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Brooks World History Unit 9-The Cold War The Cold War Thaws Ch. 17.5 Notes Determining Main Ideas: As you read this section for the first time, take notes to answer these questions. How did each country try to resist Soviet rule? 1. Hungary 2. Czechoslovakia What was the foreign policy of each U.S. president? 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Lyndon Johnson What was the objective of each of the following? 8. détente 9. SALT 1 Treaty 3. China 6. Richard Nixon 7. Ronald Reagan 10. “Star Wars” Critical Thinking: As you read the section a second time, answer these questions. Be sure you use complete sentences and support your ideas with examples or details from the reading. Why was the Soviet Union determined to keep Hungary as a satellite? Why was Nikita Khrushchev removed from power in 1964? Who was the Soviet leader who “blinked”? How was the SALT I Treaty an example of realpolitik? Do you think that Robert McNamara’s view of the Soviet threat in Cuba was justified? Explain. What would have been two effects of Congress’s refusal to ratify SALT II In what ways did Nixon’s and Reagan’s policies toward the Soviet Union differ? How did SDI increase world tensions? Summary Questions What do you consider to be the most significant reason for the collapse of détente? What effects did destalinization have on Soviet satellite countries? What changes did Alexander Dubček seek to make in Czechoslovakia? Why was the policy of brinkmanship replaced? In view of Soviet postwar era policies toward Eastern Europe, what reasons did people in Eastern Europe have for resistance? Do you think it was a wise political decision for Nixon to visit Communist China and the Soviet Union? What was the result of Reagan’s move away from détente? Cold War Propaganda Directions: Create a movie poster for a film about a key Cold War event in the space below. The film could be a documentary, a drama, or a satire; your poster should reflect the tone of the film. Your poster should have the name of the field, a slogan or tagline, and it should make it perfectly clear which event the film is based on.