SSUSH20 The student will analyze the impact of the Cold War on the United States.
a. Describe the creation of the Marshall Plan, U.S. commitment to Europe, the Truman Doctrine, and the origins and implications of the containment policy.
b. Explain the impact of the new communist regime in China and the outbreak of the Korean War and how these events contributed to the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
c. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis. d. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive, and growing opposition to the war.
e. Explain the role of geography on the US containment policy, the Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War.
SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the United States, 1945-1975.
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.
· Why did both sides in the Cold War have misperceptions of each other? · How did the Cold War affect the United States’ view of post-war nationalism around the world? · Why did the United States develop a policy of containment? · How did the Cold War influence events within the United States? · How did the western democracies achieve victory in the Cold War? · Why did both sides in the Cold War have misperceptions of each other? · How did the Cold War affect the United States’ view of post-war nationalism around the world? · Why did the United States develop a policy of containment? · How did the Cold War influence events within the United States? · How did the western democracies achieve victory in the Cold War?
Key Questions:
Why did both sides in the Cold War have a misperceptions of each other and what was it? · How the Cold War affect the United States’ view of post-war nationalism around the world ?· Why the United States develop a policy of containment ?· How the Cold War influence events within the United States? · How the western democracies achieve victory in the Cold War?·Explain the beliefs of both sides of the Cold war powers · Explain what the United States’ view was of post-war nationalism around the world · Explain how the United States carried out a policy of containment · Explain what events were influenced by the Cold War within the United States?
Vocabulary:
Cold war
Marshall plan
Containment policy
Communist
Refugee camps
George Marshall
Warsaw pact
Berlin Airlift
Arms race
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Red Army
38th Parallel
Korean war
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Domino Theory Dien Bien Phu
Bay of Pigs
Joseph McCarthy
House Un-American Activities Committee
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
NATO
Wagner Act
National relations Board
NLRB
Sit down strike Geneva Accords Vietcong Ho Chi Minh Trail Tonkin Gulf Resolution Tet Offensive
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Georgia Performance Standards:
a. Describe the creation of the Marshall Plan, U.S. commitment to Europe, the Truman Doctrine, and the origins and implications of the containment policy.
b. Explain the impact of the new communist regime in China and the outbreak of the Korean War and how these events contributed to the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
c. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis. d. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive, and growing opposition to the war.
e. Explain the role of geography on the US containment policy, the Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War.
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.
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Essential Questions:
· Why did both sides in the Cold War have misperceptions of each other?· How did the Cold War affect the United States’ view of post-war nationalism around the world?
· Why did the United States develop a policy of containment?
· How did the Cold War influence events within the United States?
· How did the western democracies achieve victory in the Cold War?
· Why did both sides in the Cold War have misperceptions of each other?
· How did the Cold War affect the United States’ view of post-war nationalism around the world?
· Why did the United States develop a policy of containment?
· How did the Cold War influence events within the United States?
· How did the western democracies achieve victory in the Cold War?
Key Questions:
Why did both sides in the Cold War have a misperceptions of each other and what was it? · How the Cold War affect the United States’ view of post-war nationalism around the world ? · Why the United States develop a policy of containment ? · How the Cold War influence events within the United States? · How the western democracies achieve victory in the Cold War? · Explain the beliefs of both sides of the Cold war powers · Explain what the United States’ view was of post-war nationalism around the world · Explain how the United States carried out a policy of containment · Explain what events were influenced by the Cold War within the United States?Vocabulary:
Marshall plan
Containment policy
Communist
Refugee camps
George Marshall
Warsaw pact
Berlin Airlift
Arms race
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Red Army
38th Parallel
Korean war
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Domino Theory
Dien Bien Phu
Joseph McCarthy
House Un-American Activities Committee
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
NATO
Wagner Act
National relations Board
NLRB
Sit down strike
Geneva Accords
Vietcong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Tet Offensive
Resources:
1. Stalin's obituary click here2. Sputnik in space click here
3. McCarthyism
4. The Truman Doctrine Announced here
5. Mao Tse Tung obituary click here
6. Time line of the Cold War click here
7. The Cold War Museumclick here
8. Containment Policy click here
9. Korean War click here
10. The Cuban Missle Crisis with recordings click here
11. Click here to view video on the Cuban Crisis
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