Cold+War+Big+Pic

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 **




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

There was an east and west berlin Stalin wanted the democratic West to abandon. HE blocked acess to berlin. Truman responded by calling in planes to life food and supplies to the people** || Alarmed by the Communist Control of Eastern Europe The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed creating an alliance between United States Canada and ten Western Europe nations. (Soviets formed warsaw pact in response).** || || In 1949 civil war in China Mao Zedong became head of the communist China The nationalists fled to taiwan Fear of Communism grew** || No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** || || Reckless charges against innocent citizens McCarthy said we had communists in America and the should be hunt down.** || They could have missiles powerful enough to reach United States Superpowers fighting for space ||
 * **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
 * A collective group of Countries to keep peace and solve conflicts without war.
 * 5 permanent members with veto power; England, France, United States, Soviet Union, and China.
 * One country says no UN won't do it
 * **CONTAINMENT
 * Iron Curtain descended
 * Russia takes over Eastern Europe
 * Stop communism from spreading
 * || [[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
 * Give countries money that are resisting being taken over from USSR
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN
 * 597 million dollars to aid countries to stop the spread of Communism.
 * Give money to rebuild after WWII so they wont be susceptible to being taken over
 * We are Spiderman "With great power comes great responsibility,"
 * || [[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
 * || [[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
 * **NATO
 * [[image:turningpoints09:PRCFounding.jpg caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] || **COMMUNISM IN CHINA
 * **THE KOREAN WAR
 * [[image:turningpoints09:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] || **MCCARTHYISM
 * **THE SPACE RACE** || Soviet Union launched the first space satellite in 1957