Unit+9-+The+Cold+War



1. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern Euro- pean nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan. 2. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. 3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa. 4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolu- tion, and the Tiananmen Square uprising). 5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control. 6. Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs. 7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics. 8. Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States. = = =Assignment 9.1- Cold War Vocabulary=
 * Unit 9 Standards**

Title Slide: Title- The Cold War Picture- find a political cartoon about the cold war and make it the title picture. -When did it start and end?

Slide 1: Defined -Define the Cold War. -Who was against who?

Slide 2: Yalta and Potsdam -Briefly (In three sentences) describe what happened at these conferences. Who was there? What did they decide/discuss? -What years did they take place? -What was the Yalta pact? -Picture- The Big three at Potsdam

Slide 3- The Truman Doctrine -Picture- Truman -What was it? -Marshall Plan- Define it in bold. -Containment- Define it in bold.

Slide 4- The Berlin Wall -What was the Berlin Wall and when was it up? -What was the Berlin Airlift? -What was the Iron Curtain? -Picture: The Berlin Wall

Slide 5- Mao Zedong -Who was he and when was he in power? -What was the Great Leap Forward? -What was his Cultural Revolution? -Picture- Communist China Flag and Mao Zedong

Slide 6- Soviet Map -Picture- The map of the Soviet Union.

Slide 7- Space Race/Arms Race -Please describe the Arms Race and Space Race of the USSR and the United States in four sentences. -Picture- NASA Shuttle

Slide 8- Korean War -Why was the Korean War fought and who fought in it? -What was the 38th Parallel? -What was the result of this war?

Slide 9- Vietnam -Who fought in the Vietnam War? -What did this war have to do with containment? -Who were the Vietcong? -What was the result of the war? -When did it end and how many Americans died? = = =Assignment 9.2- Prezi Cold War Cartoons=

I will teach you how to use prezi.com. You will use the information I give you to create a prezi that follows the layout.

Title: Title it something having to do with the Cold War. Stop 1: What is containment Stop 2: Insert a political cartoon about containment. Stop 3: What is the Truman Doctrine Stop 4: Insert a political cartoon about the Truman Doctrine Stop 5: What was the "Iron Curtain?" Stop 6: Insert a political cartoon about the Iron Curtain. Stop 7: Give three facts about the Berlin Wall. Stop 8: Picture of the Berlin Wall falling.

Now embed this on your wiki and send me the link. = = =Assignment 9.3= Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.



1. What was the "Cold War"? 2. Who were the big three at the Tehran and Yalta Conferences? 3. Why was the UN set up in 1945? 4. Who was the new US president at Potsdam and what did he demand for Europe? 5. What did Churchill mean by "the Iron Curtain"? 6. How were the United State's and the Soviet Union's plans for Eastern Europe different? 7. Define the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. 8. Define the Policy of Containment? Who came up with this policy? 9. How and why was Germany divided during the Cold War? 10. Who were the countries involved in NATO? Who were the countries involved in the Warsaw Pact? 11. What was Deterrence? 12. What was the Sputnik 1 and why did it scare Americans? 13. Who was Nikita Khrushchev? Did he take over after Stalin? 14. In three sentences, explain what happened in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

=Assignment 9.3=



1. Explain the Domino Theory. 2. Who was president when the US withdrew from Vietnam and what year was it? 3. How were workers short changed in the the Soviet Union following WWII? 4. Who became General Secretary of the Soviet Union following Stalin's death? 5. Explain Khrushchev's de-stalinization policy. 6. How did Solzhenitsyn describe the Siberian work camps? 7. After WWII who occupied all of Eastern Europe and the Balkans? 8. Name six countries that became a part of the Soviet Union. 9. Name three countries that had anti-Soviet uprisings. 10. Who was Alexander Dubcek and why was he significance? 11. What was "Prague Spring" and what did the Soviet Union do in response to it?