Welcome Back! We will continue our investigation of the Cold War era by discussing how the United States & the USSR faced off for global dominance & influence. We will investigate the causes & consequences of the Korean War, as well as President Kennedy's policies that affected Cuba & Vietnam. We will discuss the Bay of Pigs incident and the Cuban Missile Crisis in detail. We will also discuss the "fears" of communism that affected the homefront of the Cold War, with a look at the influence of Senator Joseph McCarthy during the early 1950's & the real fears of possible all-out nuclear war.
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