The+Cold+War+in+early+years

n **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 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

It was established in the aftermath of World War II

It was established October 24, 1945** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT** ||  || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg width="281" height="218" align="center" caption="George Kenean"]] ||
 * George Kenean ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE

It was mean to provide economic and military aid to Turkey and Greece.

The legislation was the cornerstone of the strategy to conation communism developed early in the cold war.** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN** || [[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

The Berlin airlift was a massive transfer of essential supplies flown into Berlin, Germany during 1948 and 1949.** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT

It was a mutual defense alliance of nations from Europe and North America.

It was signed in 1949, by Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United States, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, and Portugal.** || ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="262" height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC

It was the Fear of Communism in the United States.** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** The Communists government will be founded in 1948 under the leadership of Mao Zedong. || [[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

No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM** McCarthyism is used to often describe virtually all of American anticommunism in the 1950's. || [[image:turningpoints2010:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg align="center" caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE

The Space race is most often defined by the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore outer space, also to place a human on the moon.** ||