cold+was+heats+up

C opy 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/yalta.jpg align="center" caption="yalta.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/un.gif align="center" caption="un.gif"]] || **THE UNITED NATIONS**


 * -Formed after WWII**
 * -Wanted to achieve world peace**
 * -Replaced the United nations**
 * - 5 major countries China Russia U.S Great Britain and France**
 * -Formed in Yalta**
 * - Sovled problems diplomatically**
 * -Wanted to get every country together** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT ( [|Video available] -** username mtaft, password usm**)**

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 * - Soviet Union was testing their boundaries of their agreements**
 * -Soviets had spheres of influence in most eastern european counties**
 * - Was believed that if Soviets weren't contained it would be a treat to the United States**
 * - Contained Soviets from expanding and outreaching their boundaries**
 * -Wanting to stop Soviets from expanding communism and U.S wanted to contain them** || [[image:turningpoints2010/kennan.jpg align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE ( [|Video available] -**

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 * -Asked congress to help nation that are fighting off communism**
 * - Countries would fall into starvation if wasn't helped**
 * - Wanted to aide greece and turkey while they were fighting off**
 * communist soviets**
 * - Sent a message to Soviet Union that we don't like what your**
 * doing**
 * - Turkey an greece's economy was in turmoil and if the U.S didnt help**
 * they would easily fall to communism**
 * - This could endanger the welfare in the world**
 * -The world looks the U.S and if it fails in leadership and they need to help as**
 * world leader**
 * -Very expensive 400 million**
 * -Stop the spread of the red**
 * -The U.S has become a Major Leader** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN** **( [|Video available] -**

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 * - Europe was in complete disarray and socially and economically was in bad shape**
 * - The United States stepped in and said that they should help the countries or else they will fall to communism and starvation**
 * - costed a lot of money**
 * -big financial risk**
 * - United States helped countries by bringing back their economic base and helped them fight off Communism**
 * - They don't want communism to spread around europe** || [[image:turningpoints2010/marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/airlift.jpg align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT ( [|Video] **** [|available] **


 * -While the U.S Great Britain and French side was fulrishing after**
 * Germany was divided the Soviet side was slowly shutting down**
 * because the soviets were taking back was "rightfully there" so**
 * to speak and not letting the people rebuild.**
 * -Stalin did not like the idea of having Imperialism take over**
 * Germany they blockaded their side of Germany from all sources**
 * of food and supplies and they also cut off electricity**
 * - The United States took action quickly and airlifted goods food**
 * supply and necessities for the people to survive**
 * - Stalin did not like this and the permanently divided Germany**
 * became a harsh reality**
 * -Planes landing every 3 minutes**
 * -Tons of Refugees**
 * -Tensions at 4.5 on meter very high** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**


 * -The U.S and 8 other countries joined nato to fight back against Soviet aggression.**
 * -The Soviets started a competing pact with it allies called the Warsaw pact.**
 * - This caused tensions to rise**
 * - The fate of Germany becoming permanently divided came a reality**
 * -Soviets tested nuclear missiles which scared the united states**
 * - China and other Asian Nations like Laos Vietnam and Korea became communist**
 * -Increase in Tension and decrease in war**
 * -Now 2 countries in the BIG 5 are communist**
 * -Korean War is starting up** || [[image:http://www.allrussias.com/images/map_coldwar_big.jpg caption="external image map_coldwar_big.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC ( [|Video available] -** username mtaft, password usm**)**

- They saw the movement of the UN into North Korea as threat to them. -Fighting in Korea breaks out because south Korea wanted to be free and north Korea wanted to be Communist - U.S and UN join the fight - The war ends in a stalemate and they U.S leaves the fight. || ||
 * HUAC investigated the movie industry for putting in communist**
 * ideas into there movies and trying to get the American people**
 * to like communism.**
 * -10 of the Screen Writers and actors did not comply and were**
 * sent to jail**
 * -The Rosenberg trails were when Ethel and Julius Rosenberg**
 * of New York** **tried convicted and executed for conspiracy to soviet espionage.**
 * -This was a big deal because they were not given their civil rights**
 * - Although Julius acted as courier for the soviets in operation**
 * VERONA**
 * - The Red Scare was when people were scared that communist**
 * ideas would infiltrate the American society and that would take**
 * over federal government and that the United States would become**
 * a Communist Nation.** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** -China and other countries in Asia like Laos Vietnam and Korea became Communist.
 * || **THE KOREAN WAR**

**No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** || -This scared the people and many Russian Americans did not get treated equally and lost their jobs -McCarthy was later criticized and people were still scared the government was being ruled by communism || || username mtaft, password usm -Americans were worried because the soviets got to space first meaning that they had the technology to shoot missiles into america and infiltrate america - The Soviets were winning the Space race for the first two years -Most Rockets were taken from germany after WWII - Russia was the first to send a living thing into orbit ||
 * MCCARTHYISM ( [|Video available] - username mtaft, password usm**)** -Senator Joseph McCarthy accused many government officials of working for Communism.
 * [[image:turningpoints2010/1sputnik.jpg align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE ( [|Video available] -**