The+Cold+War



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 **[[image:Slide2.jpg width="391" height="294"]]


 * 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__**
 * was an attempt to stabilize nations and create peace
 * made after WWII
 * there are currently 192 countries in part with the UN ||
 * **__CONTAINMENT__**
 * main goal was to stop spread of communism
 * US would work with and without military to stop it || [[image:turningpoints09:kennan.jpg width="246" height="177" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:truman.jpg width="300" height="221" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **__THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE__**
 * promised aid to people in Turkey and Greece who believed communism was bad and were struggling to remain democratic
 * part of containment
 * aid would be economic and military based ||
 * __**THE MARSHALL PLAN**__
 * made to stop spread of communism
 * also made to revive war-torn economies of Europe
 * offered $13 billion to S. and W. European nations to help them rebuild || [[image:turningpoints09:marshall.jpg width="266" height="282" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:airlift.jpg width="289" height="194" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **__THE BERLIN AIRLIFT__**
 * Germany was divided into four parts, one for US, one for SU, one for Great Britain, and one for France.
 * The Western powers united as W. Germany, which Stalin thought would threaten the SU.
 * Berlin, former capital of Germany, was also split. Stalin wanted the whole city.
 * Stalin's forces blockaded the whole city
 * Truman used huge airlift to Berlin to supply food and equipment.
 * Lasted nearly one year until Stalin called off blockade
 * Germany was democratic W. Germany and communist E. Germany ||
 * **__NATO__**
 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 * made in response to alarm over communist control in E. Europe
 * included US, Canada, and W. European nations
 * Soviet and E. Europe formed Warsaw Pact in response || [[image:turningpoints09:nato.png width="287" height="299" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:PRCFounding.jpg caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] || __**COMMUNISM IN CHINA**__
 * China has a civil war: communist against anticommunist Nationalists
 * Communist powers win and China becomes a communist country
 * many people lost their jobs because of it; they were said to be disloyal and were dismissed
 * this and events in Korea made the US fear the spread of communism ||
 * **__THE KOREAN WAR__**

SEE "KOREA 9 3 2 1" || ||
 * [[image:turningpoints09:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] || **__MCCARTHYISM__**
 * McCarthy claimed to have a list of people who were communist in the US, though it was not provent
 * McCarthy ordered a hunt for these people and many were falsely accused and lost their jobs for it
 * McCarthy faded away after being criticized and hated by Americans and the govt. ||
 * **__THE SPACE RACE__**
 * Soviets surprise everyone by launching //Sputnik// to orbirt around the earth. It was the first space satellite
 * the US was afraid because this meant that they had a missle that was powerful enough to reach the US
 * The US raced to lauch a satellite into space || [[image:space-rocket-launch.jpg width="293" height="216"]] ||