April 18th- April 22nd

Monday- Quick summary about the decades project (150 Points) Song (50 Points with 10 points extra credit for dressing up)

Tuesday- 60's project/ research 

  • Include in Presention
    • Music
      • different genres 
    • Movies 
      • actors 
    • TV shows
    • Video games 
    • Sports
      • Super Bowls 
      • Best teams 
    • Fashion
      • rolling up pants
    • Fads
      • huge entertainment, family oriented activities, collections
    • Inventions
    • Presidential Elections
      • Assassinations 
    • Civil rights 
      • Africans, women, ect. 
    • Major events 
      • Ex. Cold War 
    • Any scandals 

Cold War Notes 

  • Definition 
    • A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1990
    • Spread throughout the world- Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America 

Wednesday- Cold War Notes

  • Communism VS Democracy 
    • Com- economic system is equal- people ownership
      • equality, no freedom/rights  
    • Dem- Everyone has a say 
  • Socialism VS Capitalism 
    • Soc- everyone is equal
      • Giving the people free advantages (health care, education) 
    • Cap-keeps prices down and quality up
      • The harder you work, the more you will be rewarded 
      • Bad: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer 
  • History of Soviet Union
    • Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1921)
      • Communists revolution 
    • Lenin (Dissolve government and turn it to the people, take control for a bit, then get rid of it- never happened---death) 
    • Stalin (Couldn't trust people so he killed people
      • Purges 
      • Collectivization 
      • Nationalization
      • Five Year Plans
    • Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact 
    • War with Germany 
    • Battle of Berlin
      • April-May, 1945
  • 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 scare- 1919
      • Communists were getting trained to start a revolution against non-communists
      • US limited immigration and Palmer Raid--Deported possible communists 
    • Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions 
    • Stalin despised capitalism
    • Distrust during WWII
    • Stalin breaking his promises to allow free elections at the Yalta Conference 
    • American fear of a communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's fear of a US attack
    • USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
      • Felt like we teased him with a bomb but we really didn't 
    • USSR's actions in their German zone
    • USSR's goal to spread communism around the world 
  • Yalta Conference-1945The West- US, Great Britain, France, Germany--Super powers
    • Before the end of the WWII, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. 
  • The East- Super powers- Eastern Europe, Soviet Union,--communists

Thursday- working on  60's presentation 

Friday- working on 60's presentation 

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  • You are missing week 3 but good job on the weeks you did.

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