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The Cold War & Decolonization -Learning Targets
1. What were the agreements made at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences?
2. How did the Soviets come to dominate Eastern Europe?
3. What was Winston Churchill calling for when he delivered his famous "iron curtain" speech?
4. What are the major differences between communism and capitalism? (Social, Political, Economic)
5. When was NATO founded and what nations joined?
6. When was the Warsaw Pact founded and what nations joined?
7. Why did the US place a high priority on the containment of Communist expansion, and how did the
Truman Doctrine lead to conflict?
8. Describe how the Marshall Plan was considered a lose/lose for Stalin.
9. How would you know if you are in a "third world country?"
10. How did the launching of Sputnik create a Space Race and what were the social, economic, and
political effects?
11. How did destalinization change the Soviet Union and who began this process?
12. Explain what is meant by mutually assured destruction. How did M.A.D. contribute to the Cold War
arms race?
13. Why did Khrushchev build the Berlin Wall? How did NATO interpret this act?
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14. Describe the civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists in China. How did it end and
why?
15. How did U.S. involvement in Korea reflect the Truman Doctrine? What is the significance of the
38th parallel?
16. How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis and how did that crisis impact the
leadership of the U.S. and U.S.S.R?
17. How did the creation of the state of Israel impact relations between Jews and Palestinians?
18. Why was Nasser supported by the U.S. and Soviet Union when he nationalized the Suez Canal?
19. How did Gandhi defeat the British Empire in India?
20. Why was there conflict in India after the British left?
21. What were the causes and events of the Vietnam War? Describe its aftermath.
22. How does OPEC influence economic and political policy globally?
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Source: Winston Churchill presented his Sinews of Peace, (the Iron Curtain Speech), at
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946 .
-Directions: answer the questions after reading the excerpt.
"Now I come to the second of the two marauders, to the second danger which threatens the cottage
homes, and the ordinary people -- namely, tyranny. We cannot be blind to the fact that the liberties
enjoyed by individual citizens throughout the United States and throughout the British Empire are
not valid in a considerable number of countries, some of which are very powerful. In these States
control is enforced upon the common people by various kinds of all-embracing police governments
to a degree which is overwhelming and contrary to every principle of democracy. The power of the
State is exercised without restraint, either by dictators or by compact oligarchies operating through a
privileged party and a political police. It is not our duty at this time when difficulties are so
numerous to interfere forcibly in the internal affairs of countries which we have not conquered in
war, but we must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the
rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the English-speaking world and which through
Magna Carta, the Bill of rights, the Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, and the English common law find
their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence."
1. How does Churchill describe "tyranny?"
2. What does he suggest is the United States' duty?
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the
Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.
Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities
and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one
form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in some cases, increasing
measure of control from Moscow. Athens alone -- Greece with its immortal glories -- is free to
decide its future at an election under British, American and French observation. The Russiandominated Polish Government has been encouraged to make enormous and wrongful inroads upon
Germany, and mass expulsions of millions of Germans on a scale grievous and undreamed-of are
now taking place. The Communist parties, which were very small in all these Eastern States of
Europe, have been raised to pre-eminence and power far beyond their numbers and are seeking
everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case,
and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy.
3. What is Churchill referring to when he describes an "iron curtain?"
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4. According to Churchill, how have Communist parties gained control of
Eastern Europe?
From what I have seen of our Russian friends and Allies during the war, I am convinced that there
is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness. For that
reason the old doctrine of a balance of power is unsound. We cannot afford, if we can help it, to
work on narrow margins, offering temptations to a trial of strength. If the Western Democracies
stand together in strict adherence to the principles will be immense and no one is likely to molest
them. If however they become divided of falter in their duty and if these all-important years are
allowed to slip away then indeed catastrophe may overwhelm us all.
5. According to Churchill, why do Western Democracies need to "stand
together?"
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Story Heading: Cold War: Superpowers Face Off
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I._SETTING____________________________________________________________
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II. MAIN_______________________________________________________________
CHARACTERS__________________________________________________________
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-Why
was the U.N.
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created?
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-Who
is in NATO?
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Why?
-Who
is in the
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Warsaw Pact? Why?
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III. PLOT_______________________________________________________________
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How did the iron
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curtain impact
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Soviet/U.S.
relations?
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How did the
Truman Doctrine
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cause controversy?
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How is the
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Marshall Plan and
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Brinkmanship
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connected to Cold
War politics?
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IV.WHAT I LEARNED / SUMMARY_______________________________________
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Communists Take Power in China
Section 2
A. Determining Main Ideas As you read about the civil war in China and the creation of two Chinas, take notes to answer the questions.
1. Who?
Who was Mao Zedong?
Who was Jiang Jieshi?
2. When?
When did the civil war in China resume?
When did the civil war end?
3. What?
What advantages did Nationalist forces
have?
What advantages did Communist forces
have?
