Unit 9 - The Cold War Era (1945-1990)
After World War II ends, the nation will attempt to spread its influence around the world as seen in the Cold War - Freeze to Thaw short timeline and statistics table that will complement the following handouts. This handout covers The Beginning of the Cold War that details the events that took place in Europe, Asia and the United States. To supplement the first part of this handout this link opens to a map showing the Cold War in Europe. I have added other links that validate the events in Western Europe that are a map of the Marshall Plan that shows the NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations.
After World War II ends, the nation will attempt to spread its influence around the world as seen in the Cold War - Freeze to Thaw short timeline and statistics table that will complement the following handouts. This handout covers The Beginning of the Cold War that details the events that took place in Europe, Asia and the United States. To supplement the first part of this handout this link opens to a map showing the Cold War in Europe. I have added other links that validate the events in Western Europe that are a map of the Marshall Plan that shows the NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations.
I have added three additional links for this unit that are the summary of the Cold War taken from the Encyclopedia Britannica, an extensive Timeline of the Cold War showing brief facts and pictures of the global and American situations relating to each event and finally the attached opens to an interactive map of the Cold War (source: With many thanks to Jeffrey Shen and Free Technology for Teachers @ freetech4teachers.com).
The next part of this unit will cover the Vietnam War. This extensive lesson covers the events from the Eisenhower presidency up to the fall of Saigon and the consequences socially, politically and economically of American being involved in the war.
Special Assignment: Vietnam War letters. Open this link, read the primary source documents and answer the questions that follow.
To continue in the Cold War the following handout, The Arms Race and Changes in Foreign Policy discusses events from Eisenhower to Nixon that shaped the foreign policy of the nation.