Cold War Conflicts and Crises
This 1950-1953 conflict became the first major "hot war" of the Cold War. Also remembered for splitting a peninsula in half at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This alliance was created in 1949 to defend Western Europe from the Soviet Expansion.
What is NATO?
The US President who announced a policy committing the US to containing communism.
Who is Harry Truman?
This global conflict weakened European empires and accelerated decolonization.
What is World War 2?
A strong thesis must include these two elements.
What is a defensible thesis and line of reasoning?
This Southeast Asian conflict escalated after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
What is the Vietnam War?
This Soviet alliance formed in 1955 in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This Soviet leader dominated early Cold War politics and oversaw the Eastern Bloc.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This movement promoted unity among African nations and independence from colonial rule.
What is Pan-Africanism?
The number of times students should use a direct quote on their final next week.
What is none or never?
This 1962 uprising showed Eastern Europeans resisting Soviet domination.
What is the Hungarian Revolution?
This Cold War theory argued that if one nation fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
The North Korean leader ordered the 1950 invasion of South Korea, starting the Korean War.
Who is Kim Il-Sung?
This process saw dozens of African and Asian nations gain independence after 1945.
What is decolonization?
The "P" in SOAPS refers to the author's reason for writing.
What is purpose?
This 1962 confrontation brought the world closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This term describes the line that separates Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The US president faced the Cuban Missile Crisis and escalated involvement in Vietnam.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This 1979-1989 conflict drained Soviet resources and contributed to the USSR's collaspe.
To earn 2 evidence points, a student must paraphrase this many documents accurately and use them to support an argument.
What are four documents?
This Central American Nation saw US intervention against the Sandistas in the 1980s. Also one of your history teachers cannot pronounce this country.
What is Nicaragua?
This US policy, announced in 1947, committed the US to containing communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This Ghanaian leader promoted Pan-Africanism and became a symbol of African independence movement.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This Cold War era movement led by nations like India and Yugoslavia rejected choosing sides between the US and USSR.
What is the Non-Aligned Movement?
This skill places the topic in a broader time, place, or historical process to show what led up to the issue.
What is historical context?