American History
3rd Grading Period (10 days)
Power Objective:
Academic Vocabulary:
 Analyze the impact of the Cold War. (AH)
 See Below
Cold War
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
 Unresolved issues at the end of WWII led to the
Cold War and the evolution of nuclear weapons.
 Were nuclear weapon development necessary to
compete during the Cold War?
 The US foreign policy during the Cold War led to
several wars that changed our country forever.
 Did containment do more harm than good to our
attempt to limit the spread of communism? Explain
your answer.
 The fear of communism can be compared to
today’s fear of terrorism.
 Compare and Contrast the Red Scare to present day
fear of foreign
terrorism
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to metaking place in the United
States. to understand
interdependence?
 How did
 the collapse of Eastern Europe bring an end
to theCold War?
 The collapse of Eastern Europe led to the end of
the Cold War and a European continent that was
completely reorganized.
Power Objective and Supporting Indicators:
 Analyze the impact of the Cold War. (AH)
 AH.23 Research the use of atomic weapons during WW II and how it changed the nature of the war, altered the
balance of power and began the nuclear age.
 AH.24MC Analyze the policy of containment the United States followed during the Cold War in response to the
spread of communism.
 AH.25MC Explain how the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism reflected Cold War fears in American society.
 AH.26MC Analyze how the Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international
politics between the end of World War II and 1992.
 AH.27MC Explain how the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. brought an end
to the Cold War.
Academic Vocabulary:
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Postdam Conference
Nuremburg Trials
United Nations
Zionism
Satellite Nations
Containment
Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Airlift
NATO
Warsaw Pact
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C.I.A.
U-2Incident
Sputnik
National Security Council