Cold+War+-+Early+Years


 * **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 friendly"
 * 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**
 * They were set up after WWII.
 * Were made to provide a friendly, peaceful place to debate.
 * Made up of 26 countries at the time.
 * Had both Democratic and Communist Country. ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**


 * **Try to have Communism not expand.**
 * **Said it was a threat to America.**
 * **Gave millions of dollars to other countries to not become Communistic.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg width="281" height="218" align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * **A foreign policy.**
 * **America would try to stop Communism.**
 * **America would support other countries who wanted Democracy.** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * **Provided money for Europe.**
 * **Aimed to stop communist exspansion.**
 * **Made many European countries stronger.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg width="344" height="261" align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * **US airdropped supplies to West Berlin.**
 * **There was a blockade going on so nothing could get in.**
 * **People were starving.**
 * **Heightened tensions.** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * **Europe formed NATO with the US to provided security and deterrent.**
 * **The Communist formed the Warsaw pact which was the same thing as NATO but with other countries.**
 * **Each superpower wanted to flex it's muscles.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png width="241" height="286" align="center" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg width="262" height="229" align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC**
 * **American citizens were afraid.**
 * **Didn't like Communism.**
 * **Everyone was suspect of espionage.**
 * **Rosenbergs were killed for espionage.** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA**


 * **China became Communist.**
 * **Supported by the USSR.**
 * **America was afraid of Communism spreading further.**
 * **Major breach in containment.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[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** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM**


 * **Government run investigations.**
 * **Gov. employees were all screened.**
 * **Tons of anti-Communism propaganda.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg align="center" caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg width="201" height="225" align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE**


 * **Both countries wanted to have a missile to go into space.**
 * **They showed their power.**
 * **They wanted a missile to go into orbit then hit each other's country.** ||