Summer of 1964 Individuals were missing Michal shworner helped registered black people. James Cheney these people the summer of 1964. By the end of the summer civil right movement is being passed

Civil Rights Act - Race ,color ,religion ,and sex It will lead to to the desegregation of schools and other facilities. This will all lead to the Equal Employment opportunity Commission 1966 movement is shifting in a new direction. The movement will also shifts its location and its ideas. In The North in 50' and 60' there are no Jim Crows laws. Discrimination exits no the less. There able to vote and participate in unions. It wasnt to long that this migrates was part of northern life. People were able to apply for any job. Apply to rent apartments or a house in any neighborhood. After WWII increasing fear was having available housing for these veterans that came back from war. So the government sets up program so It is easy to buy a house. So government set up FHA. This allows to have this for people to buy houses. FHA began t change the structure of loans that were taking out. Instead of changing the loans and spreading them to 30 year fixed loans compared to 10 years which helped people with less money to pay less on a mortgage. Goal was to encourage average Americans to buy houses. Color coded Cities- Red= was areas that imposed loans. Single attached family dwelling Cites suburb rural area

Vanilla Suburb Chocolate Cities Education was also an issue. Education did not necessary lead to opportunity. Studies showed that Black who went to school compared to only blacks that only finished up to the 8th grade made about the same money. Malcolm X Nation of Islam Elijah miham. By the late 1950 Nation of Islam becoming popular in the North. One guy interested in this was Malcolm Little later changed his name to Malcolm X. He was a good Speaker. Advocated program of self Defense. What he advocate was a massive change encouraged blacks to take pride of their culture and their history. Advocated black solidation but also . Argued that the White man could be trusted Argued that black American should control their own everything. Malcolm X is to understand he is a critic of the civil right movement. Is advocating self defense raising question on who are the allies for the liberation. Increasingly tension rises between Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X. Malcolm will make a pilgrimage to the middle east toward the Mecca. Many of his Ideas weren't carried out due to his assassination of an early age of 39 in Feb 1965. New Jersey branch of Islam were responsible for his assassination. Unemployment for black men in Watts was 30%. No health care facilities in Watts. About a fifth of people who lived in Watts owned cars. Riot in watts will last 6 days. 900 hundred injured. Another significant riot in Detroit. 143 killed 1000 injured 7000 arrested. Anther wave of riots in 1968. Question was were these forms of Riot of Rebellion. Many were affected by the riots because business were destroyed property. It didnt matter if you were black or white.

Black Panther party in Oakland starts in 1966. two college student Huey Newton. They wanted full employment for black Americans decent housing wanted a good education . Wanted all black men exempt for military service. Panther began to recruit from black working class. Began programs such as a breakfast program for children. In 1966 Martin Luther King begins to talk more and more about jobs and housing also nationalizing government the basic industry. He talked about the same things that the panthers talked about same things that Malcolm talked about. King argues that the quality. In defiance King announces a campaign against poverty. Talks about Jobs unemployment April 1968 before this he goes to Memphis Tennessee to support sanitation workers that were on . strike. James Earl Ray assassinate King Counter intelligence Program. (COINTELL PO) This program was designed COINTELPRO tactics included discrediting targets through psychological warfare, planting false reports in the media, smearing through forged letters, harassment, wrongful imprisonment, extralegal violence and assassination. Covert operations under COINTELPRO took place between 1956 and 1971; however, the FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception. The FBI's stated motivation at the time was "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order. Organized what was grey propaganda and released made up information to the press. The FBI participated in assassinations. Lots of tactics the FBI used a lot of tactics. Benjamin Chavis Civil rights organizer in Wilmington Carolina. He pushed for quality education. Organized to non violent demonstration in Wilmington. In 77 Chavis and students were allegedly arrested for burning down a store. Wilmington ten would be their name and be sentenced for 200 years. George Jackson Attracts attention because his brother was part of the panther. Later on he will be convicted of association of robbery for his friend robbing a store. Aug in 1971 he is assassinated by guards in San Quinton. REASON was that he had a fire arm smuggled in the prison AtticaAnother example of cointel pro creates fear of communism. SCLC Hoover calling King the most notorious liar in the country. Authorities were targeting civil rights activists. FBI starting bugging phones spying on him tracking any activity. The FBI had a court order to investigate the SCLC and have the investigate IRS investigate the money dominated to the SCLC . The FBI was trying to have king Step down from the civil rights movement and the manner they did it was a fabrication of lies. Citizens commission to investigate FBI Topics Outline 11/2 The Vietnam War It begins in U.S involvement in WWII. French Indo China Made up of Laos Cambodia Vietnam. Concerns were U.S wants to stabilize Things. Vietnam Side Story Ho Cho Minn wanted Vietnam Independence and declared in 1965 of September. The U.S decides to support the French 19501954 U.S is paying 75% of their military budget to fight Vietnamese. Lead to other consequences in IRAN. American companies were in search of Water and discover a vast supply of Oil 1972 is the year that the U.S produced the most oil in the united States. When American Companies discover Oil and British and American Take all profits from Oil From Iran. Iran Is not

too happy. Two people Were sent to Iran Kermit Roosevelt to pay people off and overthrow the prime minister. Dienbien PhuThe battle was significant beyond the valleys of Dien Bien Phu. Giap's victory ended major French involvement in Indochina and led to the accords which partitioned Vietnam into North and South. Eventually, these conditions inspired the United States to increase their involvement in Vietnam leading to the Second Indochina War. French are defeated in 1954. Decide to divide North and South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minn and troops Will lead towards the North. Domino Theory- was that communism was going to take over if one country turned communism. Officials didnt want communism to spread from southeast asia. was the first president of South Vietnam (19551963). In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Dim led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a 1955 plebiscite that was widely considered fraudulent. Proclaiming himself the Republic's first President, he demonstrated considerable political skill in the consolidation of his power, and his rule proved authoritarian, elitist, nepotistic, and corrupt. A Roman Catholic, Dim pursued policies that rankled and oppressed the Republic's Montagnard natives and its Buddhist majority. Amid religious protests that garnered worldwide attention, Dim lost the backing of his U.S. patrons and was assassinated by Nguyen Van Nhung, the aide of ARVN General Duong Van Minh on November 2, 1963, during a coup d'tat that deposed his government. Diem Group vietminn Viet Cong from south Vietnam National liberation Front Assinate Diem Vcjohnson is president Gulf of Tonkin resolution Bombing campaign against N Vietnam operation Rolling Thunder 1965 -1969 800 ton of bombs daily 3 times more than Asia Europe and Africa During WWII.

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