The Cold War

Section 1:  Origins of the Cold War

            -Roosevelt and Churchill convinced Germany was done and Stalin and Russia the real problem now.

1945-a critical year

-bad relations

-Yalta Conference

-United Nations

-Potsdam Conference

Conflicting Postwar Goals

American view-

Soviet view-

Iron Curtain

Containment-

Truman Doctrine

Section 2:  The Cold War abroad and at Home

Marshall Plan-

Berlin Airlift-

NATO-

Communist Advances-

The Cold War at Home

Communists at home-

HUAC

The Hollywood Ten-

Spy cases-Rosenbergs-

Section 3:  The Cold War Expands

Korean War

McCarthy Era

Cold War in the 1950’s

Southeast Asia

Domino Theory

Middle East

Latin America

The Arms Race

Growth of nuclear arsenals

Brinkmanship

Cold War in the Skies

            ICBM’s

            Sputnick

            U-2 Incident-