Chapter 30 and 31: The Cold War and the Re-Unification of Europe
Date
Topic
Reading Question
M
4/2
The Cold War: End of
WWII Brings Tension
to Europe
T
4/3
Post-War Domestic
Policies
W
4/5
DBQ-Last One!
8- pp. 989-993 9-pp. 981-984: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your
readings:
 The origins of the Cold War and the impact of the peace negotiations on the start of the
conflict.
 What actions did each side take to support their ideology? KNOW: Marshall Plan,
NATO, Truman Doctrine, Iron Curtain, Berlin Wall
8-pp. 995-997 9-pp. 985-989
1. Describe the Western Renaissance that occurred in the post war period—in your response
include the rise of the CDU, the Welfare State and the Common Market.
8- pp. 1003-1007 9-pp. 995-999: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your
readings:
 Understand the process and necessity of de-Stalinization in Russia
 Compare and contrast the difference in attitudes and policies between Khrushchev and
Brezhnev and understand why Brezhnev introduces “re-Stalinization”
F
4/7
Spring
Break
The Cold War Begins
to Thaw?
8- pp. 999-1003 9-pp. 989-993
2. Explain the reasons for colonial independence in the post war period. Summarize and
explain the process in both India and in Egypt and include the significance of the Suez Canal in
your part concerning Egypt.
8-pp 1007-1014 and 1017-1019 9-pp. 999-1006, 1009-1011
3. Using a 4-column chart (bullet points OK) summarize the post 1945 changes in: Science and
Technology, Class Structure, Women and Counter Culture and Youth.
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M
4/16
Challenges to Soviet
Rule: 1968 Uprisings
T&W
4/17 &
4/18
W&F
4/18 &
4/20
1970’s and 1980’s: Rise
of Conservatism
M
4/23
Change in Russia:
Gorbachev to Yeltsin to
Putin
T 4/24
Civil War in the
Balkans: The Break-up
of Yugoslavia
European Unification:
The Euro
Discussion:
Nationalism on the Rise
or the Decline in
Europe?
Test Chapter 30
and 31
MC and FRQ
W
4/25
F
4/27
The End of the USSR:
Independence for the
Satellites
8-pp. 1030-1032 9-pp. 1020-1021 Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your
reading:
 Understand the Solidarity Movement in Poland and how that was a challenge to Soviet
Rule. KNOW: Lech Walesa, Gdansk Agreement, The role of the Pope
8-pp. 1019-1022 9-pp. 1010-1014
4. Discuss the causes of the economic downturn of the 1970’s and analyze the political and
social impact of the crises and the political changes that occurred in Europe as a result.
8-pp. 1032-1034 9-pp. 1022-1024
5. Explain the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost in Russia and why Gorbachev was able to
bring about dramatic change with those and other policies in the Soviet Union.
8-pp. 1035-1040 9-pp. 1024-1030: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your
reading:
 Understand the process of independence for Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia,
Romania and re-unification of Germany. Consider why some were peaceful and some
were violent
8- pp. 1043-1045 9-pp. 1033-1035 Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your
reading:
 Explain the policies (economic and political) and role of Boris Yeltsin in the
transformation of Russia in the 1990’s.
8-pp. 1045-1048 9-pp. 1035-1039
6. Explain the causes of the civil war in Yugoslavia and how this is an extension of nationalism.
8- pp. 1048-1051 9-pp. 1039-1041: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your
reading:
 KNOW: Maastricht Treaty, EU and the Euro and consider why there was strong
opposition to this integration from many countries and why many countries desire
membership in this union.
Chapter 30 Terms
Marshall Plan
WARSAW Pact
Yalta
Decolonization
Suez Canal
Tito/Yugoslavia
Clement Atlee
Berlin Airlift
Hungarian Uprisings
Boris Pasternak
Leonid Brezhnev
Simone de Beauvoir
Detente
Re-Stalinization
Chapter 31 Terms
Iron Curtain
NATO
Potsdam
Labour Party
CDU
Charles de Gaulle
Common Market
Riots of 1968
Nikita Khrushchev
Nuclear Race
Willy Brandt
Margaret Thatcher
de-Stalinization
OPEC
Stagflation
Brezhnev Doctrine
Détente
Geneva Accords
Glasnost
Perestroika
Mikael Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Lech Walesa
Solidarity/ Gdansk
Alexander Dubcek
Nicolae Ceausescu
Maastricht Treaty
Euro/EU
Yugoslavia
Vaclav Havel
FRQ Ideas
1. Analyze the factors responsible for decolonization since the Second World War: Be sure to
include specific examples in your essay.
2. Analyze three reasons for the end of Soviet Domination over Eastern Europe.
3. Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of the Cold War (1945-1991) on
Western Europe with the effects on Eastern Europe.
4. Analyze the economic and social challenges faced by Western Europe in the period 1945 to 1989.
5. Compare and contrast the economic policies of Joseph Stalin in the period before the Second
World War to those of Mikhail Gorbachev.
6. Analyze the ways in which Western European nations have pursued European economic and
political integration from 1945 to the present, referring to at least two nations.
7. Discuss the origins of the Cold War and how ideological differences became apparent in the post
war peace conferences.