The Cold War
This awful war is over!
Europe is in ruins. Would you support sending "aid," or do you think that maybe some suffering is in order and they can fix their own countries? If if you would send aid, why would you do that? |
The Marshall Plan |
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Joseph Stalin 4 minutes
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Harry S. Truman
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Cold War Espionage
If you had something extremely important, and you thought people might be looking for it, where would you hide it?
Where is the line between freedom and security? What should the government be able to restrict in order to keep us safe? What is the difference between that and how Soviet Russia treated their citizens?
2:32 clip from Bridge of Spies
CIA U-2 Spy Plane Francis Gary Powers is traded for a Soviet spy
in a divided Berlin
CIA U-2 Spy Plane Francis Gary Powers is traded for a Soviet spy
in a divided Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Cold War Espionage at Home
YOU DECIDE: Would you turn in a friend if he were doing something dangerous to the nation?
Whitaker Chambers v. Alger Hiss
Chambers testifies in House UnAmerican Affairs Committee meeting against Alger Hiss
//www.c-span.org/video/?170139-1/writings-whittaker-chambers
Chambers testifies in House UnAmerican Affairs Committee meeting against Alger Hiss
//www.c-span.org/video/?170139-1/writings-whittaker-chambers
British Pathe Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers before the House UnAmerican Affairs committee
Hollywood 10
Cold War spies at home?
McCarthyism
Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss is about two nations separated by a wall over silly reasons.
Space Race: Soviet's Sputnik
58 second clip from October Sky in which Homer Hickman sees Sputnik. Do you hear the concerns the town has about the Soviets dropping a bomb on them from up there?
58 second clip above and 17 minute full speech below of Kennedy's Moon Speech
Cold War in Asia:
Korea and Vietnam
Korea is first. Vietnam begins at 4:20 8 min on Vietnam