Important stuff to dissect and remember Flashcards
Interwar Period
After WW1, Isolationist, 1919-1939, didnt join LON
Good neighbor policy
FDR was a internationalist, 1930s tried to make Latin America happy, terminated occupation in Nic + Hai, made bffs w Cuba (lol), Compensated Mexico soz
Who was FDR?
FDR was a bad bitch who served from 1935-1945. He was the only one to serve 4 terms, resulting in the 22nd Amendment bc hoes mad in 1947. He gave 3 Neutrality Acts. His babies are: UN, Declaration of Human Rights 1948, IMF and World Bank
What were the Neutrality Acts n why?
Under FDR administration, he asked congress to help europe. First one was to export arms, second one was keeping US citizens out of ships n stuff, third one was the Cash n Carry. Finally Lend-Lease to give aid.
So why did they enter WW2 then?
Japan was tryna colonize Asia and American occupation in Philippines was stress. So they bombed Pearl Harbor. US immediately joined WW2 against Japan, but then Hitler was like nah we hate u as well.
Ok they win WW2, why they doing cold war now?!
Basically, this dude Kenan sent Washington a telegram saying we need to contain these soviets bc the Soviets were like leave us alone lets colonize. Another reason is bc after Kenan said that Truman issued a Doctrine saying we either slaves or free basically and asked to give aid to the Mediterranean since GB was ded. 400 mili in aid. USSR didnt like dis.
And why is NSC-68 so significant?
It was basically American justification to intervene globally and defend freedom. Then the Korean war came <3
What were the crisis years then?
So it started w Eisenhower, but then he dipped and Kennedy came after Stalin died. Africa was getting decolonized, europe was in shambles w protests, and China was communist. Then Bay of Pigs happened and lol
What was the bay of pigs and why did it fail
Basically Eisenhower came up w this stupid idea w the CIA to overthrow Castro since Castro was super socialist, so they were like omg probably will be friends w USSR. Anyways, then JFK came and he was like i dont wanna seem too soft. So they went w it. First, the landing sucked, second Cubans didnt revolt against Castro, third when the exiles were caught the US didnt even send support (softie), and finally Castro been knew. So Castro was like aight USSR u didnt try to kill me lets be friends.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis then?!
Ok so bc of the Bay of Pigs and Berlin Crisis (USSR said leave Germany, allies said no, USSR built a wall) Cuba started allowing the USSR to build missile sites. The US was spying and they were like wow wth. So then they did this dumb Naval blockade, but surprise, waters were international so it was lowki an act of war. It was gonna be nuclear disaster but then they had a hotline bling and diploamcy
How did Cold War end then?!
So the USSR was bad at politics after Stalin so there was economic and political issues. Plus Reagans Doctrine of giving money came into play where he gave money to non-communist governments and insurgent groups. Then 1989 berlin wall fell and boom 1991 its ova.
What happened after the Cold War?
US became stuck up and was like yeah now we are unipolar no one else to destroy us! Then 9/11 happened and resulted in Bush’s War on Terror Foreign Policy.
