CW+Early+Years

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 the links provided 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.


 * After you are done, you should be able to discuss how each of the events led to greater tension between the two sides of the developing Cold War. **

**THE YALTA CONFERENCE** * Meeting near the end of WWII - big 3 meet to discuss post war Europe THE UNITED NATIONS ([|The UN is Born], In 1945 the United Nations was created. 50 nations were part of it. The Negotiating of the cold war often happened here. ||
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 * 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 ||  ||
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 * THE IRON CURTAIN (** Churchill delivers **Iron Curtain** speech, [|Iron Curtain)] Famous Iron Curtain speech Churchill condemns the soviet union and declares there is an "iron curtain" in Europe. Churchill wants the United States and Great Britain to be close and tensions rise with the Soviet Union. ||  ||
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|| The United States wanted to stop the Soviet Union from expanding, which some believed would cause it to eventually collapse. This was done both economically and militarily. ||  || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE (** The Truman Doctrine, **[|Video available]-** usmstudent, wildcats) Truman asked for 400 million to protect turkey and Greece from communism, a high for foreign spending during peace time. He committed the United States to helping countries resist communist aggression. ||  || usmstudent, wildcats) the Marshall plan was an economic plan to help support countries to prevent them from becoming communist. It was a success and helped Europe recover. ||   || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT (** ====[|Berlin Blockade]  and the **[|Berlin Airlift] , ****[|Video] ****[|available] ** ==== usmstudent, wildcats) The soviet Union blockaded west Berlin, which was surrounded by communist land. Supplies were airlifted into Berlin for 11 months while the blockade lasted. ||  || **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT (F[|ormation of NATO])** The democratic and the communist countries made separate agreements to be allies. If a country in Nato was attacked, the other countries were to take it as an attack against its own country. ||   || **THE SOVIET ATOMIC BOMB** Soviet Atomic Bomb [|Soviet Atomic Bomb Test] the Soviet Union detonated an atomic bomb in 1949. Most Americans did not think that the Soviet Union would be able to make a bomb that quickly. People thought it was a product of Soviet espionage. The United States made a hydrogen bomb afterwards. ||  ||
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 * CONTAINMENT (and George Kennan) (**The Containment Policy, **[|Video]-** usmstudent, wildcats)
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 * [[image:turningpoints2010/marshall.jpg width="232" height="252" align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]]
 * THE MARSHALL PLAN** **([|Video available]-**
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**CHINA AND COMMUNISM (** [|Mao Declares Communist China] The Chinese Revolution China became communist soon after the soviet Union got their first atomic bomb. Some people said there were communist sympathizers in the government. The Unites States did not recognize the new Chinese government. They then fought against China in the Korean war. ||   ||