ColdWarBigPic



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 **

-created to keep the peace -5 allies: England, the US, France, Russia, China -** || -Churchill said an "iron curtain" has descended -tries to contain communism so that it does not spread.** || || -helps countries rebuild so that communism can't take them over.** || -plan to stop the spread of communism - "wether we like it or not, we are in a position of great responsibilty"- we ended the war and we are the "big dog", with great power comes great responsibility. -against Washington's view on foreign policy that we should stay neutral and not have allies.** || || to bring supplies to the people in berlin one of the first international crises of the Cold war. the first crisis in the cold war with a casualty. Humiliating to the solviets because they thought it wouldnt work** || -national atalantic treaty organization -military alliance established by the north atlantic treaty -headquaters in brussles -org. consitutes in system of collective defense -at first nato was a polital association but the korean war, it got a military to go there that was commanded by two US supreme commanders** || || -civil war between KMT and the communist party in china -USSR signed a treaty of friendship with the KMT and disavowed support for the Chinese Communists. Communist party won with good military tactics** || No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** || || -accusing people of disloyalty or treason without evidence.** ||
 * **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
 * **CONTAINMENT
 * [[image:turningpoints09:truman.jpg width="300" height="221" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN
 * [[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** ||  ||