The+Cold+War



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.

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 * 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 || [[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:kennan.jpg width="246" height="177" caption="kennan.jpg"]] ||


 * [[image:turningpoints09:truman.jpg width="300" height="221" caption="truman.jpg"]] ||  || **THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE** ||


 * **THE MARSHALL PLAN** ||  || [[image:turningpoints09:marshall.jpg width="266" height="282" caption="marshall.jpg"]] ||


 * [[image:turningpoints09:airlift.jpg width="289" height="194" caption="airlift.jpg"]] ||  || **THE BERLIN AIRLIFT** ||


 * **NATO** ||  || [[image:turningpoints09:nato.png width="287" height="299" caption="nato.png"]] ||


 * [[image:turningpoints09:PRCFounding.jpg caption="PRCFounding.jpg"]] ||  || **COMMUNISM IN CHINA** ||

No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity** ||  ||  ||
 * **THE KOREAN WAR


 * [[image:turningpoints09:180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg caption="180px-Joseph_McCarthy.jpg"]] ||  || **MCCARTHYISM** ||


 * **THE SPACE RACE** ||  ||   ||