COLD WAR
United States and Soviet Union
with China
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Explain the political developments of the two
World War II “winners”
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Super Powers
East Germany – West Germany
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
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Arms Race
NATO
Warsaw Pact
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Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall (1961)
Recall how the US and Soviet Union
confronted each other in Cuba
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Fidel Castro – Cuban Revolution
Nikita Khrushchev – Cuban Missile Crisis
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of
the “Welfare state” in Western Europe.
What took place on Tiananmen Square in
1989?
 Counter-Revolutionary Riot
 Tank Man
END OF THE COLD WAR
Describe the outcome of political choices
within the USSR and the inevitable
consequences
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Stalin’s – “Hollow victory”
Command economy
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Hungarian revolt
Prague Spring
Solidarity
How did the “China Card” impact the relations
between the United States and the Soviet
Union?
 Henry Kissinger
 Triangular diplomacy
 Equilibrium
(research on internet: .edu sites)
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Pensions, Unemployment insurance,
National healthcare, “Economic cushion”
Taxation, Government regulation,
Takeover of private industry, Socialism
Mao to Now
People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Mao Zedong
What was the outcome of the Great Leap
Forward?
 Agriculture Collectives
 Backyard Furnace
What was the impact of the Chinese Cultural
Revolution?
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“Bourgeois elements and Capitalism”
Explain what factors that discouraged the use
of nuclear weapons during the “Arms Race”
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“Balance of Terror”
SALT
START
“Star Wars”
Recall how Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies lead
to a new map of Europe and Asia.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Arms Control treaties
Afghan pullout
Glasnost
Perestroika
Ronald Reagan
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
KOREAN WAR
Explain how each of these terms/people/etc.
played a role in the Korean War.
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United Nations Police Action
Korea
Kim Il Sung - “heroic struggle”
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Yalu River and Impact of People's
Republic of China
38th Parallel
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Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
VIETNAM WAR
Explain how each of these terms/people/etc.
impacted the Vietnam War.
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SEATO - Southeast Asia Treat
Organization
Ho Chi Minh
Domino Theory
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1954 Geneva Accords
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Viet Minh
North Vietnamese Army
“Viet Cong”
Guerilla tactics
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The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Helicopter War
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Agent Orange
Napalm
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Television War
The Tet Offensive
My Lai incident
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Paris Peace Accords
Fall of Saigon
Boat People