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The Cold War
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World World War II world.
1.
Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the
development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic
recoveries of Germany and Japan.
2.
Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the
other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
3.
Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the
pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread
of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast
Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
4.
Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and
economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the
Tiananmen Square uprising).
5.
Describe the uprisings in Poland (1952), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those
countries' resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from
Soviet control.
6.
Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust
affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of
the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs.
7.
Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command
economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in
satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
8.
Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the
Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.
Chapter 14 Section 5
Nuremburg
United Nations (UN)
Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Warsaw Pact
Why did the allies hold war crimes trials for Axis leaders?
Compare and contrast the United Nations and the League of Nations.
What post-war issues caused the Western Allies and the Soviet Union to disagree?
What policy did the United States establish with the Truman Doctrine?
Chapter 15 Section 1
Super powers
Anti-ballistic missiles
(ABMs)
Ronald Regan
Détente
Fidel Castro
John f. Kennedy
Ideology
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Containment
1. How was Europe divided, and what were three consequences of its division?
2. What factors discouraged the use of nuclear weapons during the Cold War?
3. How did the US and the Soviet Union confront each other around the world during the
Cold war?
4. How did the Soviet government handle critics of its policies?
5. How did Americans respond to the threat of communism at home and over seas?
Chapter 15 Section 2
Recession
Suburbanization
Segregation
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Discrimination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Konrad Adenauer
Welfare state
European Community
Gross domestic product
How was the US economy linked to the broader global economy during the Cold War?
Over time, how did the US government expand opportunities for Americans?
What were some advantages and disadvantages of the welfare state in Europe?
What factors explain Japan’s economic success in the decades after WWII?
Chapter 15 Section 3
Collectivization
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
38th parallel
Kim II Sung
Syngman Rhee
Pusan Perimeter
Demilitarized zone
1. What were the main successes and failures of the Chinese Communist Revolution?
2. Explain when and why China became involved in the Korean War.
3. How did North Korea’s economic performance compare to South Korea?
Chapter 15 Section 4
Guerrillas
Ho chi Minh
Dinbienphu
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Domino theory
Viet Cong
Tet offensive
Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot
Why did Vietnamese guerrillas fight the French in Indochina?
How did the domino theory lead the United States to send troops to Vietnam?
Why did the US withdraw its troops from Vietnam?
How did communist Vietnam dominate parts of Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War?
Chapter 15 Section 5
Mujahedin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost
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Perestrokia
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Vaclev Havel
Nicolae Ceausescu
How did Gorbachev’s policies lead to a new map Europe and Asia?
How did glasnost in the Soviet Union lead to the end of communism in Eastern Europe?
How did communist countries react differently to the collapse of the Soviet bloc?
Why did America’s position as the sole superpower produce mixed reactions?