The+Cold+War

The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Unions with their allies and had began after WWll and had the first atomic bombs in 1945 that would transition the countries into a new world that contains bombs and weaponry. When the Cold War had ended, only the United States remained to be powerful as other countries were destroyed due to the war.

Political cartoon on means of production

· What is the message of this political cartoon
The message of the political cartoon is to show that capitalism is unfair.

· How could it be used by Communist countries?
It could be used by communist countries to use as propaganda and to have other countries side with them and not choose capitalism.

Bumper Sticker Activity




 * 2. Linking Activity:**
 * Once you have completed the terms you are to make connections or links between two or more terms and explain your connection
 * Example: Fidel Castro/Nikita Khrushchev/ John F. Kennedy/ Cuban Missile Crisis:
 * Explanation: Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba allowed Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union to install missiles in Cuba ninety miles off the coast of the United States. John Kennedy, President of the United States set up a naval blockade of Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from delivering any more weapons to Cuba. This was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis which was an event that almost caused head to head fighting between the Soviet Union and the United States that could have triggered WWIII.
 * You are to link all the terms in groups of two or more and provide an explanation for why you linked each group of terms
 * The work is to be completed directly in your wiki.

The Soviet Union had owned East Berlin during the Cold War. Stalin was trying to spread communism in East Berlin and did not want East Berlin to lean towards capitalism, so he created what Churchill had called the “iron curtain.” East Berlin and West Berlin were separated and none was able to visit their family. People of the East Berlin tries to escape but instead recaptured, therefore the Soviet Union had made the Berlin wall bigger and stronger and added in more barbed wire. I linked each of these people because this explains basically the beginning or the major part of the Cold War and what would happen after to the response of Stalin.

The Soviet Union and the United States were the only two nations still standing strong after World War ll, and because of their power, they had then became enemies after long time allies. They begun to go against each other and try to spread their ideology to other countries. They had an arms race and a space race to improve their technology and be better than the other. Britain had sided with the United States, therefore Stalin had felt threatened. I linked these terms to describe the Soviet Union and the United States competition against each other.

We will be analyzing excerpt of speeches of Stalin, Churchill and Truman at the beginning of the Cold War Directions:
 * Speeches of L eaders at the Start of the Cold War **
 * Excerpts of speeches are to be copied into either your personal Crocodoc account to be marked up or you may Google docs an d the comment button for analysis
 * In place of the "so what" paragraph you will be completing an APPARTS chart for each of the three speeches. You have received paper copies of the protocol and the form you will use. I have added a digital copy of both below as well.
 * All copies of mark ups and completed APPARTS charts must be uploaded yo your Cold War wiki page.

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 * What knowledge about the Cold War did you learn from these three speeches? **

What I had learned about the Cold War from Stalin, Churchill, and Truman's speech is that because of their disagreement and how they each had blamed whether it was about communism or capitalism that had became a reason that started World War ll had ignited a fuel between the big three thus starting the Cold War. Stalin had implied that World War ll was because of capitalism and in response to his speech, Churchill had sided with Truman and delivered the 'Iron Curtain," speech to let people be away of communism and directing it also towards Stalin and his people. Although Churchill and Stalin was directly talking to each other, Truman's speech was showing humane choices to help other nations in need of financial support. Though, Truman is trying to help them, he is also trying to hurry the process, so that the Soviet Union wouldn't try to take control of Greece and thus would spread communism. Due to all their differences, there had been tensions and sides already being picked among the countries that had then started the Cold War because of the issue about Capitalism and Communism.





Korean War

** Content Questions: ** How did the Korean War turn into a Cold War Conflict? Korea was split into two sections; the North was communist and the South was capitalist. Why did the Korean War not lead to world war? It was a tiny war between the North and South Korea with the support of other nations. How does the Korean War shed light on the broad themes of the Cold War? It brings up the tensions and differences between communism and capitalism and the form of government.

__** Background to the Korean Conflict: **__ Koreans often use the proverb “**when whales fight, the shrimp’s back is broken”** to describe their country’s victimization at the hands of larger, more powerful neighbors. The surrender of Japan to the allies at the end of World War II resulted in a new and unexpected development on the Korean peninsula: the division of Korea into two separate states, one in the North (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, D.P.R.K.) and one in the South (the Republic of Korea, R.O.K.). In the final days of the war, the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed to jointly accept the Japanese surrender in Korea, with the U.S.S.R. occupying Korea north of the 38th parallel and the U.S. occupying south until an independent and unified Korean government could be established. However, by 1947, the emerging Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, combined with political differences between Koreans of the two occupation zones and the policies of the occupation forces on the ground, led to a breakdown in negotiations over a unified government of Korea.




 * Opener: Based on Korean War Video: **


 * **Do you Believe the Korean War was a Civil War or a Proxy War ( war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.)?**

I believe it is a proxy war because communist and capitalist parties became involved. 1)Communist parties had supported the North Korea 2)Capitalist parties supported South Korea 3)China became involved but was a communist country which was then supported and helped by the Soviets and other allies.
 * **Provide three pieces of evidence from the video to support your claim**
 * **Pair/share responses and make revisions in red**

Sides were being delegated by the parties and which is why it is a proxy war and it has multiple of other people involved with the war. It was also a war in the cold war, thus making it a proxy war because its based on communism and capitalism.





