Lesson on Monday, April 16, 2018

Aim: In the first two decades of the Cold War, how did competition on the international stage and a climate of fear at home affect politics, soviet, and culture in the United States?

Bell Ringer:  



Agenda:

Containment in the Postcolonial World

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2. Review Journal 145 - How did the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union affect disparate regions such as the Middle East and Southeast Asia?

A: The Cold War was fought on a global scale. Both the Soviet Union and the U.S. believed that they were in a battle for the hearts and minds of the rest of the world. When democracy and communism clashed at any juncture in the world, the U.S. moved to intervene. The USSR and the U.S. both sought footholds in the Middle East to access oil and fight over the loyalties of the region, including Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. The U.S. entered the Vietnam conflict to preserve democracy in Southwest Asia.

3. Review Journal 146 - How was Kennedy's approach to the Cold War similar to and difference from Eisenhower's and Truman's? 

A: In the sense of the ideological and political necessity of stopping the spread of communism, Kennedy was no different from his Cold War presidential predecessors. He initiated bold challenges to the Soviet Union with the Bay of Pigs invasion and during the Cuban missile crisis. However, Kennedy utilized his youthful ingenuity to bring into his cabinet a host of young and highly educated technocrats and to use unconventional methods, such as military special forces, to stop the spread of communism. He also created nonmilitary methods, such as the Peace Corps, to spread American values in Third World countries susceptible ton Communist influence.

Terms to know: Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference, containment, Marshall Plan, NATO, Warsaw Pact, NSC-68, Cold War Liberalism, Loyalty-Security Program, HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee), domino theory, Eisenhower Doctrine, Bay of Pigs, Cuban missile crisis, Peace Corps. 

4. COLD WAR EXAM (rest of class)

Home Learning:

1. Read pages 838 - 850

2. Journal 147 - How did the tastes and values of the postwar middle class affect the country?

3. Journal 148 - How did rebellion become an integral part of consumer culture in the postwar period?