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apush - the cold war

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Learn about the Cold War in this AP US History review with Fatima Raja. This lecture covers the ideological conflict between the US and Soviet Union, key policies like the Truman Doctrine and containment, major events including the Cuban Missile Cris ...more

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units
Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980Unit 9 – Entering Into the 21st Century, 1980–Present
topics
8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 19808.3 The Red Scare8.7 America as a World Power8.8 The Vietnam War9.2 Reagan and Conservatism 9.3 The End of the Cold War

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Introduction and Host Change

  • 0:37

    Weekly Stream Schedule

  • 2:41

    Causes of the Cold War

  • 3:43

    Ideologies in Conflict

  • 4:46

    Soviet Communism vs US Capitalism

  • 5:47

    Truman Doctrine and Containment

  • 7:18

    Marshall Plan for Europe

  • 8:50

    Arms Buildup and Nuclear Fear

  • 9:52

    Vietnam War Overview

  • 10:55

    26th Amendment Impact

  • 12:27

    Arms Race Begins

  • 13:29

    Mutually Assured Destruction

  • 15:01

    Space Race Competition

  • 16:03

    Kennedy's Moon Goal

  • 17:05

    Red Scare and McCarthyism

  • 19:41

    Proxy Wars Explained

  • 22:50

    Examples of Proxy Wars

  • 25:27

    Soviet-Afghan War Details

  • 28:02

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

  • 29:34

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 31:39

    Nixon's Detente Policy

  • 33:11

    Reagan's Anti-Communist Aid

  • 34:12

    War Powers Act

  • 35:44

    Stream Conclusion

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