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1. What is the cold war? (Slide 2)
2. List some examples of cold War events: (Slide 3)
3. What happened to Germany as a result of the Yalta Conference? (Slide 6)
1. Decided to
_____________
____________ into four
zones.
2. Great_____________,
_____________ ____________,
France, and The Soviet Union took
one of the four Zones
3. Did the same thing with
the city of
_______________.
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4. Hook and Bridge/ Turn and Talk: With a partner analyze the map of Germany after Yalta with this
scenario: The Soviet Union attempts to convert the entire city of Berlin to Communism, and blocks all
trade in and out of the city to attempt to weaken West Berlin. What would you do as a leader of a non
communist nation? Consider these questions: What surrounds the city of Berlin? Can anything stop a
blockade of goods going in and out of West Berlin. (Slide 8)
5. What were the events that led up to and caused the crisis in Berlin? (Slides 9 & 10)
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1.
CRISIS IN
BERLIN
4. ___________
_____________
wanted weak
Germany so that
they can keep
control in region.
3. __________.
2.
6.
5.
8. No ___________ force. Instead,
used
7.
____________to fly supplies from
West
Germany into _____________
Berlin
for 10 months.
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6. Because Communism has a ____________________ standard of living, the _______________ side of
Berlin was much nicer.
7. To stop people from going from East Berlin to West Berlin, the Soviets built the
___________________________(Slide 12)
8. The Berlin wall symbolized ______________________________________(Slide 13)
9. The wall remained standing until ______________________. Less than a year later East and West
Germany were reunified. (Slide 16)
10. The fall of the Berlin Wall represented what? (Slide 17)
11. What happened in Europe shortly after WWII? (Slide 19)
12. What was the plan for both the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII? (Slide 19)
United States plan after WWII:
Soviet Union’s plans after WWII:
** ___________
Soviet Union wanted to
____________
wanted to ____________or keep
_______________Communism
Communism from spreading.
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This Leads To: ________
_____________ between the
two countries.
13. What were the two organizations that were created during the Cold War? (Slide 20)
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
14. The goal of the United Nations is to? (Slide 23)
15. The 5 security Council members are? How could you categorize them? (Slide 23)
a. ____________________
b. ____________________
c. ____________________
d. ____________________
e. ____________________
16. Why has the U.N. been mostly ineffective (other than providing humanitarian relief)? (Slide 25)
17. The theory that if one country turns communist, others will follow is what? (Slide 26)
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18. Because of this, the U.S. followed a policy of _______________________. (Slide 27)
19. What are the two events in Europe that made the U.S. engage in containment? What were the polices
that were put into effect? (Slide 30)
Event #1 : _________________ War raged in Greece and ___________________ tried to overthrow a prowestern noncommunist gov’t.
Event #2: ______________________ also pressured ____________________ to give them key straits in
their country leading to the Mediterranean Sea for trading.
20. What countries go through independence movements during the early Cold War? Think, Pair, Share:
In your learning logs explain why this is so important. (Use a world map in your textbooks to identify
where these areas are in the world. (Slide 31)
1. Phi__________________
2. In_________________
3. Pakistan
4. B_____________
5. 25 _________________ nations in 1950’s and 1960’s
6. _____________ and _______________ fight in Palestine
7. UN _____________ Palestine up into independent Jewish and Arab States
HELPS RESULT
IN THIS
CONTAINMENT
POLICY:
AND THIS
CONTAINMENT
POLICY:
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The _______
_________ Doctrine
Thhe ______________________ Plan
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21. What happened in China in 1949? Why was it a concern for the U.S.? (Slide 35)
China 1949
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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1. How did WWII have an effect on the lead up to the Korean War? (Slide 38)
The Road to the Korean War
1.
2.
3.
4.
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2. What series of events took place in the Korean War and what were the results.
(See Maps throughout presentation) (Slides 39-40)
Start of Korean War:
We begin at the 38th
Parallel. (See Map)
2. Truman reacts
quickly
“K___________ is
the Greece of the far
east” Stand up against
_________________.
1. Because it was a
___________ attack
the
____________Korean
s were driven all the
way back to the port
of Pusan
3.
5. _____________________
4.
encourages Truman to attack
North Korea: Goal to create
unified DEMOCRATIC Korea
6.
11. _______________
war ends where it
_______________No
Victory for either side.
_________________Zo
ne set up or DMZ.
7.
8.
10.
9. _______________publicly
criticizes president: Strong public
support for MacArthur. (WWII
hero) President Truman fires
________________________.
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3. What is the Significance of the Korean War today? (Slide 25)
4. Think, pair, share: In your Learning Logs, respond to this: Was there a victory for either side in Korea?
What would have happened if we did not get involved at all? Should we have gotten involved?
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Red Scare:
1. What was the red scare? (Slide 59)

That there were ______________ communist ______________ all around the U.S.
