Tuesday January 22, 2019

1. What 2 cities were bombed to end the war with Japan?

2. Who was president at the end of WWII?
3. Where were the trials held against Nazi war criminals?
4. With which country did the US face tensions at the end of
WWII?
5. What name is given to the 45+ year tensions between the US
and USSR?
6. What country was divided between the US and Soviet Union
after WWII?
7. What city within that country was also divided between them
(hint: it’s the capital)?
 Wednesday January 31, 2018
1. What name is given to the 45+ year tensions between the
US and USSR?
2. What country was divided between the US and Soviet
Union after WWII?
3. What city within that country was also divided between
them (hint: it’s the capital)?
4. The Cold War was a conflict btwn ______ countries and
_________ countries? (hint: types of economies)
5. What is the fear of communism in the US called? During
what other era did the US experience this fear?
6. What is the major difference btwn NATO and the UN?
7. What countries belong to the Warsaw Pact/Iron Curtain?
8. What 2 countries did the US occupy following WWII?
9. For what reasons did the US occupy the two countries
mentioned in #8?
1.
Thursday February 1, 2018
What policy is stopping the spread of Communism?
2. What policy said that the US would offer military support to any country
threatened by Communist forces?
3. In which 2 wars did the US get involved because of our policy of
containment?
4. What was the period of economic prosperity & a dramatic increase in
the birth rate following WWII called?
5. Who was fired by President Truman for speaking publicly against the
Korean War?
6. What was built to keep people from escaping into freedom in West
Berlin?
7. What is the term used to describe the younger generation rebelling
against their parents’ values & culture?
8. What “generation” saw the emergence of musical acts like Elvis
Presley, Ray Charles, Etta James?
9. What is the belief/fear that if one country fell to Communism, so would
all of the other countries around it called?
10. What technological advancement was in almost every home by the
1950s and had regular programming beginning in 1948?
 Order of Cold War Fill In Notes

Pick up one of each page on front table

Cut around boxes – glue/tape/staple notes
into notebook (1 per page) in this order
• Prosperity in 1950s
• Communism Spreads
• Berlin Airlift
• Social Changes
 Thursday January 19, 2017
1. Define the following words – you may use
your textbook or CHROMEBOOK (not
phones)
A. Iron Curtain
B. NATO
C. Berlin Airlift
D. Baby boom

2. Get assignment from yesterday and

continue working on it. The reading can
also be found on ENGRADE
 JANUARY 30, 2018

• Get a BINGO card from the front table.

• Get a MARKER from the front table
• Label the boxes RANDOMLY A-Z (one will
not be used)
• Pick the letters you believe are most likely
to be used/mentioned during the State of
the Union tonight
 Monday - January 25th Warm Up
In Your Planner – on Monday Jan 25 – write:
Berlin Airlift, NATO, Iron Curtain Notes
COLD WAR TEST on Friday
On your Warm Up, answer the following:
Suppose you walk into the cafeteria and see 2 students fighting. One of
them is a kid you know that is recovering from a bad injury. The other
student, a friend that you don’t trust anymore, is much larger and has
recently started bullying smaller students. How would you react?
Option 1: Don’t get involved at all and walk away
Option 2: Get a couple of your friends to help you end the fight and talk about problem with the two
students fighting.
Option 3: Jump into the fight and defend the injured classmate against your friend.
Option 4: Jump in and attack your friend to show them that you don’t tolerate their bullying and
foolishness.

Which option would you choose? Write your answer on your warm-up, tell
me WHY you chose that option.
 Thursday February 1, 2018

• Get out Federalism Chart from yesterday –

if you haven’t finished it – take 5ish
minutes to finish it.
• After 5 mins, you will have 20 minutes to
write the Federalism FRQ on the back of
the chart. 
 January 28, 2019 – Warm Up
WARM UP
• A purse with $500 and a cell phone have been
stolen. The principal calls YOU into her office and
tells you that she knows you know who took them,
but you don’t.
• She tells you that you have 2 choices:
Option 1 - Snitch on your friends and tell her who took the
purse, money, and phone
Option 2 - You get suspended for a week and sent to SRC
for 40 days.

What do you do? Why?

 January 28, 2019 – Warm Up
WARM UP
• A bag with 2 pounds of pot has been found in the
cafeteria – next to where you were sitting. The
Principal calls you into her office and says she
knows you know who it belongs to.
• She tells you that you have 2 choices:
Option 1 - Snitch on your friend(s) and tell her who the
drugs might belong to…even if you don’t know for sure
Option 2 - You get arrested, charges filed against you, get
expelled and sent to SRC for the rest of the year.

What do you do? Why?

