The Cold War Begins 1945-1960

1. The Cold War Begins 1945-1960 Section 1: Origins of the Cold War A Clash of Interests Soviet Security Concerns American Economic Concerns The Yalta Conference Poland Declaration of Liberated Europe Dividing Germany Tensions Begin to Rise Truman Takes Control The Potsdam Conference The Iron Curtain Descends satellite nations

2. Section 2: The Early Cold War Years Containing Communism The Long Telegram George Kennan containment Crisis in Iran The Truman Doctrine Dean Acheson The Marshall Plan The Berlin Crisis West Germany is Founded The Berlin Airlift NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Warsaw Pact – Soviet leaders organized a military alliance in Eastern Europe

3. The Cold War Spreads to East Asia Civil War and Revolution in China Mao Zedong After the Fall The Korean War The UN Intervenes China Enters the War Truman Fires MacArthur limited war Changes in Policy Section 3: The Cold War and American Society A New Red Scare subversion The Loyalty Review Program HUAC – House Un-American Activities Committee J. Edgar Hoover

4. Alger Hiss Whittaker Chambers perjury The Rosenbergs Ethel and Julius Project Venona The Red Scare Spreads “A Conspiracy So Immense” Joseph R. McCarthy McCarthy’s Charges The McCarran Internal Security Act McCarthy’s Tactics McCarthyism McCarthy’s Downfall Army-McCarthy hearings censure

5. Life During the Early Cold War Facing the Bomb fallout fallout shelters Popular Culture in the Cold War Section 4: Eisenhower’s Policies Eisenhower’s “New Look” “More Bang for the Buck” Massive Retaliation The Sputnik Crisis Intercontinental ballistic missiles National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Defense Education Act Brinkmanship In Action John Foster Dulles

6. The Korean War Ends The Taiwan Crisis The Suez Crisis Fighting Communism Covertly Central Intelligence Agency Containment in Developing Nations Iran and Guatemala Uprising in Hungary Nikita Khrushchev Continuing Tensions summit Francis Gary Powers