2. Two famous spies of the ere included: (Slide 60 and 61)
3. What senator from Wisconsin became famous for accusing someone to communist and disloyal
without any evidence? (Slide 62)
America in the 1950’s
4. What did Eisenhower do to promote success at home and compete against the Soviets Abroad? (Slide
63)
5. How did the booming economy change the social and cultural life of Americans during the 1950’s?
(Slide 62)
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The Arms Racee
66. What tw
wo countriess led the way
y with the arms
a
race? ((Slide 65)
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___________
__________
_ and
______________________________
77. Neither country
c
useed these wea
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use the fear was that ussing these w
weapons wou
uld create
________
__________
___. (Slide 65)
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88. Types off weapons: (Slide
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67)
Cub
ban Missile Crisis
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Cuba and B
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n _________
_________________ in 19959 and Cubba becomes aan ally of thee
Fidell Castro Seizzed power in
_____
__________
___________
______.
The Bay
B of Pigs
1. April, 1961 1,500 CIA--trained
Cu
uban exiles attempted
a
too
__
___________
____
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__________.
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U.S. faails to providde
promissed ____________
______
___ and Cubban
forces are crushed .
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10. Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Slide 72 and 73)

The U.S. forced the ______________________________ to withdraw it missiles from Cuba.
1. In mid-October 1962, an American
____________ ___________
discovered the Soviets building
launching sites for _____________
_________________
2.
3. After ___________ agonizing days,
the ________________ ships turned
back and Soviet leaders agreed to
withdraw their missiles from Cuba
4.
The Space Race
11. What was the space race? (Slide 74)
12. What does “sputnik” mean? What was it? (Slide 75)
13. ____________________ = American and Cosmonauts = ______________________ (Slide 76)
14. In 1969 the Americans send the first man on the moon. His name was (Slide 78)
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Kennedy/Johnsson
115. Who was the presid
dent that too
ok the oath of office in 1961 at the age of 43? ((Slide 80)
116. What three things did
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d fears of thee Cold
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Slide 82)
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o Gun ____
_________ rang out.
o The presid
dent ______
___________
_______ in hhis seat.
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_________________. Thaat afternoonn, Vice Presiident Lyndon
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1. The roots of the _______________ conflict go back to _________________________, when Vietnamese
forces led by _______________________ Ho Chi Minh fought against the Japanese. (Slide 89)
2. What happened after WWII? (Slide 89-90)
1. After ________________ Vietnam
declared its _________________ and fought
a war with France who claimed it was still a
French __________________.
2.
_______________
_________________, a peace conference in
Geneva, Switzerland in 1954 decided that
Vietnam would be ______________________
temporarily and unified in 1956 after national
elections.
3.
4.
5.
3. The Conflict Deepens. The U.S. gets more involved to stop the spread of ________________________.
(Slide 92)
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4. What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution do? (Slide 92)
5. Why was fighting a ground war in Vietnam difficult? (Slide 92)
6. What were some of the devastating objects, tactics, and weapons that caused death, and illness in
Vietnam? (Slide 93)
Vietnam's Weapons and War Tactics
1. The American forces began to conduct _____________ and _________________
_________________ the goal of which was to seek out Vietcong or North Vietnamese
units and destroy them.
2. _______________________ _________________________ Walking or fighting right
above the enemy and do not know it. (Jungle Warfare)
3. Both sides used ____________________s to drop ________________ an
_______________________ that burned intensely, to destroy jungle growth.
4. To improve __________________, ________________ herbicides were sprayed in
Vietnam to clear out forests and tall grasses.

___________________ _________________ is believed to have contaminated
many Americans and Vietnamese, causing serious health problems.
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7. Think Pair and Share: What are your thoughts of the pictures and discussion that we have had on
Vietnam’s war tactics and weapons? What would you have done if you did not know where the enemy
was? (Slides 14-19)
8. Who were the individuals that opposed the war a part of? (Slide 104)
9. Why did some think that the draft was unfair? (Slide 104)
10. Who were the Doves? (Slide 105)
11. Who were the Hawks? (Slide 105)
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12. What event shaped this year of Crisis? (Slide 22-24)
2.Democratic senators
Eugene McCarthy and
Robert ________________
announced that they would
run for the party’s
nomination for the
presidency and were
supported by the _______
_____________protesters.
1. _______
______________ January
31, 1968, the
___________ Vietnamese
and Vietcong launched a
series of attacks, which
marked a ____________
point in the War.
3. On the evening of
April 4, a sniper in
Memphis, Tennessee,
shot and ____________
___________________
_______ Jr.
4. In June 1968, an
assassin shot and
_________________
_Robert Kennedy.
5. _______________
erupted between antiwar protesters and
police outside of
________________
Convention.
