Monday April 16

  No blog assignment this week. We start our cold war projects tomorrow.  I'm towards the end for the presentations. Test are about every 5 to 8 days and they will consist of our assigned blogs and cold war project.  We are going over semester test things. Semester test is 16% of grade. 

semester test blog: 10 points on semester test. 

7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.

1. 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.

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

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

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.

cold War 1945-1990: US vs Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 

Definition: A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union.

Spread throughout the World-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Democracy: US has representative Democracy. 

Socialism: is owned and Run by Government

capitalism: run and owned by people.

communism: 

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Poor would overtake the rich and everyone would be equal and there would be no classes

Russia became communist because of Bolshevik Revolution. 

Nationalization- stalin taking over factory

collectivization- government takes over farms

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