 Monday January 23, 2017
1. Which country is
represented in the picture?
2. Which city is located on
the dot?
3. What did Soviets build to
keep people from
escaping East Berlin?
4. Which economic system
expects citizens to
conform, show loyalty to
country and might take
political prisoners?
 Monday February 5, 2018
Warm Up
• Why did the USA occupy Germany after World War II? (3 reasons)
• The “Iron Curtain” was the separation between ________ countries &
_________ controlled countries.
• Which two Cold War conflicts were a result of the US trying to stop the
spread of communism?
• An attempt to keep communism from spreading was know as
_______________.
• During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and their allies made up the
_______________.
• The race to be the first country to reach the moon was known as the
______________________.
• The “race” to see who could build the best weapons was called the
________________.
• The closest the US and SU ever came to nuclear war was the ________.
• Who is the leader of the Soviet Union that put the bomb in Cuba?
• The “witch hunt” for Communists was also called ____________________.
Post-WW2 Life and
The Cold War
 Prosperity In the 1950’s
Prosperous: wealth and success
• Baby Boom: after WW2 there was an increase
in prosperity and disposable income (money you
have available to spend) led to a large increase in the
birth rate.
• GI Bill (Government Issued): gave federal aid to
military veterans for:
– Education (college)
– Home and business purchases
– Medical (VA hospitals – Veteran Affairs)
• People were tired of living in crowded cities, and
began moving to suburbs (like Irving)
Japan Occupation after WW2 (no notes)
Purpose:
* To establish a responsible and
democratic self-government
* To make sure that Japan is NOTas not
a threat to the U.S and its
allies.
* Rebuild Japanese economy and
infrastructure.
* Civil liberties emphasized.
* Women given equality with men.
* Occupation lasted ten years.
• Germany was divided into four zones. Within 3 years the USA,
Britain, and France combined their zones to create one; West
Germany.
• Russia’s part was called East Germany.
• The entire country was finally reunified in 1990, when communism
collapsed in Russia.
Occupation of
Germany
Purpose:
1. To replace totalitarian
government.
2. Prevent civil war.
3. Nuremberg trials (for
war crimes)
4. Rebuild German
economy.
Allied occupation lasted
ten years.
 Communism Spreads
• After WW1 (around 1918), communists took over
Russia during a revolution, and named it Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• After WW2 (beginning around 1945), Soviets dominated

Eastern Europe, including half of Germany.

• Stalin’s desire to spread his ideas to other

countries led to a “Red Scare”
 Truman Doctrine
• Russia refused to give up the countries it took
from the Nazis in Eastern Europe, and Stalin
made a move to take Greece and Turkey.
• In 1947, President Truman was the first president
to say that communism must be contained.
• Containment: attempt to stop the spread of
communism (Korean War 1950-1953 and Vietnam War 1965-
1975 are perfect examples)
• Truman said the United States would support
“free people who are resisting attempted
subjugation by armed forces.”
– Subjugation: attempted take-over
• George Marshall: organized WW2 plans from
Washington, D.C. (Chief of Staff, then Secretary of
State) Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953
– 1948-1952 the “Marshall Plan” gave billions of
dollars to help Europe recover from the war.
Important move to make Europe like USA more
than Russia!
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization:
NATO created in 1949
– Security organization of democratic nations (USA and
Europe) that formed to resist Soviet aggression
• There are now 28 countries that belong to NATO
• The United Nations is a larger group, which
now has 193 member countries.
– The UN was FDR’s idea during WW2, and
began in 1945 in an effort to prevent war and
encourage trade
– Still exists today. Not all members are peaceful
• The League of Nations lasted from 1920-
1945, but was weak
– Did not prevent WW2
– President Wilson wanted it, but the USA never
joined because Congress wouldn’t approve it.
 The Cold War sides
NATO – North Atlantic Warsaw Pact Nations –
Treaty Organization the Iron Curtain
•United States •Soviet Union
•France •Lithuania
•Great Britain (UK) •Czechoslovakia
•Belgium •Hungary
•Netherlands •Romania
•Norway •Bulgaria
•Italy •Albania
•Greece •East Germany
•Turkey
•West Germany
The Iron Curtain in Europe
1945-1990
 Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)
• Soviets attempted to
remove Allies from the
city of Berlin by cutting
off access.
• It was one of the high
tension points of the
Cold War.
• U.S. instituted a massive
airlift (flew supplies into Berlin);
Soviets lifted the
blockade after a year.
 Berlin Wall
• In 1961, Russia built a wall around Berlin to keep
East Germans from escaping into freedom in
West Berlin.
• The Berlin Wall became a symbol for the Cold
War. It was finally torn down in 1989 (28 years after it
was built)
•JFK at the Berlin Wall, June 1963
•"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!“
President Ronald Reagan, June 1987
•The Berlin Wall was 96 miles long
• The “Domino Effect” was the idea that if a
country was taken over by communists,
more would follow.
– Wars in Korea and Vietnam were to prevent
communism from spreading (dominos from falling)
 Korean War (1950-1953)

• Korean War began when

Communist North Korea
invaded South Korea
• America and UN forces
aided South Korea
• Russia and China aided
North Korea.
• Korean War was a
stalemate. North Korea
withdrew to the 38th
Parallel (current border)
 Korean War (1950-1953)
•MacArthur was fired
(relieved) by President
• 36,000 Americans were Truman in 1951 for making
killed fighting in Korea public comments that went
against Truman’s plans.
MacArthur was 71 years
• The goal was to stop the old when he was relieved.
spread of communism
 Fear of Spies at Home

• During the 1950’s, the Red

Scare led to fear of Soviets
spying in America.

