The Cold War and the
KOREAN WAR
1950-1953
Chapter 28
I. After WWII UNITED NATIONS
formed
June 26, 1945
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1. It is an international
peacekeeping organization
2.Works to:
• solve conflicts
• end world hunger
• end disease
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3. Organized into 6 parts:
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Secretariat
• Economic and Social Council
• Trusteeship Council
• International Court of Justice
II. The Cold War begins
1. The cold war dominated US and Soviet
foreign policy from 1947 until
the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
2. Our foreign policy was to contain communism
During World War II
After World War II
3. Conflict between
Democratic and
Communist nations
4. An “iron curtain”
Separates communist
And free nations.
Winston Churchill’s
“Iron Curtain” speech
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III. United States Reacts
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1. Marshall Plan –
helps European nations
rebuild after WWII.
US contributes 13
billion dollars.
2. Truman Doctrine –
US gives aid to
countries threatened
by communism.
IV. Cold War Heats Up
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1. Philippines gains independence
from the US in 1946. It’s new
president, Ferdinand Marcos is
supported by US because he is
anticommunist. HOWEVER, he is a
very poor leader.
2. The Berlin Airlift
• At the height of the airlift a plane was landing
or taking off every 30 seconds around the
clock.
• Average tonnage was 8,000 tons
V.The World Divides
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1.NATO – an alliance of nations
opposed to communism using
collective security(1949)
2.Warsaw Pact – a soviet military
alliance (1955)
VI. War in Korea
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1.June 1950
North Korean
soldiers
(communists)
invade South
Korea.
2.US and UN forces
struggle as North
Korean forces
overpower them
3. General MacArthur
works a daring plan and
pushes forces back
along the 38th parallel.
4. MacArthur
and President
Truman
disagree over
attacking
China.
Truman fires
him.
Korea (continued)
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5. Peace talks begin in 1951 and go
slowly until Stalin dies.
6. July 1953 the war ends. A
demilitarized zone (DMZ) is created.