Cold+War

__**Things I know about the Cold War:**__
 * When did the Cold War start?
 * Who was the Cold War between?
 * Why did the Cold War start?
 * When and how did the Cold War end?

media type="custom" key="24028954" __//**Video Questions-**//__ //**a. Why do you think the Zooks and Yooks did not get along?**// //**b. What do you think caused this conflict to get worse?**// //**c. How do you think this happens with your friends or siblings?**// //**d. What do you think the Zooks and Yooks could have done differently to prevent this conflict?**// //**e. In the story, each side uses propaganda to make their side seem like the right side. Give some examples from the movie/book.**// //**f. What does the story tell you about the Cold War?**// //**g. What would be your ending to the story?**//

**a.** I believe that the Zooks and the Yooks didn't get along because they buttered their butter in different ways that the others didn't approve of. **b.** This conflict escalated when the Zooks attacked the Yooks berry stick. Once that happened, both sides escalated their weaponry to try to better attack their opponent. **c.** I think once a fight or argument starts between a friend or sibling, the person who feels that they are right will always try to do whatever it takes to make sure the other person becomes shut down. They'll put you and your ideas down to make their own sound better and it'll become a competition as opposed to a friendship. **d.** The Zooks and the Yooks could've resolved their problem in a much more efficient way by accepting each others buttering styles as opposed to automatically shutting them down. They don't necessarily have to agree with each other or start using the others methods, but they should at least respect their ideas and the fact that not everyone has to agree with you and your opinions and that's perfectly fine. **g.** My ending would be that they both decide to peacefully live their lives and not worry about which way the other side butters their bread. They both should decide to bring their bombs back to their labs and save them for a time where a serious war is going on that they can work together to be victorious. I chose this ending because I feel that the only reasonable and logic ending would be to not let the butter affect them and the world around them. Although they both take pride in the way they butter their bread, I feel it would be a much more effective choice to both decide to part ways and leave the other side alone while they butter their own bread.
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 * f. ** This story tells us that that the Cold War was basically one big competition. Both sides were constantly competing with each other to have better weaponry and more advances. When it came to the brink of being a nuclear war, neither side could go through with it however.

Political Cartoon Capitalism Vs. Communism


 * Bumper Stickers Capitalism Vs. Communism**


 * Cold War Key Terms**

//Linking Activity:// Churchill and Khrushchev were both statesmen, where as Churchill was taking this role during WWII and Khrushchev was for the Soviet, who denounced Josef Stalin and was later announced to be the first secretary of the Soviets.

John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, and Ronald Reagan all served as U.S presidents.

The Domino Theory was a belief that if one country had fallen under communistic ruling, the neighboring countries would follow in the same footsteps.

NATO and Capitalism can be linked to one another because they both involve compromises amongst their people and citizens.

The Containment Policy and the Marshall Plan were both being used by the U.S, U.S being the intended target of the original plan of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Warsaw Pact was an organization that compromised several other places within East Germany, established by the Soviet Union.

The Truman Doctrine and the Detente were both created in hopes to ensure the satisfaction amongst the people they accounted for. These solely focused on countries threatened by the spread of communism.

The Space Race and the Arms Race were both two competitions going on during the Cold War.

Fidel Castro was a Cuban communist which can be related to Politburo which is the executive committee policymaking body of a communist party.

The Vietnam War and the Korean War were both against the North and South regions of their nations, thus not needing or creating the Iron Curtain like so many other countries had.

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 * APPARTS Chart for Stalin's speech**

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 * APPARTS Chart for Churchill's speech**

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 * APPARTS Chart for Truman's speech**

// __Korean__ //__// War: //__ ** Content Questions **:
 * 1.) How did the Korean War turn into a Cold War Conflict? **
 * 2.) Why did the Korean War not lead to world war? **
 * 3.) How does the Korean War shed light on the broad themes of the Cold War? **

// 1.) // The Korean War was the first proxy war of the Cold War. The proxy war idea was where two superpowers would fight in another country, forcing the people in that country to suffer the destruction and death that comes from a war between two large superpowers. The Korean War was a result of the Cold War tactics, as it was a proxy war and a cold war unto itself. // 2.) The Korean War didn't turn into a World War because the Americans and their allies who supported the South and the Soviets who supported the North never wanted or felt the need to escalate the war beyond the peninsula of Korea. It was almost as if the Americans, Chinese, and Soviets were careful enough to make sure that the war didn't spiral too out of control. // // 3.) The Korean War shed light on the themes of the Cold War because the Korean War was a proxy war in the midst of the Cold War. A Cold War is never fought face to face between the two nations actually fighting. That is what the Korean War is showing. It's showing how a big part of the Cold War was the use of proxy wars to fight their battles. // __//Korean War Opener//__
 * ** 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.)? **
 * ** Provide three pieces of evidence from the video to support your claim **
 * ** Pair/share responses and make revisions in red **

