The+Cold+War-+the+early+years

**Copy this page onto a new page in your online notebook. To get an overview of the origins of the Cold War, begin by reading [|Allies to Enemies: Origins of the Cold War] from ABC-CLIO.** **Use pages 794-799 in //Creating America// and** **[|“The Cold War” research list on ABC-CLIO]** **to** **develop a complete description** **for each event or idea from the early years of the Cold War.** **This information will help set the stage for tomorrow's activity. Use the first entry as an example for detail.**

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 * **THE YALTA CONFERENCE**
 * Meeting near the end of WWII - big 3 meet to discuss post war Europe
 * Germany will be divided, controlled by the Allies
 * Liberated Eastern European countries will have new elections
 * United Nations will be formed
 * USSR is given great influence over Eastern Europe, and new government must be "Soviet freindly"
 * the roots of the Cold War are established || [[image:turningpoints2010:yalta.jpg width="94" height="67" align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif width="200" height="148" align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS
 * 50 nations met in San Francisco
 * new international peace organization
 * Cold War played out in United Nations
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * policy implemented by the US in 1947-- response to communism
 * prevent growth of hostile country's territory
 * limit country's ideological influence
 * George Kennan ||  || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg width="281" height="218" align="center" caption="George Kenean"]] ||
 * George Kenean ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg width="200" height="164" align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
 * 1947
 * promised aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom
 * wants to help Turkey and Greece so they dont fall to communism
 * wants to stop the spread of communism
 * throw money at them first-strong economy-wont want a different government
 * great responsibility-spiderman ||
 * THE MARSHALL PLAN
 * offered $13 billion to aid western and southern Europe
 * help the nations of Europe rebuild
 * 16 countries took part
 * demonstrated direct link between aid-supported economic development and pro-Western political stability || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg width="188" height="200" align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg width="180" height="141" align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT
 * East Berlin tries to suffocate and starve West Berlin
 * airlift: massive transfer of essential supplies flown into West Berlin--best peacetime military operation in history
 * Berlin wall: concrete barrier between West and East Berlin. ||
 * NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT
 * NATO: defense alliance of nations from Europe and North America
 * NATO created the Warsaw Pact
 * Warsaw Pact: dividing even more || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png width="241" height="286" align="center" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="164" height="133" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC
 * **r**ed scare: irrational but rampent fear of communism that took over the US
 * HUAC: made to investigate communist activity in the US
 * Rosenberg: arrested for providing secret information to the soviet union about the atomic bombs
 * COMMUNISM IN CHINA
 * communism spreads to China
 * US- Truman- gets criticized for it
 * communism spreads to China
 * US- Truman- gets criticized for it
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif width="173" height="165" align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || THE KOREAN WAR

No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity ||
 * MCCARTHYISM** * || [[image:turningpoints2010:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg width="162" height="193" align="center" caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||
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