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
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
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THE UNITED NATIONS
A group of Nations created to keep peace and to solve problems without violence
US, England, France, Soviet Union, and China are all permanent members, who have the power to veto something.
If one of the permanent nations wont do something then the UN wont do it
CONTAINMENT
The Iron Curtain descended
Try to keep communism from growing any larger or spreading into any more areas
USSR takes over eastern Europe- resulting in a spread of communism,
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THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
Truman requested $400 million dollars to aid Turkey and Greece to keep communism from spreading to the US
Was declared by Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947
Many people disagreed with it and thought the US wasn't ready to handle the situation alone
THE MARSHALL PLAN
597 million dollars was spent in order to stop the spread of communism in Berlin
Help rebuild damage from WWII to prevent Berlin from being invaded again
US is Spiderman! With great power comes great responsibility
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THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
Soviet guards began to halt trains, cars, and other transportation on the autobahn on June 19th
On June 21st Soviets blocked a US military supply train on its way to Berlin and made it turn around
The US decided that they would have to airlift supplies to Berlin if they wanted to get to them
On June 24th, 1948 the first plane took off by July 1st planes started to arrive in groups delivering more and more supplies
Black Friday occurred when 3 air crafts crashed because of rain, all other air crafts were ordered to return home.
Operation Little Vittles- pilots began to drop supplies and goodies to children in Berlin
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Established when the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty happened on April 4th, 1489
Headquarters is located in Brussels, Berlin
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COMMUNISM IN CHINA
Communism rose in 1921
CPC- Communist Party of China
CPC is the largest political party in the world
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THE KOREAN WAR
No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity
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MCCARTHYISM
A political way of making rash decisions, accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason with no real evidence
the term comes from Senator Joseph McCarthy, where he would make accusations with no evidence of communism, and where it was spreading.
The term is now used to describe reckless accusations
THE SPACE RACE
An informal "competition" between the US and the USSR on which could make the furthest advancements to space before the other
The Space Race began after the launch of Sputnik on October 4th 1957
The Space Race played a big role in the Cold War, because space technology boosted moral and showed the opponent that they could be attacked from space
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
- Communism rose in 1921
- CPC- Communist Party of China
- CPC is the largest political party in the world
*No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity
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