coldwar


 * AN ILLUSTRATED DEFINITION OF THE COLD WAR **


 * Major events, ideas, topics, and people - from class, __Creating America,__ and ABC-CLIO **

-**formed to keep peace between nations -so nations will solve their problems around a table instead of the battlefield -US, USSR, GB, France, China are the five permanent countries in the United Nations that were Allies all had veto power -USSR and China vs. US, France, and GB || -Iron Curtain falls on Europe(communism spreads) -United States should contain communism - One way the United States tried to contain communism was through the Truman Doctrine ** || || -**created in 1947 -redirected American foreign policy || -**Give countries help so that communism won't spread there -Marshall refered to it as the European Recovery Plan -Marshall suggested that Europe set up a program for the reconstruction with assistance from the U.S. || || -Germany was divided into four sections, for the U.S, SU, Great Britain and France. -The Western Powers united as W. Germany, which threatened Stalin -Stalin wanted to take over Berlin, the capitol of Germany, which was also split -Stalin's forces blockaded the whole city -To supply Berlin with food and water, Truman used a huge airlift -Stalin finally ended the blockade a year later -Germany was democratic W. Germany and communist E. Germany || -Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization -Developed because of the spreading communist threat in E. Europe -US, Canada, and W. European nations were included -Soviet and E. Europe formed Warsaw Pact in response || || -Civil war in China -Communists vs anticommunist Nationalists -Communist powers win, China becomes communist country -jobs are lost, accused of being disloyal to China -U.S fears communism more than ever because of threat in both Korea and China || KOREA 9 3 2 1** || || -McCarthy accused many people of being communists, he even had a list of names, but it was never proven -McCarthy ordered a hunt for these people, many were falsely accused and lost their jobs -McCarthy was harshly criticized by the American public and by the government || -Soviets launch //Sputnik//, the first space satellite -Americans are very surprised and become afraid that the Soviets had a missile that was powerful enough to reach the US -The US raced to launch a satellite into space || ||
 * **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
 * -**provided assistance to any democratic country that was threatened by internal or external forces.
 * **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**