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THE COLD WAR
Please get out the “Restructuring the Postwar
World” handout you were assigned to read for
homework as well as your responses to the five
questions as the end of the reading.
READING QUIZ
Question One: What factors divided the
United States and the Soviet Union?
READING QUIZ
Question One: What factors divided the United
States and the Soviet Union?
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Deep Economic & Political Differences
Different Goals for Peace
US emphasized democracy, trade &
reunification
USSR emphasized communism, personal
economic development & division
READING QUIZ
Question Two: How did the two superpowers
tangle in the Americas?
READING QUIZ
Question Two: How did the two super
powers tangle in the Americas?
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Cuba: US protested USSR missile placement on
island; USSR eventually withdraws missiles
Nicaragua: US gave aid to rebels fighting a new
communist government
READING QUIZ
Question Three: Describe the Great Leap
Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
READING QUIZ
Question Three: Describe the Great Leap
Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao’s attempt to improve China’s economy
Failed due to social resentment, poor planning, etc.
Cultural Revolution
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Mao’s attempt to revive the people’s spirit
Failed due to Red Guard’s actions
READING QUIZ
Question Four: Why did the United States
fight in Korea and Vietnam? What were the
outcomes of these conflicts?
READING QUIZ
Question Four: Why did the US fight in Korea
and Vietnam? What were the outcomes of these
conflicts?
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Korea
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Communist North invaded South
US sent troops to aid rebels in the South
Vietnam
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Communist North threatened South Vietcong
Unpopular in the States & withdrew troops
READING QUIZ
Question Five: How did the Soviet Union act
towards Eastern Europe?
READING QUIZ
Question Five: How did the Soviet Union act
towards Eastern Europe?
• Used force throughout the 1950s-60s to
put down movements that threatened
their communist control
READING QUIZ
BONUS: Who was the first US president to
visit Communist China and the USSR in an
attempt to lessen tensions?
BONUS: Due to his fierce anti-Communist
beliefs, tensions rose once again between the
superpowers under the leadership of which
US president?
THE COLD WAR
What is a cold war?
COLD WAR: a state of political
aggression and military tension
between two countries that
involves propaganda, sabotage,
threats, economic sanctions and
other measures short of open
warfare
THE COLD WAR
But what
makes this
“war” so
cold?
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How did the Cold War affect schools
and the students within?
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The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
was set up in 1951 to educate – and reassure – the
country that there were ways to survive an atomic
attack from the Soviet Union.
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During the Cold War,
students were also required
to wear dog tags so that
bodies could be identified in
the event of an attack.
INFO. INCLUDED
Full Name
Parent Name
Address
Birthday
THE COLD WAR
PRACTICE: when you hear
the siren, duck and cover!
HOT or COLD: Events of the Cold War.
The images were
published within the
last decade.
What do these
political cartoons
indicate about the
current relationship
between the United
States and Russia?
What do they imply
about our futures?