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
- Causes
- 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
- 1. Understand the causes, effects, goals and major events of the Cold War
- Semester Test Questions over The Cold War
- 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
- Capitalism- harder you work, more you get paid
- 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
- Different political systems
- 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
- 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:
- Two Major Alliances
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Warsaw Pact
- Military Alliance lead by the Soviet Union
- NATO
- 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
- Wanted to create greater security for itself
- 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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