RED SCARE:COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES (3) Flashcards
What was the Soviets doing that convinced Americans they wanted world domination?
–)The events of 1949-50
Who were the Soviet Union providing support for?
Communist in the Chinese civil war AND North Korea in its attempts to take over South Korea
Who won the Chinese civil war?
Despite SUBSTANTIAL US support, Chinese communist WON and took control of China in 1949
What else happened in the events of 1949-50?
Communist uprisings in the Philippines and burma
What happened in the 1950’s in South Korea?
Communist North Korea tried taking over capitalist South Korea
What did the US do in reaction of North Korea?
Persuaded United Nations to send military help to South Korea, UN forces came from 15 diff countries but most American
Who was North Korea supported by?
SU
What did the United Nation troops manage to do?
Push North Korea back BEYOND its original border,
How did China react to the United Nations actions?
Threatened and provoked China into joined the NvS Civil War and pushed UN forces back to the original border
When did the US successfully test their atomic bomb?
–) 1945 US successfully tested atomic bomb
–) And dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in August
Why might have the actions of the US in testing the atomic bombs seem threatening to the soviets?
Despite being allies the soviets were not told that the US was developing this technology,
How did Stalin react to the devastation that happened in Japan?
—)Stalin immediately boosted the Soviet atomic research programme with money and scientists to develop own Atomic bomb quickly
When did the Soviet Union successfully tested out their own atomic bomb?
On August 1949
How did the US react to the Soviet atomic bomb?
Shocked and afraid their biggest enemy now had a weapon of mass destruction
