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 friendly"
 * The roots of the Cold War are established || [[image:turningpoints2010/yalta.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/un.gif align="center"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**

(ECOSOC), the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
 * **Created after WWII-act as watchdog**
 * meant to-"to maintain international peace and security"
 * An assembly that meets annually
 * main organizations of UN-General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council,

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 * Headquarters are in New York
 * ECOSOC discusses-economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian issues ||
 * **CONTAINMENT ([|Video available] -** username mtaft, password usm**)**
 * USSR was more like an enemy
 * Stalin believed everyone was "hostile"
 * In response to Communism
 * US Wanted to stop the spread of Communism || [[image:turningpoints2010/kennan.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/truman.jpg align="center"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE ([|Video available]-**

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 * **British would not support the Pro-Western government-in fight against Communism**
 * **Wanted to support the free people/countries like Greece and Turkey**
 * **Was the ground-work of the Marshall Plan**
 * **Gave 400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey**
 * **Need to help to make sure there economy is stable**
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN** **([|Video available]-**
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN** **([|Video available]-**

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 * **Price could have cost 13 billion dollars in aid**
 * **Congress approved bill because chances of countries going to dictatorship would decrease**
 * **Food, money, housing, aid, construction equipment, machinery, and coal was spread to Europe**
 * **Established US as the World's dominate economic Power**
 * **Contributed to 1st major confrontation of the Cold War**
 * **Whether we like it or not we have great responsibility** || [[image:turningpoints2010/marshall.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/airlift.jpg align="center"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT ([|Video]****[|available]**


 * **Part of the division in Germany, also the Capital**
 * **New Currency for Western Areas**
 * **Stalin said the move was US imperialism and ordered Berlin to be blockaded**
 * **Power to city was turned off and wanted to starve West Berlin**
 * **Britain and US wanted resupply West Berlin-(airlift) planes landed every 3 minutes for 15 months**
 * **No USSR intervention, until the lifted the Blockade** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**


 * **US, Canada, and 10 other European nations created NATO**
 * **It was to defend against USSR aggression-military alliance-NATO**
 * **Rebuilt West Germany would join too**
 * **Response was USSR and Satellites called Warsaw Pact**
 * **Success of previous US actions and agreements frustrated USSR**
 * **USSR wanted world communism and successfully tested Atomic Bomb** || [[image:http://www.allrussias.com/images/map_coldwar_big.jpg]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="401" height="478" align="center"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC ([|Video available]-** username mtaft, password usm**)**


 * **US was scared of USSR spies, advancements in Communism, and nuclear war**
 * US responded with "House UN-American Activities Committee" investigated communism influence in Hollywood
 * Hollywood Ten refused to answer questions on Communism based on 1st amendment
 * They were sent to prison and 1000s of others were blackmailed with exile
 * Ronald Regan-"Communists failed to miserably to inject propaganda into motion picture"
 * Congress passed Internal Security Bill, against Truman, that would allow them to take action against anyway who was deemed a deemed a "security risk". ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA**
 * **China communist man named: Mao Zedong prevailed against National government and 500 million fell under Communism**
 * **Supported young governments in Asia & especially in Korea where WWIII nearly happened with World Super Powers** || [[image:turningpoints2010/PRCFounding.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * || **THE KOREAN WAR**

**No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * MCCARTHYISM ([|Video available]- username mtaft, password usm**)**
 * Nobody Exploited the Red Scare better than Joseph McCarthy
 * People started to lose confidence in the government
 * Claimed he had 205 communist in state dept.
 * Hearings on McCarthy had him lose his self-confidence
 * People now believed he was arrogant and self-bloated
 * Eisenhower said it is was know "McCarthwasim" || [[image:turningpoints2010/180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/1sputnik.jpg align="center" caption="THE SPACE RACE"]] ||
 * 1957-Sputnik launched by USSR-had radio and Sputnik 2-sent up dog to prove living things can live in space
 * US and USSR ran into Germany and captured Rockets
 * First years of Space Race-USSR was winning
 * 1959-Jupiter Missiles sent by US with monkeys and recollected them
 * 1959-USSR sent to probes to photograph moon