ColdWarBigPic



It's a big topic - so let's try to get it down to the bare essentials. Cut and paste this page into a new page on your Unit 8 notebook and use it as the beginning of a new set of notes on the early years of the Cold War.


 * AN ILLUSTRATED DEFINTION OF THE COLD WAR **

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 * Major events, ideas, topics, and people - from class, __Creating America,__ and ABC-CLIO **


 * **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 || [[image:turningpoints09:yalta.jpg width="275" height="216" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:un.gif width="298" height="211" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS

• formed to keep world peace and agreement between nations** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT

• the US will try to stop communism from spreading • the US will help other countries rebuild from WWII** || ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:truman.jpg width="300" height="221" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE

• promised to aid people who want to fight for democratic freedom** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN

• we are in a position of great responsibility • they are saying the US is powerful** || ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:airlift.jpg width="289" height="194" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN AIRLIFT

• The Soviet Union had blockaded Berlin in hopes of forcing the western powers to abandon the city • Truman ordered supplies to be flown into Berlin in what became known as airlifts • after about a year, the blockade ended** ||
 * **NATO

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization • an alliance between the US, Canada, and ten western European nations** || ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:PRCFounding.jpg caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] || **COMMUNISM IN CHINA

• China was taken over by communist rule • They helped the North Koreans in the Korean War** || No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** || ||
 * **THE KOREAN WAR
 * [[image:turningpoints09:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] || **MCCARTHYISM

• a hunt for communists within the US • started by a Wisconsin senator McCarthy • scared many people • no one was proved to be a communist that McCarthy accused** || • people were scared that Russia could threaten them from space • heated things up between Russia and the US ||
 * **THE SPACE RACE** || • Russia put Sputnik in orbit