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The Beginnings of the Cold War

Explore the origins of the Cold War with key events such as the Big Three conferences, Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, the Truman Doctrine, and the Korean War. Learn about pivotal moments like the Berlin Airlift, espionage cases, and the Korean conflict.

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The Beginnings of the Cold War

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  1. The Beginnings of the Cold War

  2. “Big Three” Conferences Potsdam, July-August 1945 Teheran, November-December 1943 Yalta, February 1945

  3. Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, March 5, 1946 “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.…”

  4. Harry S. Truman

  5. The Truman Doctrine, 1947 “Containment”

  6. China falls to Communism, summer 1949 “People’s Republic” of China Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Republic of China

  7. Josef Stalin

  8. Berlin Blockade and Airlift, June 21, 1948-May 11, 1949

  9. The Berlin Airlift

  10. The Hiss-Chambers Case,August 1948-January 1950 Richard Nixon Whitaker Chambers Alger Hiss

  11. Election of 1948

  12. The Soviets successfully test an atomic bomb, August 29, 1949.

  13. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • Convicted of giving U.S. atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union, March 29, 1951. • Executed by electrocution, Sing Sing Prison, June 19, 1953.

  14. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy

  15. The Venona Intercepts

  16. So, how many Soviet spies were in the U.S. government at that time? At least 349

  17. 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Berlin Blockade The Alger Hiss Case The Rosenberg Case The McCarthy Controversy The Korean War

  18. The Korean War

  19. The Korean War • January 12, 1950—U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson stated that America’s defense perimeter in the Pacific did not include Korea.

  20. The Korean War Dean Acheson

  21. The Korean War • January 12, 1950—U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson stated that America’s defense perimeter in the Pacific did not include Korea. • March-April 1950—North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung visited Moscow. • June 25, 1950—North Korea attacked South Korea.

  22. The Korean War

  23. The Korean War Inchon

  24. The Korean War

  25. The Korean War

  26. The Korean War

  27. Communist Atrocities

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