Healing the Wounds of War
The United Nations
Roots of the Cold War
The Cold War Turns Hot
The Cold War at Home
Primary/Secondary Sources, Maps, Political Cartoons,
Graphs, Charts
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What steps must the countries devastated by
the war take to rebuild?
Describe the actions Allied forces
took to stabilize Germany and Japan
after the war.
 Discuss how the Allied Powers tried
war criminals.
 Explain why the United Nations was
founded, and relate how it was
organized.
 Trace the events that led to the
founding of Israel.
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Wartime gov’t
shattered
Potsdam
Conference
◦ Four occupation
zones
◦ Occupy Berlin
◦ Reestablish gov’t
◦ Recognize nonaggression pact
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Occupied from
1945-1952
End militarism
Establish
democracy and
constitution
Economic reforms
Germany Zones
Japan Zones
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Establishment of
ICC
Nuremberg Trials
◦ Adolf Eichmann
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Tribunals
◦ Hideki Tojo
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Setting standards is
necessary
Hold everyone
accountability
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Postwar int’l
organization
Intended to work
for world peace
Eleanor Roosevelt
serves as first U.S.
delegate
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Palestine was first
UN conflict
Becomes a victory
for Zionism
Portion claimed for
Israel
Meetings gave
Israelis more land,
divided Jerusalem
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Develop a collage that depicts why the United
Nations was founded in one of the following
areas:
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Promote world peace
Human rights
Equality between the sexes
Equality between the nations
Respect for justice and treaty obligations
Social progress/better standard of living
Healing the Wounds of War
The United Nations
Roots of the Cold War
The Cold War Turns Hot
The Cold War at Home
 What
do you know about the
Cold War?
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Explain what caused the Cold War.
Trace how the U.S. tried to control
development from atomic weapons.
Analyze the Marshall Plan.
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NOT A WAR!!!
Struggle for int’l
dominance
◦ USA vs. USSR
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Soviet
expansionism fuels
mistrust
Soviet satellite
nations and “The
Iron Curtain”
Kennan calls for
containment
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Soviets develop
atomic technology
◦ First USSR bomb
1949
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Baruch Plan
imposes penalties
Nuclear arms race
becomes a reality
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Truman Doctrine
works to fight
communism
Marshall Plan
promotes European
recovery
Healing the Wounds of War
The United Nations
Roots of the Cold War
The Cold War Turns Hot
The Cold War at Home
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Describe how the Western allies responded to
the Soviet expansion.
Analyze the factors that led to the escalation
of the conflict in Korea.
Discuss the methods that President
Eisenhower used to promote U.S. interests
abroad.
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Germany is growing
strong
Soviets block
entrance to Berlin –
Berlin Airlift
NATO acts like
League of Nations
Communists form
the Warsaw Pact
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Nationalists (Chiang
Kai-shek) vs.
Communists (Mao
Zedong)
Chiang’s retreat to
Taiwan allows for
People’s Republic
of China
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Occupying defeated
parts after war
Communism =
North
Democracy =
South
War changes when
China enters
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Fighting in Korea
becomes
presidential issue
◦ Eisenhower vs.
Stevenson
◦ “I like Ike”
◦ Keeps promise to end
war
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Nukes are
necessary to stop
communism
Brinksmanship, all
out war to defeat
communism
CIA works to
pursue
Eisenhower’s goal
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Nikita Krushchev
new USSR leader
USA and USSR
leaders meet for
arms reduction
Ends when spy
plane is captured in
USSR
◦ The U-2 Incident
◦ Only an apology???
Healing the Wounds of War
The United Nations
Roots of the Cold War
The Cold War Turns Hot
The Cold War at Home
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Every student will pick a piece of paper out of
the bag. Some pieces of paper will have a red
dot on them while most of the pieces are
blank. DO NOT reveal what you have on your
piece of paper.
Your objective is to create the largest group
possible without any red dots. You may
question each other as you form groups.
The largest group without a member with a
red dot wins. Any person who holds a red
dot and has infiltrated a group wins.
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Discuss actions the United States government
took to limit communism at home and how
these actions affected American’s everyday
lives.
Explain how Senator McCarthy was able to
play upon American’s fears of communism.
Describe how Americans reacted to the
prospect of nuclear war and the launch of
Sputnik.
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As a result…
Rearmament
Dept. of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Security
Council
◦ CIA
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Review of
employees – Loyalty
Review Board
HUAC investigates
possibility of
communism in all
aspects of life
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Alger Hiss convicted
by “Pumpkin Papers”
Rosenbergs executed
for telling atomic
secrets to Soviets
Reputations are
ruined
McCarthy’s bullying
tactics changes
public opinion
◦ The Crucible draws on
Salem trials and
McCarthy
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Major race to
develop powerful
weapons
Billy Graham urges
people to turn to
God
Patriotism is seen
in pledge and
money
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Sputnik makes US
feel behind in
technology
◦ A dog in space???
Sputnik 2
◦ Explorer 1 = Space
Race begins
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NASA and National
Defense Education
Act created as a
result
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Analyze two Herb Block political cartoons
related to McCarthyism.