December 11, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 

AGENDA:

1. Housekeeping: 

• Short Answer Scores
• Make-ups (12/11, 12/12)
• Fact Check 11 (12/15)

2. Debates

3. Cold War Lecture

*Cold War Introduction: Reading (pp. 557-573, Short Answer Assignments (#1 and 2, P.577), and MC 1-8, pp. 574-576)