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**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 ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS

- egypt connected Mediterranean sea and the red sea.

- after anger with the USSR's connection w/ egypt US and Britain withdrew aid form egypt.

- france, Britain, and Israel joined to fight egypt.

- the united nations impossed a cease-fire.

-** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT

- it is meant to prevent the growth of hostile country's territory and to the limit the country's ideological influence.

- implemented by the us in 1947 in response to communism

- it was to stop the spread of communism.

- it would work in military and nonmilitary ways to contain communism.** || ||   ||
 * 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

- in europe

- especially to greece and turkey

- greece was in ruins and they needed help rebuilding

- we are the only ones who can help a democratic country

- turkey needs to modernize

- it is the policy of the US to support free peoples who are resisting outside pressures.** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN

- offered $13 billion in aid to western and southern europe.

- it helped the nations of europe rebuild.

- the aid would ultimately return to the us in orders for american goods

- the nations were in great need because of the end of wwII

- 16 countries took part

- Great Britain got the most aid** || ||
 * || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT

- the SU was holding a blockade in Berlin

- stalin wanted the western powers to abandon the city

- truman approved a supply airlift to the city.

-made 275000 flights to the city resisters.

- stalin then called off the blockade** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT

- north atlantic treaty organization

- it was made to defend members against the aggression of the soviet union

- the us and the European nations didn't always agree

- the us wanted more arms in the other nations

-nato pledged to work towards reaching agreement with the warsaw pact countries on equitable and verifiable arms reduction and to cooperate with the alliances in economy, scientific, and cultural areas.** ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC

- the rosenburgs were commit espionage in wartime. they provided info for the SU

- the red scarf refers to the fear of communism across the us.

- the trial and other things left the US in fear the communism would take over the gov.

- the huac was formed to investigate communistic activity, they focused on the entertainment industry.

-** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** - in 1949 communist took over

- state department officials were blamed for the loss of china to communism

- Mao Zedong became the head of the new communist state

-the nationalist gov. fled to islands off the coast.

- it led to more panic about communist take over || ||
 * [[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** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM** - a senator from WISCONSIN!!

- he said that he had a list of state officials that were part of the communist party.

- mccartyism is known as the reckless charges against innocent citizens.

- 206 people in gov. that are communist he said

- he rises to power by using peoples fears

- falls out of public eye after a year

- he took on the US army which lead to his downfall. || || the space race - the SU launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik.
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg height="225" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]]

- it meant that the SU had a missile powerful enough to reach the US.

- american scientists raced to launch a satellite.

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