Day 1:
- Causes, Goals, Key Terms
- Cold war song topic
- Berlin Blockade/Airlift
- Cuban Missile Crisis,
- Bay of Pigs
- Berlin Wall
- Red Scare-McCarthy
- Socialism vs. Capitalism
Day 2:
- Korean War(Forgotten War)
- Vietnam War
Why did we win?
- We had close ties with our Allies and the USSR didn’t
- China started siding with the US after 1972
- The Soviet economy was in shambles wheras the US’s was flourishing
- Huge deficit
- High inflations
- Corruption
- Social problems
- Shortage of basic needs (food, housing)
- The strong anti-communist presidency of Reagan
- Gorbachev’s willingness for change and reform
- Glasnost and perestroika
- Admitted Soviet mistakes
- Took blame for the Cold War
- Communist system had failed
**Allowed Eastern Europe to do what they wanted**
- Arms Reduction Talks
- SALT, INF, Regan Gorbachev getting together
- Soviet Mistakes
- Invasion of Afghanistan
- Ignoring social concerns
- Spent everything on military
Post-Cold War
- In the 1990’s, the world seemed to be much more peaceful place
- President Clinton closed down numerous military bases around the country reducing the size of the US military
- 9-11 caught the US off guard
Project-partners
Post WWII President Project
1. Back Ground
2. Elections involved in
3.Top Ten Accomplishments, laws, amendments, events, ect.
4. Popularity rating throughout presidency highest and lowest
5. Summary of their legacy
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