Chapter+26+-+Cold+War+Conflicts

Chapter Objective

 * To understand the international and domestic tensions resulting from the Cold War.


 * SECTION 26-1** "Origins of the Cold War"
 * 1) Explain the breakdown in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
 * 2) Summarize the steps taken to contain Soviet influence.
 * 3) Describe how the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan deepened Cold War tensions.
 * 4) Explain how conflicts over Germany increased fear of Soviet aggression.


 * SECTION 26-2** "The Cold War Heats Up"
 * 1) Explain how Communists came to power in China and how the United States reacted.
 * 2) Summarize the events of the Korean War.
 * 3) Explain the conflict between President Truman and General MacArthur.


 * SECTION 26-3** "The Cold War at Home"
 * 1) Describe government efforts to investigate the loyalty of U.S. citizens.
 * 2) Explain the spy cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
 * 3) Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the United States.


 * SECTION 26-4** "Two Nations Live on the Edge"
 * 1) Explain the policy of brinkmanship.
 * 2) Describe American and Soviet actions that caused the Cold War to spread around the world.
 * 3) Summarize the impact of Sputnik and the U-2 incident on the United States.

=Chapter 26 Power Point Presentations=
 * [[file:Sections 26-1 Origins of the Cold War and 26-2 The Cold War Heats Up.ppt]]
 * [[file:26-3 and 26-4 The Cold War at Home.ppt]]

=Chapter 26 Assignments= //Readings are due the next school day, unless otherwise noted// ||= **Homework Assignments** //Assignments are due the next school day, unless otherwise noted// ||
 * = **Date** ||= **In-Class Assignments** ||= **Readings**
 * = **Friday**
 * 5.7.15** || * Visit the websites listed below. Then, in your notes, make a list of 5 ways in which life in the USSR was different than life in the U.S.:
 * [|Life in the USSR Under Stalin]
 * As a class, discuss the fundamental political and economic differences between the U.S. and USSR
 * Discuss the following events and explain how each illustrated tension between the U.S. and USSR:
 * The Warsaw Pact,
 * Construction of the Berlin Wall
 * Berlin Airlift
 * Discuss the causes and outcome of the Korean War
 * Debate: [[file:Was the Korean War Worthwhile?.docx]] || * Sections 26-1 and 26-2 pp. 808-821 || * No written assignment ||
 * = **Monday**
 * 5.11.15** || * Discuss the Korean War
 * Complete [[file:26-3 Questions.docx]] || * Section 26-3 pp. 822-827 || * ||
 * = **Tuesday**
 * 5.12.15** || * Section 26-4 Group Work:
 * For each of the following events, explain what happened and how the U.S. reacted:
 * //The USSR explodes its first atomic bomb (1947)//
 * //Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt and occupied the Suez Canal (1956)//
 * //Soviet tanks invaded Hungary and fired on protesters (1956)//
 * //The USSR launched Sputnik (1957)//
 * //The USSR brought down a spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers. (1960)// || * Section 26-4 pp. || * Prepare for a quiz over Chapter 26 on Wednesday, 5.13.15 ||
 * = **Wednesday**
 * 5.13.15** || * Quiz over Chapter 26 ||  ||   ||

=Chapter 26 Study Topics:=
 * Fundamental differences between US and USSR
 * 1949 Chinese Civil War
 * Alger Hiss
 * Berlin Airlift
 * Capitalism
 * Communism
 * Containment
 * Eisenhower Doctrine
 * Hollywood Ten
 * HUAC
 * Iron Curtain
 * Korean War
 * Marshall Plan
 * Douglas MacArthur
 * Joseph McCarthy
 * McCarthyism
 * NATO
 * Presidential Election of 1952
 * Rosenberg Trial/Execution
 * Truman Doctrine
 * U-2 Incident
 * Warsaw Pact