5/19/10

[5Ian]

Nuclear Arms Race, was a race to gain more powerful nuclear weapons, was between the US and USSR and the Allys of each, many countries made nuclear weapons, the USSR were concerned with the weapons America was developing and we also were building nuclear bomb shelters, we had a system in place that if Nuclear weapons were used against us we would used back, and the same going for the USSR, the United states was the first country to use nuclear weapons, the Trinity was the first nuclear test, testing was done in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, the Bombings of Japan came soon after. Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima and killed 90,000-166,000 people, Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, the Anti-Nuclear Movement was a social movement on disapprove of nuclear weapons and technology, the peace sign was originally a sign on a campaign on nuclear disarmament

Nixon Visited China in 1972, being the first president to visit china, went to China to help improve the relationship with China and to reduce trade restrictions, ended 25 years of isolating China, in 1960, the PRC split from USSR, One-China Policy was foreign government thinking the the PRC was the main government, countries wishing to having relations with China couldn't have relations with ROC,

Detente was used to ease the tension between the US and China and to get more trade with western Europe, used by the USSR, Salt1 was a treaty that helped reduce Ballistic missile launchers, but made Submarine ballistic Launchers. SALT1= Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty...


Semester test Time 12:25-12:40--Ian Odell(5th)

USH: Research the following topics and describe what happened in eachfrom beginning to end. Be sure to include at least one picture per
topic:

1. Watergate
2. Persian Gulf War(1990-91)
3. 9-11 and the War on Terror- invasion of Afghanistan
4. Invasion of Iraq-2003.

Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.

2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
-Pearl Harbor
-D-Day
-Atomic bombing
-Africa/European Front
-Pacific Front

3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.

4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.

a. Define the Cold War and it's causes
b. Policy of Containment -domino effect, mutual deterrence, massive retaliation, Truman Doctine, Marshall Plan, NATO
c. Both Berlin Crises
d. The Red Scare--McCarthyism and HUAC
e. Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs and Missile Crisis
f. China
g. Nuclear Arms Race and Reductions
h. How the Cold War ended.


5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.

6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.

7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on Terror.