英语话题之冷战.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * United Nations International Organization where countries try to find peaceful solutions United Nations It has no army but uses troops from other countries. Vietnam War 1960s-1973 Through the Kennedy years, US troops trained S. Vietnamese troops to fight the Reds. After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, under LBJ, US troops started to fight more. Vietnam, 1968 Helicopters! Napalm! Seeing this on TV led to a loss of support at home Hippie bashing!!! Hippies/Anti-war Meanwhile. . . After Korea and before Vietnam got really bad, America felt they had a problem closer to home. Bay of Pigs The CIA trained and funded an invasion of communist Cuba. The invasion failed, and Castro had some powerful friends! Soviet response. Don’t worry comrade Castro. We got your back! A U2 spy plane found these missile silos in Cuba, 1962. Kennedy Khrushchev People built more bomb shelters. End to a crisis! The Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba. In exchange, USA pledged to not invade Cuba again. And to remove missiles in Turkey right . Afterward A direct phone line was set up between their offices to bypass other channels. November 22, 1963 LBJ took the Presidency JFK was shot in Dallas How did the USA try to contain communism? Marshall Plan – helped countries economically so they won’t go red. Helped anti-communist troops Embargoes Refusing to trade or aid countries in order to punish them Cuba embargo Still today, the USA has an economic embargo on communist Cuba. Their only cars are from before the embargo! * * * * * The Cold War 1945-1991 Two sides of Cold War NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization USA, France, Great Britain, West Germany CAPITALISM Warsaw Pact – pro Soviet countries – USSR, and all countries controlled by the USSR. COMMUNISM Cold War The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the USA and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence. NATO – North Atlantic