Cold War
Discovery Education
NOTEBOOK TITLE: Democracy vs. Communism
1. Describe Communism (p. 530 NC)
2. Define Cold War (p. 532-533 NC) (Bonus: What is a hot war?!)
3. Define "containment" p.534 NC.
4. Define "brinksmanship" p.537 NC.
Draw the chart and fill in the blanks comparing democracy & communism.
Name of
N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic
Alliance
Treaty Organization)
Communist
Type of
Government
Lead Nations
The United States
5 Other Allies
(countries)
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan" and answer the following
questions using a complete sentence and restating the question in your answer.
5. What message was the U.S. sending the Soviet Union by establishing the Truman Doctrine and
Marshall plans?
NOTEBOOK TITLE: "Korean War"
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Start of Korean War" and answer the following questions using
complete sentences and restating the question in your answer.
1. Why do you think it was significant that the Cold War finally had its first military challenge?
2. Describe the outcome of the Korean War.
NOTEBOOK TITLE: "Vietnam War"
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Vietnam War" and answer the following questions using complete
sentences and restating the question in your answer.
1. During the Cold War, why do you think the U.S. got involved with countries that were considered
"strategically unimportant"?
Use pages 538-547 in your North Carolina Text to complete the following. Please use complete
sentences.
2. Define Domino Theory p. 538 NC.
3. Describe three reasons why the Vietnam War became difficult to win p. 540-541 NC.
4. List three "legacies" of the Vietnam War p. 546 NC.
5. List two political effects of the Vietnam War p. 547 NC.
NOTEBOOK TITLE: Red Scare, HUAC, and McCarthyism
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Red Scare and HUAC" and answer the following questions using
complete sentences and restating the question in your answer.
1. What caused and intensified the fear of the "Red Scare"?
Watch the Discovery Ed video "McCarthyism" and answer the following questions using complete
sentences and restating the question in your answer.
2. Describe three effects caused by the actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Watch the Discovery Ed video "U-2 Incident" and answer the following question using complete
sentences and restating the question in your answer.
3. Why did the U-2 incident increase tension between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.?
NOTEBOOK TITLE: Cold War Cuba
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Bay of Pigs" and answer the following questions by writing a
complete sentence that restates the question in your answer.
1. Why was the United States concerned about Cuba?
2. Name two ways the U.S. tried to stop communism in Cuba?
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Cuban Missile Crisis" and answer the following questions by writing
a complete sentence that restates the question in your answer.
3. Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis called "the gravest confrontation of the Cold War"?
NOTEBOOK TITLE: Reagan and Star Wars
Watch the Discovery Ed video "America’s First Astronauts" and answer the following questions
using complete sentences and restating the questions in your answer.
1. Describe how the “Space Race” was related to the Cold War.
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Reagan Doctrine and Star Wars" and answer the following
questions using complete sentences and restating the questions in your answer.
2. How and why was President Reagan's plan for “Star Wars” to end communism
controversial?
NOTEBOOK TITLE: The Berlin Wall
Watch the Discovery Ed video "Berlin Wall" and answer the following questions using complete
sentences and restating the questions in your answers.
1. Describe the difference between West and East Berlin in 1960 using the graphic organizer below.
West Berlin
East Berlin
2. Who built the Berlin Wall and why?
Watch the Discovery Ed video "End of the Cold War" and answer the following questions using
complete sentences and restating the questions in your answers.
3. What do you think is the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev?