History 12
Ms. Lacroix
Name ___________________________________
Unit 4 - Transformation & Tension: The Cold War (1945-1963)
Learning Outcomes
 Identify and discuss the causes of the Cold War and the origins of the
bipolar world
 Evaluate the methods used by the superpowers in their global competition
to achieve hegemony
 Discuss the responses of the USA to the perceived threat of communist
expansion
 Discuss the role of nuclear weapons and the space race during the Cold
War
 Evaluate the impact of economic change in China
 Identify and discuss the main events and issues of the Korean War
 Assess the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis
 Evaluate the forces which promoted cooperation in Western Europe in the
post-war years
Tasks to be completed
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Lecture style note-taking
DBQs
Unit Quizzes
Political Cartoon Analysis
begin the term research paper
Terms to know:
Bipolar world
domino theory
satellite states
allied control council
Konrad Adenhauer Buffer zone
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Containment
McCarthyism
Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
De-Stalinization
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Imre Nagy Hungarian Rising
John Foster Dulles Colonel G.A. Nasser
Peaceful Coexistence
Eisenhower Doctrine
Sputnik
U-2 Incident
Berlin Wall
Fulgencio Batista
Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
ICBM
MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Pre-emptive strike Alexander Dubcek Socialism with a Human Face
Brezhnev Doctrine Open Door Policy Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
The Long March
People’s Liberation Army
People’s Republic of China
Nationalist China/Taiwan
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Chou En-lai
Sino-Soviet Split
Deng Xiaoping
Economic Zones
Tiananmen Square
Readings
Howarth (Grey) text:
Chapter 18  pp. 73-74
Chapter 33  pp. 193-197
Chapter 34  pp. 204-205
Chapter 35  pp. 206-216
Chapter 36  pp. 217-230
Chapter 37  pp. 231-234
Chapter 38 pp. 240-243
Chapter 41  pp. 258-270
Chapter 42  pp. 271-276
DeMarco (Red) text:
Chapter 13  pp. 154-161
Chapter 14  pp. 162-178
Chapter 15  pp. 179-191
Chapter 16  pp. 196-199
Chapter 17  pp. 213-214, 223-228
History 12
Ms. Lacroix
name ____________________________________
Transformation & Tension – pre-lesson questions
Lesson 1- Cold War Beginnings
1.
Describe the differing perspectives on defeated Germany by the former
Allied powers (US, UK, France, USSR) and its effect on the German
people. (H 196)
2.
What was the “Iron Curtain”? (H 196)
3.
Describe the spread of communism through Eastern Europe. (H 196, D
156)
4.
What concerns plagued Western Europe in the post war world? (H 197)
5.
Outline the purpose of the “Truman Doctrine”. (D 157, H 206)
6.
What were the terms of the “Marshall Plan”? (H 207)
7.
What was the Allied response to the blockade of Berlin by the Soviets? (H
209, D 159 – 161)
8.
Describe NATO and the Warsaw Pact. (D 160)
UN and the Korean War
9.
Describe what happened to Korea after WWII. (H 211)
10.
How did the Truman Doctrine apply here? (D 213, H 211-12)
11.
How did the UN get involved? NATO? (H 211-212)
12.
Instead of using nuclear weapons, what did Truman choose to do in
1951? (H 213)
13.
What conflict occurred between President Truman and General
MacArthur? (H 213)
14.
What was Joseph McCarthy “stirring up” back in the USA? (H 213)
15.
Recall and make some notes about “containment” and the “domino
theory” from last year.
Lesson 2 - Alliances & Containment
16.
Be familiar with each of the following agreements signed by the USA:
NATO, OAS, ANZUS, SEATO, Baghdad Pact. (H 214-216)
17.
Once Stalin died and Soviet troops withdrew from Poland, what
concessions were made to Polish leader Gomulka? (D 171)
18.
What steps did Imre Nagy take that Khrushchev would not tolerate in
Hungary? (D 171-72)
19.
Describe Czechoslovakian leader Dubcek’s “socialism with a human face”.
(H 228)
20.
What was “De-Stalinization”? (H 218)
Lesson 3 - Khrushchev & the West
21.
What was the American reaction to Egyptian leader Nasser’s recognition
of Mao as ruler of China? (H 219)
22.
List a few detailed events that led to the “Sino-Soviet Split”. (H 250)
23.
Describe the milestones reached by the USSR and the USA during their
competitive “space race”. (H 229)
24.
Describe how the U-2 incident and the East Berlin “Brain Drain”
contributed to the building of the Berlin Wall. (D 175)
Lesson 4- Cuban Missile Crisis
25.
Who was JFK trying to oust at the Bay of Pigs? (H 220)
26.
What did military intelligence photographs show the Americans was
happening in Cuba? (H 221)
Lesson 5- Mao & China
27.
Why would Sun Yat-Sen describe China as a “hypo-colony”? (H 73)
28.
At the outset of the Civil War, who led the Kuomintang? (D 181, H 73)
29.
Describe the role that the USSR had in China’s civil war. (D 181)
30.
What happened to the majority of the PLA during the “Long March”? (D
182, H 74)
31.
What areas in China were invaded by the Japanese during this time? (D
183)
32.
What is “democratic centralism”? (H 246-247)
33.
How did “collective farms” differ from those in Stalin’s USSR? (D 187)
34.
Outline the positives and negatives of Mao’s first “Five-Year Plan”. (H
247-248)
35.
Why did “The Great Leap Forward” fail? (D 188-89, H 248-250)
36.
What was the “Little Red Book”? (H 251)
Lesson 6 - European Economic Community
37.
Familiarize yourself with the following steps taken toward the eventual
formation of the European Economic Community: Council of Europe,
Schuman Plan, European Coal and Steel Community, Euratom.
(H 262-65)