Download ch. 38: origins of the cold war

NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
CH. 38: ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
1. What does the picture of the troops show?
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The first time that American and Soviet troops met
2. What does the red star, hammer and sickle represent on the USSR’s flag?
RED STAR: COMMUNIST PARTY
HAMMER: INDSTRIAL WORKERS
SICKLE: AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
SECTION 2: FORMING AN UNEASY PEACE
3. What were some of the issues/concerns between the US and the USSR following WWII?
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Division of occupied Germany
US wanted to support capitalism, democracy and free elections
USSR wanted to support communism and denounced capitalist ideas
USSR wanted to make Poland part of its sphere of influence
4. What were some of the hardships facing the USSR following the War?
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20 million deaths and 7 million soldiers
Stalingrad and Kiev were destroyed
US cut off aid to USSR due to Stalin not following through with his promises
SECTION 3: ADJUSTING TO A POSTWAR WORLD
5. What did the US policy of “Containment” do?
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Restricted Soviet expansion
Supported Democratic ideals
6. Why was the UN Atomic Energy Commission’s proposal unfair to the USSR?
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Baruch Plan: Allowed for the US to maintain its nuclear weapons while prohibiting
the USSR and any other nations from building them
SECTION 4: CONFRONTING THE COMMUNIST THREAT
7. Who coined the term “Iron Curtain?”
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in
the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”
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NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
8. What was the purpose of the “Truman Doctrine?”
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Truman used the policy of “Containment” to support any nation resisting
communism
The overall aim was to prevent the USSR from world domination and keeping a
power balance
First used to protect Greece and Turkey from communist takeovers
SECTION 5: REBUILDING EUROPEAN ECONOMIES
9. Using the Marshall Plan chart, fill in the following:
US $ SPENT: $ 13 BILLION
# EUROPEAN NATIONS: 16
10. Fill in the top 5 nations in terms of how much they received from the Marshall Plan:
RANK
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2
3
4
5
NATION
UK
FRANCE
ITALY
WEST GERMANY
NETHERLANDS
US $ RECEIVED
$3.2 BILLION
$2.7 BILLION
$1.5 BILLION
$1.3 BILLION
$1.1 BILLION
CH. 39: THE COLD WAR EXPANDS
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
13. What does “espionage” mean?
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Spying
14. What happened during the “U-2 Incident?”
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US sent the U-2 spy plane to monitor USSR military installations and it was shot
down leading to tension between the two nations
SECTION 2: EUROPE FEELS THE HEAT OF THE COLD WAR
15. What happened to occupied Germany in March of 1948 that anger the USSR?
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Berlin Blockade: Halted all land travel to Allied occupied Berlin
Blockade was caused by the uniting of US, UK and French occupied states into a
“West German State” using a common currency called the “Deutschemark”
USSR thought this would force the Allies to leave Berlin and Germany
Berlin Airlift: Almost a year of 270,000 flights dropping 2.5 million tons of supplies
USSR ended blockade and allowed for a West German state to be created
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NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
16. What was the Soviet response to the formation of NATO?
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): US and Allies military alliance
ORIGINAL MEMBERS: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK, the US
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Warsaw Pact: USSR and satellites military alliance
ORIGINAL MEMBERS: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, USSR
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The US did not support the Hungarian revolt in 1956 against their Soviet-backed
communist regime due to the fact that they did not want to create a NATO v.
Warsaw Pact conflict leading to war
SECTION 3: CHOOSING SIDES: THE COLD WAR TURNS HOT IN ASIA
17. How did Mao Zedong and the Communists take over China?
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Mao won a decades long civil war over the US supported Nationalist government
forcing them to flee to Taiwan by growing support from the peasants
18. What was the outcome of the Korean War?
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Liberated from Japan and divided along the 38th parallel
USSR occupied the North and supported communism
UN occupied the South and supported democracy and capitalism
USSR/China supported North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung’s invasion of the South
US lifted economic restrictions on Japan to create an ally against communist China
in the Pacific
UN forces recovered and pushed the North Koreans to the Chinese border
Over 300,000 Chinese troops met UN forces causing them to retreat
The “UN Police Action” led to an armistice declared at the original border along the
38th parallel and still stands today
SECTION 4: FIGHTING THE COLD WAR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
