Monday 6th - **NO SCHOOL**
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 7th - Talked about forums and the cold war
Definition -
Communism vs. Democracy
--Government is centered between few people, control but equality vs. People have the power - can do anything (America!!)
Communists: China, North Korea, Louse, Cuba, Vietnam
Socialism vs. Capitalism
--Government controls businesses vs. Economic system where people own businesses - ownership - leads to income inequality
First leader of Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin - he believed in some theory that believed in Communism --- Marxist
If he didn't trust people, he killed them - killed millions
Different political systems
-US is based on democracy, capitalism and freedom
-USSR is based on dictatorship, communism and control
The Red Scare - 1919, fear of becoming communist - stopped immigration,
Both thought their system was better
Stalin said he would allow free elections at the Yalta Conference
American fear of a communist attack (Red Scare) and the USSR's fear of a US attack
USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
USSR's actions in their German zone
USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
This feeling of suspicion lead to mutual distrust and this did a great deal to deepen the cold war
ASSIGNMENT!!!
Peaceful Coexistence
5 points for Book Definition
5 points for Student Friendly Definition
5 points for 2 pictures or one 3-minute video
5 points for one political cartoon
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 8th - Presentations:
Domino Effect - If one country fell to communism, others would become that was as well
Policy of Containment -A policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad
Truman Doctrine - A United States policy to stop Soviet expansion during the Cold War. We would provide military and financial aid to stop communists
Marshall Plan - America helped rebuild Europe and Asia after WW2
Brinkmanship - Going to the brink of war without going TO war
Mutual Assured Destruction - It prevents from nuclear war of being a possibility...If you kill us, we kill you...
NATO - An agreement between membered areas, mainly North America and Europe, that provided collective defenses from outside attacks.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 9th - More Presentations:
Warsaw Pact - A treaty signed by communist countries that helps them unite together in common interest and needs, signed in opposition to the NATO
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency - A government organization in the US that collects secret information about other countries by spying
KGB (Komitet Gosudarscvennoy Bezopasnosti) - security and intelligence agency of the Soviet Union - Soviet Equivalent to CIA
Peaceful Coexistence - Competition without war - don't have to like each other
Glasnost - The law in the Soviet Union for talking about political happenings freely; encouraged open debates
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 10th -
Missile Defense System - an anti-rocket system that can disable or shoot down a projectile being launched
Detente - A relaxing of tension, especially between nations, countries negotiate to keep peace and end hostility - US and Russia
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Banned the testing of all nuclear weapons - underground was acceptable
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - prevents the spread of nuke weapons and the use of them in war; to encourage peace and peaceful uses of nuke energy
Perestroika - eform of the Soviet Union with a goal of making Socialism work in thee Soviet Union
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments