7)+The+Cold+War+Early+Years

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 Red Scare was when Americans were afraid of Soviet Spies in America The Rosenbergs were caught telling the Atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets HUAC was an organization that suspected famous people of being pro-communism ||
 * ** 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 ||  ||
 * || ** THE UNITED NATIONS **
 * Created after world war II to help prevent wars **
 * There were five main countries in it that had votes **
 * They made national war laws ** ||
 * ** CONTAINMENT **
 * Containment was done to prevent the spread of communism **
 * This was going on during Truman’s administration **
 * This was done with military and without it at times ** ||  ||
 * || ** THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE **
 * This was to provide aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom ** ||
 * ** THE MARSHALL PLAN **
 * This plan offered 13 billion to Europe to rebuild itself after the war **
 * It also dealt with the German territories ** ||  ||
 * || ** THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT **
 * The Soviets were blocking Berlin, so Truman accepted a huge airlift **
 * The airlift supplied food fuel and equipment to the city ** ||
 * ** NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT **
 * The NATO pact was an alliance of the US, Canada, and ten European countries **
 * The WARSHAW pact was the Soviets and eastern European countries **
 * The WARSHAW pact was in response to the NATO pact ** ||  ||
 * || ** THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC **
 * ** COMMUNISM IN CHINA **
 * Communism started in china because of them realizing that they could do that and that was what they wanted **
 * China had driven UN Troops back to Korea, but the US decided not to start fighting, because they didn’t want another world war ** ||  ||
 * || ** THE KOREAN WAR **


 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity ** ||
 * ** MCCARTHYISM **
 * This came from Senator McCarthy destroying thousands of innocent peoples careers because he thought they were pro-communist ** ||  ||
 * || ** THE SPACE RACE **
 * It began with the first satellite into space by the Soviets **


 * The US government put billions of dollars into space research **

The US had been spying on the soviets and the plane got shot down ||