19. How did the United States Information Agency use propaganda?
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Radio broadcasts, books, films, news articles
Denounced communism while praising capitalism and democratic ideals
Sent radio broadcasts into USSR and satellite nations in local languages
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NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
20. What is an example of a covert action taken by the US?
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USSR: U-2 Spy Plane Incident
IRAN: Overthrew Iranian leader who nationalized the once private Anglo-Iranian
Oil Company (BP) reinstating a monarchy under the “Shah”
Guatemala: US helped overthrow a democratically elected leader who was going to
take United Fruit Company (Chiquita Bananas) land and redistribute to landless
peasants
SECTION 5: AN ARMS RACE THREATENS GLOBAL DESTRUCTION
21. How does the “H-Bomb” differ from the “A-Bomb?”
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The “Hydrogen Bomb” fused atoms together instead of splitting them making it even
more powerful and causing even greater damage than the atomic bomb
22. What were some examples of new technology from the “Nuclear Arms Race?”
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H-Bomb
Nuclear Missles
Nuclear Powered Submarines
SECTION 6: CURRENT CONNECTIONS: LOOKING AT M.A.D. TODAY
23. Who are two examples of “rogue states” that pose as nuclear threats?
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North Korea
Iran
24. Using the chart, fill in which countries have the most nuclear warheads/bombs and
about how many in 2002:
RANK
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NATION
USA
RUSSIA
CHINA
UK
FRANCE
# OF WARHEADS/BOMBS
10,000 +
8,000 +
>2,000
>2,000
>2,000
CH.40: FIGHTING THE COLD WAR AT HOME
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
25. How were “Dog Tags” used for ordinary Americans during the Cold War?
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NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
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Children were given dog tags in case of a nuclear attack their bodies could be
identified
SECTION 2: SEARCHING FOR THE COMMUNISTS ON THE HOME FRONT
26. According to “100 Things You Should Know About Communism in the U.S.A.”:
What is communism?:
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“A system by which one small group seeks to rule the world.”
What do communists want?:
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“To rule your mind and your body from cradle to grave. ”
Where can a communist be found?:
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“Look for him in your school, your labor union, your church, or your civic club.”
27. Who were some of the victims of the 2nd Red Scare during the Cold War?
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Communists, Communist sympathizers, Actors, Directors, Alger Hiss, Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg, Hollywood 10
28. Who was Joseph McCarthy and what was “McCarthyism?”
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Wisconsin Senator who led a “Crusade Against Communism”
He accused members of the military, State Department and others of being
communists
McCarthyism: practice of publicly accusing people of subversive activities
without evidence to back up the charges
SECTION 3: LIVING WITH NUCLEAR ANXIETY
29. How did the Federal Civil Defense Agency prepare Americans for a nuclear war?
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Worked to inform citizens with the help of the military and emergency services how
to prepare for war or any disastrous situation
“Operation Alert” prepared cities and towns for evacuation procedures
Used advertisements, propaganda, film strips, posters, informative brochures, etc.
30. What measures did average Americans take to protect themselves during the Cold War?
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Public and private bomb/fallout shelters
Operation Alert to evacuate cities
Dog tags to ID children
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NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
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“Duck and Cover” training in schools
“Iron Curtain” CH. 38/Section 4 (pg. 497)
DIRECTIONS: Recreate the map by coloring and showing using a key:
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Communist Nations
Noncommunist Nations
“Iron Curtain”
West Germany
East Germany
Berlin
“A Divided Europe, 1955” CH. 39/Section 2 (pg.505)
DIRECTIONS: Recreate the map by coloring and showing using a key:
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NATO Members
Warsaw Pact
Members
Nonmembers
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USSR
UK
Poland
West Germany
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East Germany
Yugoslavia
NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
“The Korean War, 1950-1953” CH. 39/Section 3 (pg. 509)
DIRECTIONS: Recreate the map by coloring and showing using a key:
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China
USSR
North Korea
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South Korea
Pyongyang
Inchon
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Seoul
38th parallel
DMZ
“Cold War Hot Spots, 1944-1965”CH. 39/Section 4 (pgs. 512-513)
DIRECTIONS: Recreate the following by coloring and showing using a key:
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NAME:_______________
American History/Mr. Jordan
Unit 11: The Early Cold War
DIRECTIONS: Use your CH. 38-40 in your textbook (pgs. 489-525) or go to learntci.com to complete
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CONFLICT
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