11/15 Reteach and Wrap-Up of Cold War Unit

1. Geography of Containment.
2. Go over Ch. 19 S4 Homework.
3. McCarthyism--go over.
4. Ch. 19 Review for Exam:

Cold War of the 1950’s
Review for Exam ----Ch. 19, all outside readings and videos.

I. Names and terms to know:

a. Mao Zedong b. Jiang Jieshi c. Nikita Kruschev
d. Douglas MacArthur e. Joseph Stalin
f. Harry Truman g. Dwight Eisenhower h. John Foster Dulles
i. George Marshall j. Winston Churchill
k. brinksmanship l. containment m. iron curtain
n. limited war o. massive retaliation

II. Events in the Cold War
a. Soviets refuse to hold elections in Eastern Europe as promised at Yalta
i. U.S.S.R. develops their own atomic weapon.
b. Germany is divided at the Potsdam Conference
j. Korean War 1950-53.
c. Berlin Blockade by U.S.S.R. calls the allies into action and the Berlin Airlift
k. MAD
d. The creation on NATO and the Warsaw Pact
l. Mike and the development of the H-Bomb
e. Creation of the CIA
m. Soviets catch up----develop their own H-Bomb
f. Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine
n. Sputnik I---The Race for Space
g. NSC-68 and the massive military buildup in the U.S.
o. The U-2 Incident
h. Chinese Civil War

Be able to answer the following essay questions

a. What was the Cold War? Describe several important events from the beginning of the Cold War. Do you agree or disagree with the actions of the U.S. during these events. Explain your response.
b. Describe several important events in the Korean War. Describe the disagreement between President Truman and General MacArthur. Do you agree with President Truman or General MacArthur? Explain your response