April 18-22

Monday:

project:

we are 1960's

items to research and include in your presentations;

  • music/singers
  • movies/actors
  • tv shows/actors
  • video games
  • sports/Olympics(baseball, football, gymnastics......others)
  • fashion
  • fads
  • inventions
  • presidential elections
  • civil rights for African americans
  • equal rights for women
  • major events--------do not talk about Vietnam war(talk about the impact it had on us)-----------major events that shaped the decade
  • interview about someone in their 60's---------their experience in the in the 60's
  • outline--20 points------question about the 60's for semester test
  • the project not including 
  • song project-----record it or preform it---------50 points

Tuesday:

The Cod War(1945-1990)

US vs Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:

Semester Test Questions over Cold War:

1. Understand the causes, effects, growth, and major events of the Cold War

2. Understand the causes, effects, and major events of the Korean War conflict

3. Understand the causes, effects, and major events of the Vietnam Conflict

Definition:

A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the soviet union from 1945--1990

spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Discussion:

Communism vs Democracy

form of government that people have the say over-------Democracy

people own their businesses-----Capitalism(the more you work, the better off you'll be)

Socialism vs Capitalism

economic system that promotes.........government own business------Socialism

political and economical system........equal society-----Communism

Causes of the Cold War:

  • different political systems
    • us is based on democracy, capitalism and freedom
    • USSR is based on dictatorship, communism and control
    • the red scar(1919)
    • both thought their systems was better and distrusted the others intentions
    • Stalin despised capitalism
    • distrust during WWII

Wednesday:

today is Hitler's Birthday

Continuing the Cold War:

Yalta Conference February 1945:

  • Before the end of the World War II. Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. they agreed on many point:
    • the establishment of the United states
    • Germany to be divided into four zones
    • Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe
    • Russia promised to join the war against Japan

Cold War Terms:

The West------the countries of the west, western powers(US, great Britain, France, Italy)

The East-------the countries of the east, eastern powers(soviet union)

Post WWII/Cold War Goals For US:

  • Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
  • Promote democracy throughout the world, especially in Asia and Africa
  • Stop the spread of communism
    • Policy of Containment

Post WWII/Cold War Goals for the USSR

  • Wanted to create greater security for itself 
    • lost tens of millions of people in WWII and Stalin's a strong Germany 
    • feared a strong Germany
  • encourage friendly governments on its borders
  • established defensive borders
  • Spread communism around the world

Key Terms:

  • Iron Curtain Speech
  • Domino Theory(effect)
  • Policy of Containment
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Marshall Plan
  • Brinkmanship
  • Massive retaliation/Mutual Deterrence/Mutual Assured Destruction 
  • NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
  • CIA vs. KGB
  • Peaceful coexistence
  • De-Stalinization
  • Detente
  • Perestroika
  • Glasnost
  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968
  • Strategic Arms limitation Talks(Treaty)-1972
  • Anit-Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972
  • Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty-1996
  • Missile Defensive System

Winston Churchill Iron Curtain Speech-1946

  • you can't travel back and forth between the west and and east
  • Iron Curtain---divided the west and east

Domino Effect-Eisenhower-1954

we are at the end of the line like dominoes

we were worried about the threat because we would go down

Policy of Containment--1946

we wanted to keep communism 

Truman Doctrine:

  • In 1947, the British were helping the Greek government fight against communist guerrillas.
  • they appealed to America for aid and we respond with the Truman Doctrine
  • Greece received large amounts of arms and supplies, and by 1949 had defeated the communists 

Marshal Plan:

  • in 1947, US Secretary of Sate Marshal announced the Marshal 
  • This was a massive economic aid plan for Europe to help it  recover from the damage caused by the war
  • there was 2 motives for this:
    • economically would provide markets for america goods benefiting American industry 
    • A prosperous Europe would be better able to resist the spread of communism

Brinkmanship----1950's -1960's

Thursday:

work day

Friday:

work day 

went over test

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