1.) The Korean War was a proxy war because the two main superpowers known as the U.S and the Soviets never fought face to face. They used North Korea (for the Soviets) and South Korea (for the U.S) to fight their war. Proxy means "in place of" so it's a proxy war because the Soviets and the U.S used North and South Korea as a third party substitute.    2.) -China is involved in sending troops and arms to the North Koreans. -North Korea is given materials from the Soviets while South Korea was given materials from the U.S  -Most of the troops that fought and died in the Korean war were American   -America spent the most money and sent the most troops [|Korean War Mark-Up and So What paragraph] **__//Important Points from poll: //__** //**1.)** I thought that an important point from the poll was that 69% of Americans would've approved a signing to end the fighting in Korea. This just goes to show how the Americans didn't agree with the fighting and wanted it to come to an end as soon as possible. // //**2.)** I thought that the second most important point from the poll was that in all four months that the poll was given, over 50% of Americans felt that it was not worth fighting in Korea. I thought this was important because it shows how the Americans knew that a lot of their soldiers had been killed and a lot of the countries money had been spent for something so useless and unhelpful. You could tell that they were upset with the fighting along with the outcome of the fighting. // //**3.)** I think the third most important point was that the majority of Americans, 47% to be exact, believed that if they followed through with their "strong steps" their wouldn't be any serious issues between America and China. I chose this because it showed how little the Americans knew about the real situation and how serious the repercussions of America doing this would have been. //

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__// Cuban Missle Crisis: //__

//Cuban Missile Crisis Notes// I would choose Option #2 in this situation because in my opinion, negotiations need to take place in order for Khrushchev to stand down. Most of my advisers believe that negotiations are the best option so by choosing option #2, it would be most favorable for the people on my side. By also having this support, the chances of my support from a political standpoint will also increase. If there is any way to avoid this matter from getting any worse without the use of violence, I feel as though we should go with that method. In this case, that method is negotiating. If this does not work, we will use force to clear the missiles out of Cuba. If they still don't remove the missiles, we will use violence to attack them and get the missiles out of Cuba. This won't be the start of the war, but it will however be the start of the United States defending themselves against a serious, concerning threat.  // President Kennedy's Speech Questions // // Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro Notes // [|13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis] //__** Mai Lai Massacre **__//
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 * //What Would You Do situations. //**

//[|Mai Lai / Geneva Convention Notes] //

//[|Was][| th][|e][| Mai Lai Massacre a War Crime?] // __**//Soviet-Afghanistan War //**__

//**5 Observations about the map: **//
 * //All the soviet invasion routes connect with one another.//
 * //Kabui seems to be the center for the Soviets invasions.//
 * //Iraq, Pakistan, and the Soviet Union are all bordering Afghanistan.//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Seemed to be a direct air route straight to Kabui.//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//The invasion routes of the Soviets were all their own territory.//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//[|Soviet Afghan War News Story]//

__**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//End of the Cold War// **__

//** CEPA on Iran: **// //1.) The Shah was the ruler that the U.S implanted and that the majority of Iranians despised.// //2.) U.S supported Iraq even though they used nuclear weapons against Iran and Iraq's own people.// //3.) U.S sold weapons to Iran illegally in order to support the Nicaragua war that they were doing that was unjustifiable.// //4.) Ronald Reagan didn't believe that the Iranian people disliked the Shah.// //5.) Oil profits that the Shah brought in didn't effect the lower classes. Only made the gap between rich and poor grow even more.// //6.) Iranian people believe that Khomeini was like a God. They even appointed him to ruler of their religion and politics for life.// //7.) While under power of the Shah, all the power was given to his friends and people he had close relations with.// //8.) Angry Iranian militants seized the U.S embassy and held the American staff hostage until January of 1981.// //9.)// // Has oil reserves that bring in big revenue. // // 10.) Most Iranians thought as the Shah as a puppet for America. // // 11.) Iran has a high literacy rate, 80-98% // // 12.) Average per capita income is $13,000 // // 13.) Located in the Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. // // 14.) Combines Islamic theocracy with a struggling democracy. // // [|CEPA on Iran] // //[|Reflection on the Cold War Unit]//