Stop Communism Stop!
2 OBJECTIVE By the end of the lesson, you should be able to explain
how America tried to contain communism at home and abroad.
3 LIGHTNING ROUND REVIEW!
1. What is the difference between Democracy and Communism?
2. What major country after World War II was Communist?
3. What major country after World War II was free (democratic)?
4. What was the Berlin Airlift?
4 The Spread of Communism...AHH! After World War II, the Cold War started. The Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) was trying to influence countries in Eastern Europe and around the world to become Communist.
The U.S. was trying to influence countries in Western Europe and around
the world to become Democratic.
How would the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. try to influence countries?
6 STOP COMMUNISM AT HOME! Many Americans were afraid that America was going to become Communist.
Others were afraid that there were Communist spies in America trying to steal America’ssecrets!
9 JOSEPH MCCARTHY Senator Joseph McCarthy started a hunt to find the Communists in America.
His goal was to put people that supported Communism in jail, or get them fired from their jobs.
10 Joseph McCarthy said he had a list of people that were Communists. McCarthy went after actors, politicians, business leaders! Most people on the list lost their jobs! He brought them to Washington and had them talk in front of the Senate. McCarthy became very popular because he was viewed as helping America get rid of the enemy - Communists.
He was powerful!
13 STOP COMMUNISM IN KOREA While the U.S. was working to stop Communism in America, they were also still working around the world to spread freedom and contain Communism. Korea was split in half - the North was Communist and
the South was free.
15 WAR! The U.S. and NATO helped South Korea defend itself.
The war was between NATO and North Korea - The Soviet Union did not fight, they gave weapons to the North.
NATO and the UN were able to push North Korea out of the South and back
into the North. The war lasted four years.
18 Casualties 36,000 Americans died in the Korean War!
400,000 soldiers from South Korea died!
500,000 soldiers from North Korea died!
2,000,000 civilians in Korea died!
19 Cold war The U.S. fought in the Korean War because it was part of their strategy of containment - trying to contain and not let Communism spread.
Why was containing Communism so important to America?
Would it be important to you?
20 CONCLUSION Who was Joe McCarthy? What was containment?
Why did the U.S. fight in the Korean War?
20 CONCLUSION Who was Joe McCarthy? What was containment?
Why did the U.S. fight in the Korean War?
