The+Cold+War-+The+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 U.N. was formed after WWII. The aim of the U.N, was to make sure the seeds of another conflict like WWII were never sewn again. || Containment was the the main strategy of the U.S. in the Cold War. Containment was aimed to stop the spread of communism in Europe. || ||   || The Truman Doctrine laid the groundwork for the Marshall Plan. In the doctrine, Truman said that the U.S. would lend money to countries to help them rebuild and to do it without the influence of the Soviet Union and communism. || The Marshall plan was the giving of $13 million to western and eastern European countries to help them rebuild without the influence of communism from the Soviet Union. || || Berlin was the only part of what used to be east Germany that wasn't under Soviet control. Stalin hoped to get the allies to give up Berlin so he blocked access into the city. Truman then approved a huge airlift which would bring food, fuel, and equipment into the city. The allies sent over 275,000 planes full of supplies in just a year. So, in 1949, Stalin called off the blockade. || NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It included the U.S., Canada, and ten other western European nations. In response the the forming of NATO, the Soviet union and some eastern European nations formed the Warsaw Pact. NATO was formed because of the concern over communist control in Europe. || || The Red Scare was the widespread fear over communism in the united states. There were two periods of the Red Scare. The first was right after WWI when there were many labor strikes and poeple blamed them on communism. The second was during the Cold War. People during the Cold War were afraid that communists would take over the government.
 * **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:yalta.jpg width="299" height="227" align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * George Kenean ||  ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg width="344" height="261" align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="262" height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC**

The Rosenbergs were both members of the American Communist Party. They were both accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union and were executed in 1953.

HUAC (House Un- American Activities Commitee) began to target actors, directors, and writers in the movie industry that were suspected of communist plots to movies. People who were put on the list had their careers ruined. || The Communists and Mao Zedong in China won the civil war against the anticommunist government, the Nationalists. The united states supported the Natinalists. People in the united states feared the takeover was a plot for communists to take over the world. || ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif width="221" height="225" align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR

No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** || Mccarthy accused 205 State Department officials of being part of the Communist Party. Evidence was never found that the accused were actually part of the party but it started a frenzy in the U.S. of people hunting for Communists in the U.S. Mccarthyism now stands for reckless charges against innocent people. || || Both the United States and the USSR wanted to reach space first. Neither side really cared about going into space but they both wanted to beat the other at everything. The USSR was the first to reach space by launching Sputnik. Many believe that the U.S. won thought because they were the first to land humans on the moon. ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE**