Early+Cold+War

**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.**

> would contain the spread of communism over the world.
 * **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**
 * A group of representatives from many countries that try to stop war before it happens
 * A result of WWII
 * In 1950 the U.S. appealed to them to stop the communist move into South Korea
 * The UN provided troops from 16 countries, mostly U.S. troops, all commanded by general MacArthur (Aviator-man)
 * When they arrived they were forced onto a small piece of land including the port Pusan and MacArthur took a port way behind North Korean lines, Inchon ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * A policy implemented by the U.S. in 1947 in response to communism it's meant to prevent the growth of a hostile country and limit it's ideological influence
 * It uses political, economic, and diplomatic methods ||  || [[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**
 * A plan instituted in the early cold war that said that the U.S.
 * Felt the U.S. should support anticommunists
 * Led to the Marshall plan
 * Was the backbone of American policies during the cold war ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * Economic plan that would stabilize Europe's economy
 * 17 countries received financial support
 * The money given to countries helped to restore industry, agriculture, and trade || [[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**
 * A massive transfer of supplies to Germany by U.S. and Great Britan airlift
 * Most extraordinary peacetime operation in military history
 * Delivered food and clothes to many civilians ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 * A pact that stated that all the countries in it agreed that if someone attacked one of the countries the others would treat it as an attack on their own country
 * In response the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact among it's allies
 * The U.S. and the Soviet Union were the two heavily armed countries on each side || [[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**
 * A fear that swept the U.S. in the 1900s
 * Included the Depression, nuclear warfare and communism
 * Rosenbergs were executed for espionage during the height of the second red scare, they are the only civilians to be executed for spying
 * HUAC looked at Hollywood films and held hearings for them ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA**
 * Saw movement of UN troops into Korea as a threat to China's security
 * MacArthur wanted to bomb China but Truman refused and eventually fired him || [[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**
 * It came from a senator from Wisconsin who used the Korean War to increase American fear of communism
 * The term became to mean reckless charges against innocent civilians that ruined the careers of thousands of Americans || [[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 Soviet Union launched Sputnik which even though it was just the size of a basketball, scared many Americans because they could reach space and had rockets to send missiles to the U.S.
 * Then the Soviet Union shot down a U.S. spy plane and demanded an apology ||