Week of Apr. 18-22

Monday-

  • Group Presentation- 1960s
    • Music 
    • Movies
    • TV Shows
    • Video Games
    • Sports
    • Fashion
    • Fads
    • Inventions
    • Presidential Elections

Tuesday, Wednesday- 

  • The Cold War 1945-1990
    • US vs Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    • 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
      • Semester Test Questions over The Cold War
        • 1. Understand the causes, effects, goals and major events of the Cold War
          • Causes
            • Different Political Systems
            • The Red Scare-1919
            • Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions
            • Stalin despised capitalism
            • Distrust during WWII
        • 2. Understand the causes, effects, goals and major events of the Korean and Vietnam Wars
        • 3. Understand the causes, effects of major events from the 1950s'-today
    • Communism vs. Democracy 
      • Karl Marx- came up with the theory of communism
      • Countries still communist
        • Laos 
        • China
        • Cuba
        • Vietnam
        • North Korea
    • Socialism vs. Capitalism
      • Capitalism- harder you work, more you get paid
        • Income inequality
    • History of the Soviet Union 
      • Bolshevik Revolution
      • Lenin
      • Stalin
        • 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
      • The Red Scare-1919
      • Both thought their system is better and distrusted the others intentions 
      • Stalin despised capitalism
      • Distrust during WWII
      • Stalin breaking his promise 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
      • USSR's actions in their German zone
      • USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
    • Yalta Conference- February 1942
      • Before the end of the World War II, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points:
        • The establishment of the United Nations
        • Germany divided into four zones
        • Free elections allowed in Eastern Europe
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      • The "West"
        • Democratic world
      • The "East"
        • Communist
    • Two Major Alliances
      • NATO 
        • North Atlantic Treaty Organization
      • Warsaw Pact
        • Military Alliance lead by the Soviet Union
    • Post WWII/Cold War Goals of US
      • Wanted to promote open markets for US goods to prevent another depression
      • Promote democracy throughout the world, especially in Asia and Africa
      • Stop the spread of communism
        • Policy of Containment
    • Post WWII/Cold War Goals of USSR
      • Wanted to create greater security for itself
        • lost tens of millions of people in WWII and Stalin's purges
        • feared a strong Germany
      • Establish defensible borders
      • Encourage friendly governments on its borders
      • Spread communism around the world
    • Key Terms
      • Winston Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech 1946
      • Domino Effect-Eisenhower-1954
        • One country becomes communist and it spreads
      • Policy of Containment-1946
        • Want to stop communism from spreading
  • Thursday- Decades Project Work Day
  • Friday- Gone

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