Start+of+the+Cold+War


 * **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**
 * **Used to stabilize international relations**
 * **They served as a "Watchdog"**
 * **There were headquarters all over the U.S** ||
 * **CONTAINMENT**
 * Response to communism in U.S
 * Try to prevent communism by using political, economic, and diplomic methods || [[image:turningpoints2010:kennan.jpg align="center" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:truman.jpg align="center" caption="truman.jpg"]] || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE**
 * **Truman created a foreign doctrine**
 * **This considered the concerns for Greece and Turkey**
 * **Laid ground rule for the Marshall Plan** ||
 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN**
 * **This was to concern the Soviets during the Cold War**
 * **Trumans military leader made a plan to protect us from the Soviets**
 * **Communism was spreading.** || [[image:turningpoints2010:marshall.jpg align="center" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:airlift.jpg align="center" caption="airlift.jpg"]] || **THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT**
 * **The Soviets blocked west Berlin from the U.S imports** ||
 * **NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT**
 * **The Soviets built up communism**
 * **Nato was an attempt to stop communism** || [[image:turningpoints2010:nato.png align="center" caption="nato.png"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg align="center" caption="19471023_Reagan_HUAC.jpg"]] || **THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC**
 * **The fear of communist invading the U.S.**
 * **Americans thought the Soviets had spies** ||
 * **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** || [[image:turningpoints2010:PRCFounding.jpg align="center" caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:korean67.gif align="center" caption="korean67.gif"]] || **THE KOREAN WAR**

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 * No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||
 * **MCCARTHYISM**
 * [[image:turningpoints2010:1sputnik.jpg align="center" caption="1sputnik.jpg"]] || **THE SPACE RACE**
 * **This was when the U.S wanted to beat the Soviets to the moon.** ||