5. How?
How did the superpowers react to the
existence of two Chinas?
How did Mao transform the economy of
China?
6. Why?
Why did the Great Leap Forward fail?
Why did Mao launch the Cultural
Revolution?
B. Clarifying On the back of this paper explain the reasons for the formation of
communes and Red Guards in Communist China.
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4. Where?
Where is Nationalist China located?
Where is the People’s Republic of China
located?
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Story Heading: Wars in Korea and Vietnam
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II. MAIN_______________________________________________________________
CHARACTERS__________________________________________________________
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-Why
did North
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Korea invade?
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-What
was the UN’s
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response? Why?
-Who
were the
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Vietcong?
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III. PLOT_______________________________________________________________
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fighting progress
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during the Korean
War?
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What led to
fighting in
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Vietnam?
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Why did the U.S.
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get involved?
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Why led to the
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U.S.’ withdrawal
from Vietnam?
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World History
Frankie’s House (1992)
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1. Briefly describe the following characters:
Tim Page:
Steve Cotler:
Martin Stuart-Fox:
Anthony Strickland:
John Steinbeck IV:
2. When and how does Page come to Vietnam?
3. What types of action does Page see? Give at least 2 detailed examples.
4. What item does Page pick up and keep as “lucky?” Why do you think he considers it
lucky?
5. How are the Viet Cong portrayed in this movie?
6. How are American soldiers and officers such as Major Frey portrayed?
7. Describe the climate and terrain depicted.
8. Why do you think this movie was made? What was its purpose?
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The Cold War Divides the World
Section 4
A. Following Chronological Order As you read about conflict between the superpowers over Latin America and the Middle East, answer the questions about
events listed in the time line.
1959
Fidel Castro leads a revolution
in Cuba.
1961
Castro turns back Cuban invasion
at Bay of Pigs.
1962
United States demands that
Soviets withdraw missiles from
Cuba.
1. How did revolution affect Cuba?
2. Why did the United States support the invasion?
3. How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved?
1979
Communist Sandinista rebels
overthrow dictatorship in
Nicaragua.
1981
Iran releases U.S. hostages.
4. What were the consequences of civil war for
Nicaragua?
1988
UN ceasefire ends hostilities
between Iran and Iraq.
1989
Soviet Union withdraws its
forces from Afghanistan.
6. What part did the United States play in this
Muslim war?
7. How was the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan
similar to U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
B. Determining Main Ideas On the back of this paper, define and give examples of
the Third World and nonaligned nations.
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5. Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini hate the
United States?
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The Cold War Thaws
Section 5
A. Determining Main Ideas As you read this section, take notes to answer the
questions.
How did each country try to resist Soviet rule?
1. Hungary
2. Czechoslovakia
3. China
What was the foreign policy of each U.S. president?
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4. John F. Kennedy
5. Lyndon Johnson
6. Richard Nixon
7. Ronald Reagan
What was the objective of each of the following?
8. détente
9. SALT I Treaty
10. “Star Wars”
B. Clarifying
the back of this
identify
Nikita Khrushchev and
Identify
Nikita On
Khrushchev
andpaper,
Leonid
Brezhnev.
Leonid Brezhnev.
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Section 1
The Indian Subcontinent
Achieves Freedom
A. Following Chronological Order As you read this section, take notes to answer
the questions about the time line.
1920
Mohandas Gandhi launches
first nonviolent campaign for
independence.
1. What were the major concerns of the Muslim
League?
2. What problems had to be resolved in the months
prior to independence?
1940
Muslim League proposes
partition of India at Lahore
Conference.
1947
India and Pakistan become
independent.
1949
UN arranges cease-fire
between India and Pakistan
in Kashmir.
3. What were the terms of the cease-fire?
4. How did Nehru contribute to India’s modernization
and democracy?
1964
Jawaharlal Nehru dies.
1971
The nation of Bangladesh
is formed.
1980
Indira Gandhi is reelected
India’s prime minister.
1987
Leaders of India and Sri Lanka
reach an accord.
6. What major problem did Indira Gandhi face?
7. What was the cause of turmoil in Sri Lanka?
B. Clarifying On the back of this paper, identify each of the following people:
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Benazir Bhutto
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5. What events led to the creation of this new nation?
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Conflicts in the Middle East
Section 4
A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read this section, fill in the
chart to describe cause-and-effect relationships in the Middle East.
Causes
Actions
Effects
1. Britain issues the Balfour
Declaration.
2. Independent Israel is created.
3. The 1956 Arab-Israeli war
breaks out.
4. The 1967 Six-Day War begins.
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5. The 1973 Yom Kippur War
begins.
6. Sadat and Begin sign the
Camp David Accords.
7. Rabin and Arafat issue a
Declaration of Principles.
B. Recognizing Facts and Details On the back of this paper, identify the following:
Suez Crisis
Golda Meir
PLO
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