Cold War

Cold War

Essential Questions

• What were some ways that the USA competed with the USSR during the Cold War Era?

• How was the "Space Race" a reflection of Cold War ideologies?

Key Points of the Cold War

• Two Superpowers emerged from WWII (USA and USSR)

• USA was a capitalists country, and its government was a democracy

• USSR was a communist country, and its government was a single party socialist republic

• The Cold War became a battle between democracy and socialism, capitalism and communism.

US Policies to Combat Communism

• Truman Doctrine: Provide aid to foreign countries to fight communism

• Marshall Plan: Economic program for rebuilding and creating a stronger economy for Europe to prevent struggling nations from turning to the USSR for help

• Berlin Airlift: US and British planes begin airlifting supplies into West Berlin in response to USSR's Berlin Blockade

• NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country, response to Warsaw Pact

USSR Policies to Combat Capitalism

• Warsaw Pact: a collective defense treaty established by the USSR and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe.

• Iron Curtain: A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

• Berlin Blockade: •USSR  BLOCKADES Berlin. No Allies in or out. No supplies in or out

  
  

United Nations

• Founded in 1945 to replace the weaker League of Nations

• Unlike the League of Nations, the US played a major role in the United Nations

• Created mainly for the pursuit of human rights

• Responsible for pursuing war criminals and world leaders who violate human rights of their citizens

McCarthyism and the Red Scare

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McCarthyism and the Red Scare

• Hunt to expose communists in the US

• Created Red Scare: Many Americans feared that they could be accuses, tried, and sentenced for being a communist (Red)

• McCarthyism did not result in a single confirmed case of communist or spy activity in the US government

• Senator McCarthy was discredited as a US politician

Multiple Choice

What was the primary focus of the Cold War?

• Fight for land rights in Europe, Asia, and Africa

• Fight between USA and USSR for political influence across the globe

• Fight for rights to own space

• Fight for civil rights in America

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements was true about the US and USSR during the Cold War?

• US was a communist country

• USSR was a capitalist country

• The government in the US was a democracy

• The government in the USSR was a democracy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements was true, concerning the US and USSR during the Cold War?

• The economy in the US was based on capitalism

• The economy in the US was based on communism

• The economy in USSR was based on capitalism

• The US and USSR had the same type of economy

Multiple Choice

This US policy provided foreign aid to countries in Europe and Asia to combat communism.

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Blockade

Multiple Choice

The US response to Russia's Berlin Blockade

• Berlin tunnel

• Operation Peace Corp

• Berlin Blockade Buster

• Berlin Airlift

Multiple Choice

A collective defense treaty established by the USSR and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe

• NATO

• Berlin Blockade

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

Multiple Choice

US response to the Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Blockade

• NATO

• NASA

• Berlin Airlift

Multiple Choice

What world organization replaced the League of Nations

• NATO

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

Multiple Choice

What was the primary difference between the League of Nations and the United Nations

• The US joined the League of Nations, but not the United Nations

• The two organizations were exactly the same

• The US joined the United Nations, but not the League of Nations

• The US was the lead nation in the League of Nations

USA and USSR Space Race

The Space Race grew out of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, the most powerful nations after World War II. These two superpowers competed to be the best in the field of space exploration. Who do you think won the race? Let Us See!

USSR and the Space Race

• 1957: the Russians fired the first satellite into space (Sputnik)

• April 12, 1961, Russia successfully launched cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin into orbit. He circled Earth in 108 minutes and landed safely.

• August 1961, a second Russian space flight lasted for 25 hours, circled the Earth 16 times, and landed safely. The Russians were ahead of the USA.

• Between 1963 and 1965, the Soviets launch the first woman, the first three-man crew, and completed the first space walk.

• April 23 1967, Russia experience the death of a cosmonaut when his spacecraft's re-entry parachute fails.

USA and the Space Race

• In 1958, the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected seven men to become astronauts

• May 5, 1961, the U.S. sent astronaut Alan Shepard into space. He made a 15-minute flight. In July 1961, Gus Grissom became the second US astronaut to go into space.

• Feb. 1962, astronaut John Glenn was launched into space. He orbits the Earth but his heat shield failed. Despite the heat Glenn survived and made it back to Earth.

• Jan. 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 — Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White II, and Roger Chaffee — are killed in a fire on the launchpad.

• July 20 1969, Aldrin and Armstrong climb into the tiny Eagle to make the journey to the Moon. As they land Armstrong reports "The Eagle has landed!" This was the first and only moon landing in world history.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true, concerning the Space Race?

• The US was the first nation to put a human into space.

• Russia was the first nation to put a human into space

• Russia was the first nation to put a human on the moon

• The US was the first nation to put a satellite into space.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?

• Eagle 1

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik

• Apollo 13

Multiple Choice

What country launched the first woman into space?

• USA

• China

• Canada

• Russia

Multiple Choice

Who was the second US astronaut to go into space? Unfortunately he along with the rest of of the crew of Apollo 1 died in a launchpad explosion.

• Neil Armstrong

• Gus Grissom

• Buzz Lightyear

• Alan Shepard

Multiple Choice

Established in 1958, NASA was a US government agency that was responsible for sending Americans into space. What does NASA stand for?

• North Atlantic Science Agency

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• New Age Space Agency

• National Alliances of Space Aeronautics

Multiple Choice

Who was the first human to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Lightyear

• Gus Grissom

• Alan Shepard

Multiple Choice

Established in 1958, NASA was a US government agency that was responsible for sending Americans into space. What does NASA stand for?

• North Atlantic Science Agency

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• New Age Space Agency

• National Alliances of Space Aeronautics

Poll

Considering the accomplishments and setbacks of the Russians as well as the Americans.

Who won the Space Race?

• USA

• USSR

Open Ended

Who won the Space Race? Explain why you believe either the US or USSR won the Space Race. Be prepared to defend your answer.