Cold+War+Early+5.17.10

**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="299" height="227" align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**
 * Conference about it on April 25 1945
 * UN helped US when they were in need in Korea
 * Would make decisions about the world collectively ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * Policy by Us gov. in1947
 * responding to communism
 * limits through diplomatic methods the territory of communist countries
 * limits their influence ||  || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg width="281" height="218" align="center" caption="George Kenean"]] ||
 * **George Kennan**
 * Born in Milwaukee
 * was an influence in the containment policy
 * Thought that the containment policy had been changed badly
 * supported a form of coexistence and thought that all of the weapons were useless
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * Suggested the containment policy to congress
 * said that greece has had extraordanary cruelty towards them
 * their country was being destroyed by terrorist **Russians** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * Comprehensive aid package for europe
 * not supposed to be directed at one single country
 * clearly intended to limit soviet influence
 * said that europe should make a recovery plan for themselves
 * recovery plan was ready and in effect
 * four year program || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg width="344" height="261" align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * Russians try to starve Easterners out of bBerlin
 * Airlifts give supplies to them form Britain
 * First blood of Cold WAr
 * Berlin wall to keep people in East ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT
 * NATO was the United States and their allies uniting
 * Warsaw pact was the uniting of the Soviets and the other communist countries
 * This caused more tension just like allies in WWI
 * || [[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**
 * Second Scare
 * freaked out by China's fall to communism
 * Rosenburg was a spy for the Soviets
 * Gave secrets about bombs
 * HUAC reported on spies
 * they investigated for spies in the community ||
 * * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA**
 * A civil war in China caused a communist power in China
 * Mao Zedong became leader
 * shocked americans
 * made large tension and china would fight against us in Korea || [[image:turningpoints2010:PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif width="221" height="225" align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR

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 * **MCCARTHYISM**
 * the reckless charges against innocent peopleMccarthy started a Salem witch hunt against all of AmericaEveryone was asking "Is he a communist?"
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE
 * Soviets stunned America with first satellite
 * America invested billions in finding out how it worked
 * Soviets scared
 * america with that long range missle