-Early+Years+of+the+Cold+War

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 align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**

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 * Made after WWII to keep peace and security.
 * Served as a watchdog.
 * Meant to enforce international war laws. ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * A U.S police made in 1947.
 * Made to combat communism with politics, the economy and diplomacy.
 * Prevent the growth of hostile countries territories. || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * A message to congress from Truman in 1947.
 * A foreign policy doctrine.
 * Policy made to stop the spread of communism, especially in Greece and Turkey, Which both sought to quell communist revolutions.
 * Meant to help anticommunist countries. ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * A plan with similar goals as the Truman Doctrine.
 * Wished to spread U.S foreign policy to Western Europe.
 * Meant to keep foreign policy alive as well as keep up economy.
 * George C. Marshall created it. || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * **Germany divided into four parts.**
 * **3 allies merge parts.**
 * **Stalin holds Berlin.**
 * **Stalin Blocks access to Berlin from the west.**
 * **Truman decides to Air lift Supplies in past the blockade.** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
 * Defense alliance of European and North American countries.
 * Defend against Soviet aggression.
 * Formed Warsaw Treaty Organization with anticommunist goals. || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png align="center" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC**
 * Irrational Fear of communism in the United States.
 * Americans feared a communist takeover of the government.
 * The Rosenberg trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for conspiracy to commit espionage during wartime.
 * All three people involved found guilty of espionage for giving plans of atomic bomb to Russians.
 * House of Un-American Activities Committee formed to investigate communist activities in the United state during the Cold War. ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** * **China enters the conflict and sides with the other communist nation of the Soviets.**
 * **UN forces move into North Korea, which China sees as a threat.**
 * **China warns that further advance would bring them into fight, but the warning is ignored.**
 * **Truman fears that attacking china would start another world war, so doesn't bomb them.**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**

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 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM** * Joseph McCarthy showed the nation a new kind of patriotism.
 * Used essential American Beliefs with much stronger patriotism. || [[image:turningpoints2010:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg align="center" caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE**
 * Started a race between Soviets and Americans to use new sciences and technology for space.
 * Soviets first satellite Sputnik.
 * Continued with many new ideas for space and space travel. ||