USHC-9.2 Summarize the origins and course of the Cold War, including the containment policy; the
conflicts in Korea, Africa, and the Middle East; the Berlin Airlift and the Berlin Wall; the Bay of Pigs and
Cuban missile crisis; the nuclear arms race; the effects of the “Red Scare” and McCarthyism; and the role
of military alliances.
1946
Truman Doctrine – Containment
Red Scare
Causes/Reasons for fear
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Truman’s Federal Loyalty Program
1949
NATO
McCarthyism
Hydrogen Bomb – nuclear arms race
China
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USHC-9.2 Summarize the origins and course of the Cold War, including the containment policy; the
conflicts in Korea, Africa, and the Middle East; the Berlin Airlift and the Berlin Wall; the Bay of Pigs and
Cuban missile crisis; the nuclear arms race; the effects of the “Red Scare” and McCarthyism; and the role
of military alliances.
1950
Korean War
US interests in Africa and Middle East
South Africa
Iran
1955
Warsaw Pact
Angola
1957
Sputnik
Suez Canal
National Defense Education Act
Eisenhower Doctrine
1959
Fidel Castro – Bay of Pigs
Israel (1948)
Six Day War (1967)
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USHC-9.2 Summarize the origins and course of the Cold War, including the containment policy; the
conflicts in Korea, Africa, and the Middle East; the Berlin Airlift and the Berlin Wall; the Bay of Pigs and
Cuban missile crisis; the nuclear arms race; the effects of the “Red Scare” and McCarthyism; and the role
of military alliances.
1961
Berlin Wall
OPEC oil embargo (1973)
1963
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis (1979)
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
What are the origins of the Cold War?
How did differing strategies during World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union lead to
the Cold war?
Why did post-war goals of the United States (and the Allies) and the Soviet Union put them at odds?
9.2