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.**


 * **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
 * People grow balls and stop complaining about communism || [[image:turningpoints2010/yalta.jpg height="227" align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**
 * -The United States appealed to the United Nations to stop Communist move into South Korea**
 * - 16 nations provided soldiers a UN force.**
 * -General Douglas MacArthur served as commander of all UN forces.**
 * -5 permanent members. All have power to veto.**
 * -established to keep the peace.** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * -Containment was Trumans's main policy during the cold war. **
 * - The goal of containment was to stop the spread of communism. **
 * -U.S.A would work military and nonmilitary ways to contain communism. **
 * -Stop spread of communism. ** ||  || [[image:turningpoints2010/kennan.jpg height="218" align="center" caption="George Kenean"]] ||
 * George Kenean ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * - Promised aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom.** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * -Marshall Plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and southern Europe. -Plan helped the nations of Europe rebuild.**
 * -Hoped to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S.A came up with a plan to revive the war torn economies of Europe. Named for George Marshall, Truman's secretary of State.** || [[image:turningpoints2010/marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/airlift.jpg 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 by British and U.S. forces in around-the-clock missions **
 *  -As the cold war rivalries between the Soviet Union and the Western powers intensified, the Soviet forces in March 1948 began to harass ground transport that connected West Berlin to West Germany. **
 *  -The dwindling of food supplies for more than 2 million civilians in West Berlin was also key to Operation Vittles, as the airlift was dubbed in the U.S. military. **
 *  -more than 277,264 flights were made into Berlin carrying 2,343,315 tons of food and coal. **
 *  -On July 26, 1948, the Western powers halted all trade with East Germany in retaliation for the blockade. The Soviets ended the blockade on May 12, 1949 and conceded defeat. ** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT
 * US alarm about communist control in Eastern Europe
 * led to the formation of NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
 * NATO: an alliance between the US, Canada, and 10 European nations
 * NATO: believed that a strong military and a united font would deter the soviets from an attack
 * NATO: each nation would treat an attack on any other member as an attack on itself
 * led to the SU and Eastern European nations to form the Warsaw Pact
 * led to US and SU development of nuclear weapons-ARMS RACE began || [[image:turningpoints2010/nato.png height="286" align="center" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC
 * Red Scarce refers to the irrational but rampant fear of communism that swept the United States twice during the 20th century . Widespread hysteria over labor strikes and protest movements, which were blamed on communists and other radicals.Second red scare occurred during a period of the cold war in the late 1940s and early 1950s when Americans were particularly concerned with the rise of communism
 * Julius Rosenberg was arrested for spying and providing Russia with secrets about the atomic bomb. The Rosenbergs vehemently proclaimed their innocence during the trial, the jury found all three guilty of espionage ||
 * COMMUNISM IN CHINA** * In a Civil War, the Chinese Communists defeated the anticommunist Nationalists, and Mao Zedong became the head of the new Communist state. The Nationalists flead to Taiwan.
 * This hightened American's fear of communism, and they blamed the State Department || [[image:turningpoints2010/PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/korean67.gif height="225" align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**

**No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** || Modern Warfare 3 Cheats ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM**
 * **This w as the term given for reckless charges against innocent people **
 * Joseph McCarthy was a Wisconisn senator who used the Korean War to fan people's fear of communism
 * Wrote a list of 205 State Department officials that belonged to the communist party.
 * Accused Americans of "coddling Communists" || [[image:turningpoints2010/180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg align="center" caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/1sputnik.jpg height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE
 * Soviets space program becoming larger
 * In 1957, Sputnik released
 * Artificial satellite orbited Earth- first ever
 * Scared United States
 * U.S. starts large space program following