Transcript Cold War Review

East-West The Cold War
North America
Korea
The Arms Race
Cold War
Acronyms
Fallout from the
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This leader preceded Fidel Castro as
leader of Cuba?
Fulgencio Batista
President of Cuba (1940 - 1944, 1952 - 1959).
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Approximately how many people lost
their lives during the reign of Stalin?
Some sources have suggested up to 20
million people disappeared.
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What does NATO stand for?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1949
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When was the Korean War?
1950-53
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These two historic American
agreements helped the United
States President John F. Kennedy
form policy in regards to Cuba.
Hint: The second one helped to establish a
U.S, naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Monroe
Doctrine 1823
Platt Amendment
1901
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September 10,1939
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When did the Cuban Missile Crisis
occur?
October 1962
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South Korea was supported by this
international organization?
The United Nations
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The American General in charge during
the initial stages of the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur
Louis Johnson, Secretary
of Defense, General
Douglas MacArthur and
General Omar Bradley,
Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff salute the
Colors during a review held
at the Palace Plaza, Tokyo,
Japan, June 19, 1950, in
Honor of Mr. Johnson.
Photograph: U.S. Army Sergeant Turnbull
Source: Truman Library
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What are the capital cities of North
and South Korea?
Seoul, South Korea
Pyongyang, North Korea
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What does ABM stand for?
Anti-Ballistic Missile
'Just a little bit down and the rest of your life to pay. Why,
friend, you can't afford not to own one!'
March 11, 1969
This cartoon used two of Bill Sanders' favourite characters,
John Q. Public and a fast-talking salesman in a plaid sports
coat, to represent the debate in Congress over the Sentinel
Antiballistic Missile System. First proposed during the Johnson
Administration, the system would deploy antiballistic missiles
(ABMs) to protect the nation's intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMs) from attack as well as protect several large urban
areas. Emphasizing its "defensive" purpose, the Nixon
Administration announced plans to add ABMs to two
Minuteman Missile bases in Montana and North Dakota and to
eventually construct ten other ABM sites around the country.
The opposition in Congress was two-fold. Several senators,
particularly Senator John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky), were
concerned that the system would escalate the arms race and
perhaps violate a pending nuclear weapons treaty. Others felt
the estimated cost of $6 to $7 billion dollars over the life of the
program would siphon away money urgently needed for
domestic programs. The Congress ultimately approved
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President Nixon's request for funding.
What is an ICBM?
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
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When and why was the
first atomic bomb
dropped?
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in
warfare.
Some of the reasons given for it’s use were to end the
Second World War for the United States in Japan, and to
limit the number of American casualties in bringing the war
to a close.
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Approximately how many languages
are spoken in Canada?
Los Alamos (USA)
and
Kazakhstan (USSR)
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First Lightning – The first Soviet
nuclear test .
This Canadian town has high rates of
cancer as a result of the open pit mining
of uranium.
Uranium City, Saskatchewan
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This anti-communist led the American
House Un-American Activities
Committee during the late 1940’s?
Senator Joseph McCarthy
• Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2,
1957) was an American politician of the Republican Party.
McCarthy served as a U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of
Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. During his ten years in the
Senate, McCarthy and his staff members became notorious
for aggressive accusations against suspected Communists in
the U.S. government during what came to be known as the
Second Red Scare. His controversial actions resulted in the
word "McCarthyism", which specifically described the intense
anti-communist movement that occurred in America from
around 1948 to the mid-1950s, when people in the media, in
the motion picture industry, politics, the military and
elsewhere suspected on disputed evidence of communist
sympathies were subjected to what were regarded by many
as aggressive witch-hunts. The term "McCarthyism" has since
come to mean a government witch-hunt seeking to punish
unapproved thoughts or political stances.
Source: McCarthyism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
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What are the following three acronyms ?
• SDI
• SLBM
• DEW
Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)
Sea Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)
Distant Early Warning (DEW)
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This was the location for American
nuclear tests between 1946-50?
The Bikini Atoll / The Marshall Islands
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What does MIRV stand for?
Multiple Independent ReEntry Vehicles (MIRV)
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Chiang Kai-shek retreated to this island
in 1949 which China still views as a,
“break away province”?
Taiwan
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People from this town still suffer from
the adverse consequences of nuclear
fallout?
Chernobyl (Ukraine) 1986
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What do SALT I & II stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
1972 & 1979
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Comment on three significant facts in
relation to the photograph below.
• U2 planes flew at 70,000+ feet in altitude.
• These planes were used for reconnaissance
(intelligence gathering).
• One U2 pilot was lost during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• These reconnaissance flights were drastically
increased between August and October 1962.
• This is a photograph of a mobile launch site being
assembled on the island of Cuba for use with Short
Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM’s).
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The Six Nations Confederacy
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What is the most heavily
armed frontier in the world?
The DMZ De-Militarized Zone 380 N latitude
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What are the following
three acronyms ?
•SDI
•SLBM
•DEW
Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)
Sea Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)
Distant Early Warning (DEW)
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What were the locations for
test sites in the United States
and the U.S.S.R?
Land Mines
The Ottawa Accord – International Ban on
Landmines
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This agency of the United Nations is
responsible for checking compliance
with international treaties regarding
weapons of mass destruction?
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
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Sources
Truman Presidential Library
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/korea/photos/67_7375.htm (10/31/04)
A Short History of the People in Bikini Atoll http://www.bikiniatoll.com/
(11/01/04)
The Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovwpnprog.html
(11/01/04)
Uranium City http://www.interlog.com/~grlaird/uraniumcity.html (11/01/04)
IAEA http://www.iaea.org/ (11/01/04)
Created by: B. Khan (09/16/04)
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