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.**


 * **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 friendly"
 * the roots of the Cold War are established || [[image:turningpoints2010:yalta.jpg width="231" height="204" align="left" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif width="253" height="204" align="left" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS -MATT**
 * **Known as (UN) (UNO)**
 * **Group of countries to keep cooperation in international law**
 * **founded in 1945**
 * **goal to achieve peace**
 * **wants to stop wars between countries** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT- MATT**
 * A policy by United States
 * Using military, diplomatic, and economic strategies to anger and stop to stop the spread of communism
 * Enhance Americas security
 * Prevent a domino effect || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg width="216" height="199" align="left" caption="George Kenean"]] ||  ||
 * George Kenean ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg width="264" height="231" align="left" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE- MATT**
 * A common name for the cold war strataegy
 * By Harry S. Truman
 * March 12, 1947
 * Called for immediate economic and military aid to Greece
 * Congress got 400 million in aid ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN- MATT**
 * A primary program of the United States for rebuilding and for the creating of stronger economic foundation for the countires of Western Europe.
 * Was named for secritary of state Goerge Marshall.
 * The plan looked to the future and did not focus on the destruction caused by the war || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg width="234" height="247" align="left" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg width="257" height="212" align="left" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT- MATT**
 * It was one of the first big international crises of the Cold War and also the first crisis that resulted in casualties.
 * 24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949
 * Wanted to force the western powers to allow the Soviet to start supplying Berlim with food and materials
 * Also there was the Berlin Airlift which brought supplies to everyone in need, that went on for about a year.
 * Blockade lifted in 1949 ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT- ADAN**


 * These are two organizations of allies
 * After Winston Churchill warned the US from Soviet points and their tries to spread communism
 * NATO was made for defense from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
 * The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made the Warsaw Pact in response || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png width="241" height="286" align="left" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="262" height="229" align="left" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC- ADAN**


 * The Red Scare is the wide-spread irrational fear of communism in the US in the time after WWI and WWII
 * The Rosenberg's were members of the American Communist Party, convicted and executed on the accusation of giving Soviets information on the Atomic Bomb
 * HUAC began from spy trials, to seek out those believed to be communist- mainly from the entertainment industry- with blacklists that ruined their careers ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA- ADAN**
 * A civil war in China left the Communists in charge
 * America, who supported the Nationalists, saw this as a Communist plan to rule the world
 * Fear began to take over America, and built up until leading to the Korean War involvement || [[image:turningpoints2010:PRCFounding.jpg align="left" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif width="221" height="225" align="left" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR

No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM- ADAN**
 * From the senator McCarthy, who began a campaign for Communists on citizens
 * The term refers to unjust charges made against citizens
 * He was eventually issued a statement by the Senate censuring his conduct || [[image:turningpoints2010:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg align="left" caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="left" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE- ADAN**


 * Like the arms race, the space race was a competiton involving the US and SU, and who could do what big scientic achievment first
 * The SU launched the Sputnik, the world's first space satellite
 * Because it meant the SU had a powerful enough missle to attack the US, America moved to launch a satellite too
 * The Race included "Star Wars" ( The Strategic Defense Initiative), the first man to orbit the Earth, and the First Man on the Moon ||