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13. Nixon developed a new _________________________ for the war and took steps to reform the draft
called _________________ ________________________ _________________. (Slide 111)
14. What did Nixon do once elected? (Slide 111)
15. What happens in 1969 and 1970? (Slide 117)
16. What year did the United States pull all troops out of Vietnam? (Slide 120)
17. What was the North Vietnamese goal in Vietnam? (Slide 120)
18. What was the final result of the Vietnam War by April 1975? (Slide 120)
19. What statistics of the Vietnam War stand out to you the most? Why? (Slide 122)
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1. Who was Henry Kissinger? (Slide 132)
2. What does détente mean? (Slide 132)
3. What is the goal of détente? (Slide 132)
4. How did Nixon work with the communist countries of the Soviet Union and China? (Slide 134)
The Soviet Union
China
1. In 1969 Nixon began talks with the
____________ ____________ in
order to __________ the arms race.
6. Nixon wanted to ____________
relations with the Communist
People’s Republic of ___________.
2. Known as the _____________ Arms
_______________ Talks (SALT)
7. Believed that ______________
relations with China would force a
more ______________ relationship
with the _____________ Union
(China’s rival), and his efforts were
done secretly
3. Both nations had increased their
number of weapons and made
innovations in weapons technology
(Ex. antiballistic missiles, or ABMs).
4. In 1972 Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev
agreed to an ABM treaty.
5. Following this round of talks (now
called ___________ I), negotiations
began on a ______________ round of
discussions.
8. Nixon surprised ______________ by
visiting ______________ in 1972
where he met with Chinese leaders
and Mao Zedong. “Let us start on
our march together not in lockstep,
but be on different roads to achieve
the same goal of world peace.
5. Think, Pair, Share: How do you feel about the policy of detente and the way that Nixon deals with the
Soviet Union and China? Do you think this is a smart way to carry out our nation's foreign policy?
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6. What were the two main events in the Middle East that affected the U.S. economy? What were they
about? (Slide 135)
1973 Yom Kippur War
1967 Six Day War
This adds
7. Who were the "Plumbers" and what was their job? (Slide 138)
8. Where did the Plumbers break into? Why? (Slide 138)
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9. What were the significant events to the story of the Watergate Scandal? (Slides 140 and 141)
1. _________________ a republican, orders the Plumbers to _______________ into the
_______________ headquarters at ___________________ Hotel during his
_________________campaign in 1972 to get _______________ about the democrats. The
media starts large investigation.
2. After _____________ wins, the investigation to the _________________ intensifies. The
________________ does their own investigation, and finds out that Nixon’s former aide said
that Nixon ___________________ ____________________ all conversations in White
House since 1971. Nixon _____________________ to give up tapes.
3. Nixon claims _______________ _________________ (white house conversations should
be kept confidential) and has right to _____________________ tapes. Prosecutor rejects this
and demands tapes. Saturday Night massacre, Nixon _______________ prosecutor and public
is shocked.
4. Nixon continues to ___________ he is involved refuses to give up tapes, public confidence
low, and White House reveals 18 minutes has been ________________. Supreme
______________ ruled have to give up tapes. House recommends __________________, and
Nixon _______________ the presidency 8/8/1974. Must have been evidence on tapes of
10. Why is this significant in United States history? (Slide 142)
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11. After Nixon resigns who becomes president? (Slide 18)
12. What happens to the Cold War in the 1980's? (Slide 145)
A THAW IN THE COLD WAR
The Soviet Union
U.S. Soviet Relations
1. By the late 1970s the Soviet
economy was ___________.
1. A visionary leader came to power in the
Soviet Union—___________ Gorbachev.
2. Industrial and farm production,
population growth, education, and
medical care all ___________.
2. Believed the only way to save the
____________ Union was to strike a deal
with the __________ ____________.
3. The Soviet Union started
_____________ food
3. Between 1985 and 1988 __________ and
_______________ met four times and
produced the Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Treaty.
4. Satellite Nations also experience
similar ___________ shows
weakness.
4. INF Treaty: __________ treaty to
actually ____________ nuclear arms
destroyed a whole class of weapons
(more than 2,500 missiles).
5. Reagan remains ___________ with
communism.
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13. What two events opened the up the Soviet Union from communist suppression? (Slides 146)
Perestroika
Glasnost
1. Gorbachev announced a new era
of glasnost, or
“_____________.”
6. Gorbachev began the process of
perestroika, the “____________”
of the corrupt government
bureaucracy.
2. Lifted media ____________,
allowing public _____________
of the government
7. Dismantled the Soviet central
_______________ system
3. Gorbachev held press
_____________.
8. ____________ elections took
place in 1989.
4. Slowly Soviet citizens began to
___________ out.
9. Withdrew from
________________
5. They complained about the price
of _________, of empty store
____________, and of their sons
10. Visited with ______________ to
ease tensions between the nations
THIS LEADS TO.....
The Beginning of the Collapse of the Soviet Empire:
1. Awakened a spirit of _________________ in the satellite nations of Eastern Europe
2. Gorbachev knew the _______________ could not support the ailing Eastern European economies
13.3.What
happensa on
November
9, 1989? (Slide 19) from the region and warned leaders to adopt
He ordered
large
troop _________________
reforms.
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