Transcript From World War to Cold War

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• Bell ringer: Imagine the government controls all
industries (shoe makers, car makers, pencil
makers – EVERYTHING).
• Make a list of 3 pros/3 cons of this type of
economic system
• Objective: Analyze how a push for human rights
affect systems of government?
• Homework: Quiz tomorrow; Outline due Friday
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Page 267:
• Attach “Capitalist/Communist”
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Page 268:
• Attach “Presentation Notes”
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Page 269:
• Attach “The Cold War Ends”
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Follow along and fill in accordingly
1962: The intense thirteen day political
standoff between the Soviet Union and the
United States. Russian missiles were placed
in Cuba which threatened U.S. security.
The pilot of
an American
U-2 spy
plane
passing over
Cuba on
October 14,
1962,
photograph
ed a missile
being
assembled
for
installation.
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Students are in groups of three
1. Assign one person: Cuba
2. Assign one person: Soviet Union
3. Assign one person: United States
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Students quietly read about their Overview and
Perspective.
Students complete summary of perspective.
Students individually write three possible solutions to
their problem.
Students share each persons perspective and record
those perspectives in the correct box.
Students debate over possible solutions to the crisis.
Students agree upon a solution and record it in the
correct box.
President Kennedy was briefed about the
situation, and he immediately called
together a group of advisors known as
the executive committee, or ExCom.
If you were an advisor name one thing that
you would advise the president to do?
Kennedy ordered a
blockade on Cuba
until the missiles were
removed.
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Soviet ships bound for Cuba neared the
line of U.S. vessels enforcing the
blockade.
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But the
Soviet ships
stopped
short of the
blockade.
Use your reading and write down the
solution that the U.S. and the Soviet
Union came to.
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Using pages 897-893 in your textbook,
answer the questions on page 268 in
your notebook
Complete Communism vs. Capitalism
activity on page 267
Check answers on page 891
Communist countries in
Eastern Europe started
breaking away from
communism.
They slowly started to
privatize their businesses and
many became capitalist in
the late 1980’s.
The Fall of Communism in
Eastern Europe
Velvet Revolution
The map becomes more blue
Remember Berlin?
The city was split in half.
In 1989, Berlin was
reunited when Eastern
Berlin stopped being
communist!
Berlin was unified.
The falling of the Berlin
wall symbolized the end of
the Cold war.
Celebrate good times…come on!
After 44 years, the Soviet Union
realized that communism was not
working.
The government and banks were
were broke.
Services were not being provided
for Soviet citizens.
People wanted a change! They
led a coup!
A new Russian government that
was not Communist was elected!
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After the Cold war the United States
became the only Superpower of the
world. Do you think this will last? Justify
your answer