• There were spies, but

most people accused of
spying were innocent.

• *Senator Joseph McCarthy

falsely accused groups of
people of spying, and used
“witch hunt” tactics, which
ruined some people’s
lives. (McCarthyism)
 Fear of Spies at Home

• HUAC
House Un-American Activities
Committee (House of Representatives)
was founded to find Communists in US
– McCarthy’s paranoia led to
interrogation and blacklisting of
innocent individuals.
Was this Constitutional?
HUAC ended in 1975.

Verona Papers
The U.S. and England tried to decode
Soviet messages to try and find
spies.
•Spy Missions
 The Rosenbergs & Alger Hiss
• Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were arrested and convicted of
espionage (spying) and conspiracy to pass off information
about the atomic bomb to Soviet Union.
• They were executed by electric chair on June 19, 1953

• Alger Hiss – former US State Dept official convicted of

perjury for lying about his dealings with a communist and
whether he had passed classified information to a spy
• Hiss served 3 years in prison
• In 1996, documents from the former Soviet Union were
decoded strongly suggest his guilt!
 Impact of American Entertainment
• Since the 1950’s, America has been the
world leader in entertainment (movies, music,
fashion, sports)
• Not just cool, it’s a money maker!
• American culture diffuses (mixes) with
cultures around the world, and makes
billions of dollars a year.
 Social Changes
• Television (finally): Regular programs started in
1948, and most homes had TV’s by the 1950’s.
• Counter-Culture: rebellion against parents,
authority figures and social norms
• The “Beat Generation.” Rock music evolved
from blues, and used electric guitars.
– Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard,
Ray Charles, Etta James
 Highway Act

• In 1956, President Eisenhower (President from

1953-1961, WW2 hero) signed the Highway Act
– $25 billion
– 41,000 miles
– Eisenhower said interstate highways were needed for
quick transportation of troops during wartime
– Largest US construction project at that time.
• 1957: The Soviets’
satellite, Sputnik, was The Space Race
the first to ever orbit the
Earth (unmanned)
• This pushed the US to
invest more in education,
especially math and
science.
• The NDEA (National Defense
Education Act) gave more
money to education.

• The US also created

NASA (National Aeronautics and
Space Administration) as the
US’s space program.
• .
• The US sent Explorer I into
space in 1958.

• The first man into space was

also Russian in 1961 – Yuri
Gagarin .

• The first American went into

space in 1962 – Alan Shepard.

• The first woman into space

was Russian - Valentina
Tereshkova – in 1963.
 The Space Race
• 1st American to orbit the
Earth: John Glenn (1962)

• The United States “won”

the space race by putting
the first man on the moon;
Neil Armstrong (1969).
 Problems with Cuba
• April 1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U.S. secretly trained a Cuban
militia to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Castro had been in power for 2
years, and the U.S. did not like
having a communist country so
close.

• 1,400 men fought in the invasion. Castro

knew it was going to happen, and over
1,000 men were taken prisoner.

• The failed invasion made Castro

bond more with Russia.
 Cuban Missile Crisis
• October 1962
• U.S. spy planes flying over Cuba
photographed Soviet nuclear
missiles.
• It was the world's closest approach to nuclear
war.
• Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev supplied
Cuba with ballistic missiles that put United
States within range of nuclear attack.
• President Kennedy ordered a navy
blockade to stop more Russian ships
from traveling to Cuba.
• Khrushchev backed down and
removed the missiles from Cuba.
• 1963: Russia and U.S.
agree to a test-ban treaty
to slow the development
of nuclear weapons.

• President Kennedy was

killed in Dallas on
November 22, 1963.

• Both sides continued to

stockpile weapons until
the Soviet Union
collapsed in the early
1990’s. This was known
as the Arms Race.
• The Cold War pushed
America to have the best
technology and research.

• Health
 Penicillin (antibiotics) became
mass-produced by the late
1940’s, and was a major
improvement for the lives of
people around the world.
 A cure for Polio was
discovered in the 1950’s,
and was mass-produced.
 Mottos
• “In God We Trust”
became the official
motto of the US in
1956.

• “Under God” added to

the Pledge of
Allegiance in 1954