Initially the Cold War started with
Containment and the Marshal Plan. Greece and Turkey were the first nations spiraling into crisis that had not been directly occupied by the Soviet Army. Both Countries were in severe danger of being taken over by the Soviet backed guerrilla movement. Containment was actually used as a defense mechanism to protect themselves from the Soviet Union and Army. The Soviet Union threatened the American Officials so they all had to …show more content…
Once the war on Germany was over the western powers focused their energies on resorting Czar Nicholas. The Bolsheviks murdered the entire royal family and had slowly secured control of the entire nation. In Hollywood HUAC forced people, with or without jobs, to work in the movie industry. More than 500 people lost their jobs because of the head of HUAC. Senator Joesph McCarthy blamed people for doing different activities without any evidence. Joesph really just wanted to be executed or deported. Many people during the red scare was fearful on communists dropping …show more content…
American Officials. Encouraged the development of Atomic weapons like the ones that were used in World War II. The Soviet union tested their Atomic bomb so president Truman announced the United States will build and even more destructive Atomic weapon. The first hydrogen bomb was tested in the Eniwetok atoll in Marshall island and it created a 25-square-mile fireball that vaporized an island. People were trying to be ready for anything so they built bomb shelters in their houses. By late 1949 they had more than 200 weapons and Truman ordered the Super bomb (Aka hydrogen bomb) after the Soviet Union tested their bomb. Robert oppenheimer was the only one opposed to the idea of the hydrogen bomb. The Atomic age the the last real destructive age of the Cold