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.** || **THE YALTA CONFERENCE**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:CW_Early.jpg align="center" caption="CW_Early.jpg"]]
 * 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**
 * Created October 24, 1945**
 * Has many different countries including the U.S. and Russia**
 * Encouraged peaceful international disputes**
 * General Assembly makes decisions**
 * They also have the International Court of Justice** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * Meant to prevent growth of a hostile country's territories by means of diplomatic, economic, and/or political methods.**
 * Also meant to limit the country's ideological influence** || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * Mandated an active role for U.S. in stopping the spread of communism**
 * Since Soviet Union was helping communist countries, the U.S. should help non-communist countries**
 * Greece was in need of financial and economical aid** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * U.S. wanted to expand its own economic policies.**
 * Worried about spread of Moscow's influence**
 * Suggested economic aid to countries in need of it**
 * gave out 13.5 billion in grants and loans** || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * The Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin because they wanted Western influence out of the East.**
 * British, French, and Americans airlifted supplies into the city to help the people there survive the blockade.**
 * Blockade was for 11-months.**
 * To help lift the blockade, the Western Powers stopped trading with East Germany** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**

> ****Nato was made up of**** > ||
 * **Mutual defense alliance of European and North American countries.**
 * **Nato was organized to defend member nations from the possible aggression of the Soviet Union.**
 * **Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United States, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, and Portugal.**
 * **Warsaw pact was also a mutual defense treaty of eight communist countries in Europe.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png caption="nato.png"]]
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC**
 * **The Red Scare refers to the rampant fear of the spread of communism.**
 * **The first red scare was after world war 1 during the 1919-1920 period**
 * **The Rosenberg trial was a case in which the Rosenberg's were arrested for consipiracy to commit espionage in wartime under the espionage act of 1917.**
 * **The Rosenberg's were eventually executed at Sing-Song prison.**
 * **The HUAC was the house of un-american activities committee; they investigated anti-communist or people who they believed to be anti-communist.** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** * **The destruction of the Berlin wall, followed by the fall of the Soviet Union showed the end of communism in the world.**
 * **Mao Zaedong led a revolution of communism in China.**
 * **At the same time nearby North Korea was turning also to communism and it was feared that China was taking over the world.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**

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 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM** * **McCarthy was a republican senator from wisconsin and a huge anti-communist.**
 * **He put thoughts and hysteria of communism rising in America into people's minds.**
 * **In a speech he brought a piece of paper for emphasis, on that paper were a supposed 205 names of U.S. department employees who were communist.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]]
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE**

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 * **The Space Race was a competition between the U.S and the Soviet Union of exploring outer space.**
 * **Both sides used to competition to show their advances and advantages in education, science, and technology to look stronger than each other.**
 * **There was also an arms race between the two to see who could create the best weapons mainly nuclear so that they could show they could hurt the and that other countires should not mess with them.** ||