Cold War - Impacted Every Level of American Life
The USA saw a lost to containment Communist spreading
Support Taiwan and focus on containing Asia
Later called Domino Effect
The Red Scare
McCarthyism
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin
Communist Sympathizer taking over gov’t
Accusations lead to purges and show trials
Un-American behavior
Impacted every level of American Life
Anti-Red Campaign
Fear and suspicion
Enemy within
Liberals and Truman labeled “Comsymps”
Forced Truman to take a hard stance on China
The US lost Asian experts in the purge
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Accused of being spies and executed
Little to no evidence – 1953
Blamed for giving USSR A-bomb and for Korean War
1995 declassified information they were souse
Korea
To what extent was the outbreak of the Korean War due to Cold War tensions?
Why did the Chinese become involved not the Soviets?
What was the impact of the Korean War on the development of the Cold War?
Key concepts
Cause, Significance, Perspective
Division of Korea 1945- 1948
Japan annexed Korea – 1910
What will post war Korea look like？
USSR – warm water port and resources
Soviet troops entered Korea 8/12/1945
Roosevelt “40-year trusteeship” (Tehran Conf)
US military back USSR historical claim
Truman feared soviet expansion (38th Parallel)
US forces in South Korea, USSR in the North
North Korea 1945-1948
Stalin doesn’t pass 38th parallel
USSR gave autonomy to North Korea’s Committee – land/ Food/ Industry
Communist leaders Pak Hon-yang and Kim Il-sung
Rebuild country after Japanese destruction
Land reform ending feudalism
South Korea 1945-1948
USA removed People’s committees
Syngman Rhee – exiled gov’t leader from 1919
Continued colonial subjugation
Rhee – Brutal authoritarian ignores assembly
Kept in power to balance power vacuum
USA new strategy of supporting anti-communist dictators
USA in Japan
Truman wanted out of Japan
$2 billion to rebuild economy
After communist victory in China afrai
Chinese Response
Debate about UN further action
Kim begging Stalin for help
Stalin refuses but requests China to help
CCP not prepared but sends forces
Counter-attack at Yalu River
“Volunteer Army” – 300,000
Surprise attack pushes UN back into South
Technology vs Numbers
MacArthur’s Last Day
Mao