The+Cold+War-the+early+years

**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.**

_ creator, George Kenean, born in Wisconsin -a policy that began in 1947 in response to communism -they wanted to prevent the growth of a hostile country's territory and to limit the country's ideological influence. - this was done through political, economic, and diplomatic methods ** ||  ||  || - this promised aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom - They wanted to make sure that communism did not spread** - they used cash to make sure they do not get taken over by communist countries (like in Greece) || - Germany was separated into four parts which the countries France, Great Britain, the US, and Soviet Union help. -France, Great Britain, and US came together forming west Germany and STalin thought that this would threaten the Oviet Union - his forces blocked access to Berlin and so for a year, British and US cargo planes came in with supplies for residents in the city - Stalin decided to call off the blockade || - Canada the US and western European nations created the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - the SOviet Union and Eastern European countries formed the Warsaw Pact || || - Red Scare was the fear of communism that occurred twice during the 20th century -this happened once after World War I and also in the late 1940's and early 1950's - Rosenburg trial was when a man who was an engineer was accused of being a Russian spy providing information to the Russians about the atomic bomb -he was sentenced to death and a friend, Sobell, was sentenced to 30 years in prison -the HAUC (House Un-American Activities COmmittee) were anticommunists - the targeted famous people and suspected them for communists- they made lists called black lists and if your name was on them, your career was over || - The Chinese pushed the UN back to South Korea - General MacArthur wanted to bomb and blockade China but Truman wouldn't let him fearing the Soviet UNion would come and make a bigger problem - MacArthur tried to gain more support but Truman ended up firing him -when MAcArthur came home, his followers treated him like a hero. - in 1931 after Civil War China falls to communist** || ||
 * **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
 * As what was becoming as the Korean War, the United States appealed to the United Nations. to stop the communist move into South Korea
 * 16 nations provided soldiers for a UN force
 * General Douglass McArthur served as commander of all UN forces
 * United Nations- set up to end conflicts between countries, keep the peace
 * A group of representatives from many countries that try to stop war before it happens
 * A result of WWII
 * **CONTAINMENT
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 * **CONTAINMENT
 * George Kenean ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * Hoping to prevent the spread of communism, the United States came up with a plan to revive the war-torn economics of Europe. The plan was named for Truman's Secretary of State, George C. Marshall.
 * The Marshall Plan offered 13 billion in aid to western and southern Europe.
 * The plan helped the nations of Europe rebuild
 * United States has become Spiderman...great power comes great responsibility. || [[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
 * NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="262" height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC
 * COMMUNISM IN CHINA **- the movement of UN forces in North Korea threatened China so they warned UN not to, who ignored it
 * [[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

- these were never proven -the term McCarthyism now means reckless charges against innocent citizens** || - in 1957 World Powers began a space race - the Soviet Union put up the world's first satellite - they had a missile powerful enough to hit the US - THe US sent a spy plane to the SOviet Union and it was captured - Eisenhower denied it was a spy plane until the pilot was captured and Khrushchev demanded an apology but Eisenhower refused** ||
 * -McCarthy was Republican Senator from WI who accused 205 State Department officials of being communists
 * || THE SPACE RACE ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || THE SPACE RACE
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || THE SPACE RACE
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || THE SPACE RACE