Look at the U.S. Public opinion polls on the Korean Conflict attached below:

[|Public Opinion Poll on Korea]


 * List and Rank the three most important points gained from the poll on your wiki. Explain your top choice.**
 * 1) Risk In taking strong steps - There is always a risk and different outcomes on the choices of what the president or the government makes and they need to remember the risks of doing the things that they do.
 * 2) Expectations on Truce - There should at least be a guideline or that the countries or states should follow so they do not break that truce
 * 3) Confidence in President - No one ever has confidence in the president but such as risk in taking strong steps, the president has to decide his steps and people need to confide in his and even if he does choose the wrong thing or different thing, there might be a different outcome and coming back with number 1, its also the persons risk when choosing a president.


 * You be the Judge Activity :**


 * Below is an attached document that gives you two different versions of the Korean war. Read them and then complete the attached activity below**


 * Copy and paste both documents into your wiki **

** Cuban Missile Crisis : **

[|Cuban Missile Crisis] In paragraph form explain the reasons for your selection. Provide evidence from both sources to support your selection. I choose option 3: Oder a blockade of Cuba until missiles are removed. I choose this because at that point when the United States is already ready, if one bad move is taken, then a whole war could outbreak. Khrushchev did not want to use it against the United States but to see how loyal and strong the United States could be. Even though they are fighting against each other and the only ones remaining, a whole new entire war could start, killing more people and destroying more land. The blockade would push them into a tight spot and they wouldn't be able to do much, even a tiny mistake can turn into a disaster. At that point, it was as if Cuba was being put on the spot until the missiles are being put down.
 * ** You will assume the role of President Kennedy **
 * ** You will be given five options of what you should do in Cuba **
 * ** to gather information first go over the pictures of individual pictures of advisers seen on the right. As you click on them they will give you advice **
 * ** then click on special Intelligence Estimates to gather more intelligence information. **
 * ** Take notes from both sites in a Google Doc and upload link on your wiki **

[|President's Address] Below the audio is the text of the speech. You can read along as the president speaks After listening to the speech, complete the following questions:
 * Listen to President Kennedy's address to the American people on the Cuban Missile Crisis **

[|Notes On Castro video]

[|Notes on thirteen days]

Mai Lai Massacre ** The following activity requires that you read a scenario and then comment on what you would do. ** **Complete the activity and upload completed document to your wiki:**



** Was the Mai Lai Massacre a War Crime???? ** [|Mai Lai War crime notes] [|Was Mai Lai a War Crime?] ** Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Vietnam ** 1)The soviets had all met up at Kandahar 2) Soviets were leaving and entering to Kabul 3) All the routes are being used up and is owned by the Soviet Union during the war in Afghanistan 4) They do not have much land but routes that connects to each other 5) The arrows is the color red which jumps out at the audience

-- Monday, December 9, 2013 Opener: List 10 things of the most important things about Mongolia 1) Mongolia was feared as much as how people fear the nuclear battle between the United States and the Soviet Union 2)Mongolia was taken over by China 3)Mongolia became poor when taken over by China 4)Soviet leaders encourage Mongolia's leader due to soviet's fear of the Chinese efforts to "subvert" Moscow influence in socialist camps 5)Only the fittest survives but Mongolia was able to survive due to the grasslands; has 2 million horses (large as whole of Western Europe) 6)Mongolia is shackled by modern treachery 7)Mighty Kong and his descendants had conquered both China and Russia 8)1921- War that Moscow intervened. In the shadow of Moscow, the war became Asia’s first communist state 9)Stalin manipulated Mongolian politics for his own aims-made a glorious exit from his pedestal late at night. 10) Files on 17 thousand murdered Islamic - Over 40 thousands were executed when the ruling revolution party had sent out to liquidate its greatest ideology enemy – Islamic faith – died in 1937 and 1938 11) Neutral country  12) relied on coal 13) 4 different religions: Buddhism, Islam, Shamanism, Christianity  14) Universities teach about communist ideas 15) Under the influence of the USSR  16) Covered with a variety of mountains, forests, rivers, and deserts 17) Lacks in public transportation, electricity, heating, and water/sewage system  18) Between Russia and China [|Reflection on the Cold War Unit]  Name: ___ Date:__ Block: **Opener: Causes of the Cold War**
 * Read the summary of the Soviet Afghanistan War provided the link [|Here] **
 * After you read the summary of the Soviet Afghanistan you are to write a news story based on the information. **
 * Open the document below to see the requirements for the news story that should be completed in a Google Doc and uploaded to your wiki. **


 * Directions:**
 * //Answer the following questions based on your Markup of the Causes of the Cold War Document.//**

**1.** **Based on the Reading, he Teheran Conference was held by the “Big Three” to discuss the situation in Poland.** a. What problem was faced by the people of Poland?

b. Why was Poland important to the Soviet Union? c. Why was Poland an issue for the U.S.?
 * 2.** **What were the accomplishments of the Yalta Conference?**

**3.** **Explain what the author meant when he stated, “Who started the Cold War is simply the wrong question to ask.”**