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Connect the correct term with its
significance/definition:
Terms
Significance/Definition
__ 1. Good Neighbor
Policy
A. (1945) a resolution from the inter-American (NOT THE US)
states calling for a collective effort of defense against
hostile neighbors
B. (1939) All 21 countries agree on a Pan-American security
zone, regulated by the US
C. (1940) Created a Permanent Joint Board on Defense for
the security of North America (US & Canada) SIG: shows
Canada shifting out of Britain’s sphere & into US sphere
D. (1940_ America republics will not tolerate an invasion of
our hemisphere, an attack against one is an attack against
all
E. (1941) US agrees to buy raw materials and manufactured
goods from Canada under Lend-Lease Act SIG: allowed
US to support British War effort and gave Canada’s
economy a big boom.
F. (1930’s) US gave money and investment in Latin Am.
Countries in order to develop better relations and sustain
hemispheric cooperation
__ 2. Ogdensburg
Conference
__ 3. Havana Act
__ 4. Act of
Chapultepec
__ 5. Declaration of
Panama
__6. Hyde Park
Declaration
Compare and contrast the Cold War
policies of two of the following presidents:
Truman, Eisenhower or Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
NSC-68
Use of A-Bomb Arms Race
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Sovietization EE (Inaction)
China (inaction)
NATO
Organization of American
States
Korean War
Loyalty Programs
McCarthyism/Red Scare
HUAC
Cold War Liberalism
New Look
SEATO
Support for French and
South Vietnam
Coup in Guatemala
Coup in Iran
Sputnik Space Race
Focus on Science and
math in education
Brinkmanship (And Dulles)
Massive Retaliation & MAD
1956 – Hungarian Uprising
(Inaction) Suez Crisis
Highway system to get
people out of cities
U2 Spy Plane incident
break down of nuke talks
Johnson
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam…
Lack of support for Latin
America…
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
In what ways and with what results was
Germany a focus in the early stages of the Cold
War?
Issue
Result
- Fear of them causing a WWIII, (USSR)
Potsdam Treaty
Divides Germany into 4 zones controlled
by ACC, demilitarized Germany
complications with ACC
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Tension, possible new war
Sovietization of Eastern Europe as a buffer “Iron Curtain” Europe is divided
between USSR and Germany
West Germany joins NATO in 1955
USSR makes Warsaw Pact for defense
Easter Germans flee through West Berlin
a Brain Drain
Khrushchev puts pressure on West to
leave WB, gives Ultimatums (1958, 1961)
Berlin wall constructed in 1961
Eased tensions but was a physical symbol
of the Iron Curtain.
Why and with what success did the US
adopt a policy of Containment in the
period of 1947-1962
NSC-68, the Long Telegram and
Clifford Memorandum
Truman Doctrine – Greek Civil War (+)
Marshall Plan – Economic aid (+)
Soviets threaten Iran, Use of UN (+)
Organization of American States (-)
NORAD - defense (+)
Korean war and UN (+)
China (-)
Support for French in Indochina (+ short
term, - long term)
NATO - defense (+)
Guatemala and Iranian Coups (+)
Bay of Pigs (-)
Discuss Soviets inability to cooperate
or negotiate, only know force
The following essay questions can also use
the previous slides points in their answers:
In what ways and to what extent did mutual distrust
and suspicion cause the Cold War (also discuss
problems beginning from WWI & Rus. Rev.)
Which US president has left the greatest impact on
foreign policy since 1945? (could discuss Nixon or
Carter as well)
How and why did the policies of either the USA or
USSR affect the super power rivalry between 19451965?
To what extent were Soviet policies responsible for the
development of the Cold War between 1945-1949?
How and why did the policies of either the USA or USSR
affect the superpower rivalry between 1950 and
1970?
USA
Korean War
Brinkmanship
Guatemala and Iranian Coups
Hydrogen Bomb
West Germany allowed into NATO
U2 Spy Plane/Paris Summit
Bay or Pigs
NORAD
Suez Crisis
Vietnam
Nixon/Guam Doctrine (US would act as
nuclear umbrella for allies, but would not
get further involved in armed conflict to
contain communism)
Support of Military Regimes in Latin Am.
USSR
Korean War
Death of Stalin, “Peaceful Coexistence”
1953 East German Uprising
Warsaw Pact
1956 Hungarian Uprising
Suez Crisis & Support of Egypt
Involvement in Africa (Angola)
Support of Castro, Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall support
Sino-Soviet Split
Brezhnev Doctrine – Prague Spring
Evaluate the role of one super power in the
Cold War after 1970.
USA
End of Vietnam War
Détente
SALT I
Chilean Coup
ABM treaty
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Biological Warfare treaty
Removed nukes from South Korea
Cuban Refugees (Mariel Boatlift)
US involvement in Angola
Iran Crisis/Nicaraguan Revolution
Star Wars (SDI)
Helsinki Accords
Boycott of 1980 Moscow Olympics
Grenada
“Evil Empire”
Economic Pressures
USSR
Soviet involvement in Africa
Poland, Solidarity and USSR troops on
the border
SALT I
Helsinki Accords
ABM Treaty
Détente
War in Afghanistan
Gerontocracy
Boycott 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Korean Air flight 007
Chernobyl
Glasnost
Perestroika
Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
The United States and Canada, of all the major
belligerents in World War II, gained the most and lost
the least.” Discuss this contention.
Describe the role of the United States and
Canada in the Second World War.
Analyze the measures taken by any TWO
countries in response to the Holocaust.
Compare and contrast the treatment of the Japanese
internees in the United States and Canada during the
Second World War.
To what extent were attempts at “hemispheric
cooperation” successful before and during the
Second World War?
Analyze the social and economic effects of the
Second World War on one country.
Analyze the successes and failures of President
Kennedy’s foreign policies toward Latin America.
Assess the nature and effectiveness of opposition to
either Juan Perón or Getulio Vargas.
Compare and contrast the origins and the
social/economic impacts of the military regimes of two
of the following: Brazil, Argentina or Chile.
Analyze the successes and failures of Castro’s
economic and social policies.
What were the causes and characteristics of
Perónism.
“By the late 1960’s it seemed to many Americans that
the forces of chaos and radicalism were taking control
of the nation.” To what extent did the domestic policies
of Nixon or Carter address this situation?