Early+years

C opy 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.**


 * **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="299" height="227" align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || ** THE UNITED NATIONS **
 * *formed after World War II **
 * *meant to prevent another world war or large skill conflict in general by creating a large alliance between nations **
 * * is responsible for solving many international problems **
 * *there many different departments including the General Assembly **
 * ECOSOC and the Security Council which all handle different parts of maintaining peace **
 * *is involved in conflicts today such as Iraq ** ||
 * ** CONTAINMENT **
 * *containment is the policy in which the US stops country’s ability to gain power on a international scale **
 * *was first used in 1947 in order to combat communism spread by the Soviets **
 * * is done both politically and economically to stop the influence of a country ideologically **
 * *is most famously used in the Vietnam end Korean War’s to stop the spread of communism to these areas ** || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg width="281" height="218" align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || ** THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE **
 * *promised US aid to countries trying to resist threats to democratic freedom **
 * *originally used to give international aid to Turkey and Greece to suppress a communist revolution **
 * *would be the precursor to the Marshall plan **
 * *would set up the US’s policy of containment through international aid during the Cold War ** ||
 * ** THE MARSHALL PLAN **
 * *was a plan to give Europe 13 billion in aid to help rebuild **
 * *this would hopefully stop the spread of communism to these areas as it is easier when people are suffering to introduced communism **
 * *would eventually help jumpstart the US economy **
 * *with the plan for US policy during the Cold War ** || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg width="344" height="261" align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || ** HE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT **
 * *the Democratic countries decided to merge their sections of Germany and form West Germany **
 * *thinking that this was a threat to Russia Stalin blockaded Berlin in hopes that the western powers would abandon it **
 * *the US then ordered a massive airlift of supplies to Berlin until Stalin called off the blockade ** ||
 * ** NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT **
 * *was a alliance including most Western powers against the threat of communism caused by the Soviet Union **
 * *in response the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations formed their own alliance against the West through the Warsaw Pact **
 * *differences between the US and its European allies has caused some disagreement in NATO **
 * *after the fall of the Soviet Union in the former Soviet countries have petitioned and eventually been able to join NATO ** || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png width="241" height="286" align="center" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="262" height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || ** THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC **
 * *during the Cold War there was a general fear of all Communists because people thought that they would try to spread their influence all over the world **
 * *this led to many government officials being accused of passing information to the Soviets and cost them to lose their jobs be killed or even executed **
 * *example of this would be the Rosenberg case in which a husband and wife were convicted and later executed for charges of passing information to the Soviets **
 * *the House of un-American activities committee (HUAC) began targeting movie stars in Hollywood from possible connections to the Communist Party **
 * *this would eventually lead to the ruining of the careers of these movie stars ** ||
 * ** COMMUNISM IN CHINA **
 * *China fell to the Communists in 1949 **
 * *they then became headed by the Communist leader Mao Zedong **
 * *fears of communism spreading in Asia led to the Korean War **
 * *China later got involved in the Korean War because it’s all with the US is doing is a threat to its national security **

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 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif width="221" height="225" align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**

|| ** THE SPACE RACE **
 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM** ** MCCARTHYISM **
 * *a McCarthyism is a false accusation against and a innocent person **
 * *Joseph McCarthy used the Korean War to increase Americans fear of communists **
 * *he claimed to have a list of 205 officials who were communists or had communistic connections **
 * *later the Senate held hearings against McCarthy **
 * *responded by making charges against one of the Army’s lawyers and people were shocked with his conduct **
 * * even faded from public view ** ||
 * *the space race was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union in which each side of which was dominant **
 * *this took the form of who could be the first to do what in space such as the US going to the moon **
 * *it was started when the Russians launched the first satellite Sputnik **

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