The Cold War Divides the World
Timeline
1. Draw a diagonal line across your page
2. Label your timeline with the following dates:
1959, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1989
3. Work with your neighbor to match the following
events to the correct date:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Fidel Castro leads a revolution in Cuba
Castro turns back Cuban invasion
US demands that SU withdraw missiles from Cuba
Communist Sandinista rebels overthrow dictatorship in
Nicaragua
Iran releases US hostages
UN ceasefire ends hostilities between Iran and Iraq
SU withdraws its forces from Afghanistan
The Cold War Divides the World
Questions
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
In groups of 3-4 answer the following questions
about the events on your timeline:
How did revolution affect Cuba?
Why did the US support the invasion?
How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved?
What were the consequences of civil war for
Nicaragua?
Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini hate the US?
What part did the US play in the Iran Iraq war?
How was the SU involvement in Afghanistan
similar to the US involvement in Vietnam?
The Cold War Divides the World
1.
How did revolution affect Cuba?
•
2.
Economy, health care, & literacy improved; harsh dictatorship
violated basic rights
Why did the US support the invasion?
•
3.
US relations w/ Cuba deteriorated b/c of Castro’s economic policies
(nationalizing foreign owned industries)
How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved?
•
4.
US blockade of Cuba & troops on alert in Florida led Khrushchev to
remove missiles in return for US promise not to invade Cuba
What were the consequences of civil war for Nicaragua?
•
5.
Weakened economy & political unrest
Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini hate the US?
•
6.
US had supported the shah; westernization of Iran
What part did the US play in the Iran Iraq war?
•
7.
Secretly sold arms to Iran
How was the SU involvement in Afghanistan similar to the
US involvement in Vietnam?
•
Both were costly wars that lasted longer than expected; both
resulted in superpowers being overthrown by rebel forces
The Cold War Thaws
•
•
Divide your page into 3 equal parts and
label each part: Hungary, Czechoslovakia,
China
In groups of 3 use your text book to answer
the following questions about your country:
1. Why did they resist Soviet rule?
2. How did they resist Soviet rule?
3. What was the result?
•
You do not need to copy the questions nor
answer in complete sentences
The Cold War Thaws
•
Hungary
–
–
–
•
Ppl did not want communism anymore
Formed a new gov’t and ordered SU troops to leave
SU crushed the rebels and put a pro-SU gov’t in power
Czechoslovakia
–
–
Wanted socialism that was not so repressive
“Prague Spring”: loosened controls on censorship to allow more
freedom of ideas
Members of the Warsaw Pact invaded and stoped the reforms
–
•
China
–
–
–
Tired of living in the SU shadow
Begin spreading its own version of Communism
SU refused to give nuke secrets to CH, fighting broke out along
border, fragile peace