The+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.**
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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 align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**
 * Established in the aftermath of [|World War II]
 * Attempted to stabilize international relations and create a firm foundation for peace.
 * The United Nations (UN) has served as a sort of watchdog to the world for more than 50 years.
 * Its original definition was "to maintain international peace and security" and to promote international cooperation for the creation of positive political, economic, and social conditions.
 * Continues to take a firm hand in world events. ||
 * **CONTAINMENT ([|Video available] -** username mtaft, password usm**)**
 * **Soviets started to act more like an enemy than an ally.**
 * **Soviet Union took over most of Eastern Europe. (Sphere of Influence)**
 * **Stalin didn't necessarily want war with the West, but he did want to take over.**
 * **Containment formed the basis of Cold War policy.**
 * **Used to stop the sperad of communism.**
 * **Created during, Truman's administation.**
 * **U.S. would __work__ in military and non-military ways to contain communism.** || [[image:turningpoints2010/kennan.jpg align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE ([|Video available]-**
 * **Promised aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom.** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN** **([|Video available]-**
 * **Offered 13 billion __dollars__ in aid to western and southern Europe.**
 * **Plan helped Europe rebuild.**
 * **Hoped to prevent the spread of communism.** || [[image:turningpoints2010/marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/airlift.jpg align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT ([|Video]****[|available]**
 * **Germany was divided into four zones, controlled by Soviet Union, France, Britain, and the U.S.**
 * **France, Britain, and U.S. merged zones. Called them West Germany.**
 * **Soviet Union felt threatened.**
 * **Berlin held by Soviet Union, devided into east and west Berlin.**
 * **Stalin blocked acces to Berlin. Wanted western powers to abandon Berlin.**
 * **Truman sent supplies to Berlin.**
 * **Germany was divided into Communist (East) and Democratic (West) Germany.** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * **In 1948, there was an __alarm__ over communist control of Eastern Europe.**
 * **This led to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).**
 * **The alliance consisted of The United States, Canada, and 10 European nations.**
 * **In respons, The Soviet Union and the Eastern European nations formed the Warshaw Pact.** || [[image:http://www.allrussias.com/images/map_coldwar_big.jpg caption="external image map_coldwar_big.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC ([|Video available]-** username mtaft, password usm**)**
 * **After WWII Americans began to dear that communism would spread to the United States, this was known as the red scare.**
 * **This led people to believe that there were spies from Russia trying to get information about us.**
 * **To solve this, the House of Un-American Activities Committee was formed.** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** || [[image:turningpoints2010/PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * || **THE KOREAN WAR**


 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * MCCARTHYISM ([|Video available]- username mtaft, password usm**)**
 * **Joseph McCarthy wad a senator from Wisconsin who used the Korean War to fan Americans fear of Communism.**
 * **McCarthy's claim led to a hunt for communists in America .**
 * **The term McCarthyism came to stand for reckless charges aginst innocent citizens.** || [[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 ([|Video available]-** username mtaft, password usm**)**
 * **The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to see who could make and launch an aircraft into space first.**
 * **The Soviet Union was the first person to launch an aircraft into space, but he United States was the first one to have an aircraft carrier go to the moon.** ||