7.+The+Cold+War-+The+Early+Years

 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**
 * **Established after WWII to stabilize international relations.**
 * **Served as watchdog for 50 years.**
 * **Term first used while writing Declaration of United Nations during WWII**
 * **UN fought as allies against the Axis powers.**
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * **Goal was to stop the spread of Communism**
 * **The U.S would work militarily and non militarily to contain communism.**
 * **The Truman Doctrine was announced after this idea.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * **Promised to aid people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom.** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * **13 billion dollars in aid to Western and Southern Europe.**
 * **Plan helped the nations of Europe to rebuild.**
 * **Created by Truman's Secretary of State George C. Marshall.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * **A large transfer of supplies into Berlin, Germany.**
 * **Recommended by Lucius G. Clay.**
 * **On June 26, 1948, all trade with Germany was halted in response to the Blockade.**
 * **Soviets ended the Blockade and conceded.** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * **Includes the U.S, Canada, and ten Western European Nations.**
 * **In response the Soviets and Eastern Europe formed the Warsaw Pact.** || [[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**
 * **wide spread panic about labor strikes and protest movements.**
 * **McCarthy trials were a Red Scare.** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA**
 * Communists defeat the Nationalists in China.
 * Mao Zedong becomes head of the Communist state.
 * Nationalists flee to Taiwan.
 * Americans shocked by fall of Nationalist Party. || [[image:turningpoints2010:PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**


 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM** * Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin.
 * Used the Korean War to scare America about Communism
 * Declared he had list of 205 State Officials who were part of Communist Party.
 * Charged never proved.
 * Term comes from reckless charges against innocent people. || [[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**
 * **Soviets launched the first Satellite(Sputnik)**
 * **This meant that Soviets had the missile capability to attack the U.S**
 * **Congress sets aside billions for Space Research.** ||