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Post-War/Cold War 1945 -1960

Post War Germany • What happened to Germany after the War? • (use a picture here)

United Nations • What year was it created? • What was its main goal?

Harry Truman • When and how did Harry Truman become President? • How would you describe him?

Iron Curtain • Who was Joseph Stalin and what did he do in Eastern Europe? • Why did he do it? • What countries were involved? • Who coined the phrase “Iron Curtain”?

New Foreign Policy-Containment • What was the Truman Doctrine? • What was the Marshall Plan?

Berlin Airlift • What were circumstances that led to the Airlift • What were the results?

Nuclear Arms Race • When did the Soviet Union test their first nuclear device? • How did these weapons evolve?

Post War Alliances • What was NATO? • What was the Warsaw Pact? • Find a NATO/Warsaw Pact map here to illustrate-create a new slide if you need room

The Korean War • How and why did it start? • How long did it last? • What was the result?

Cold War at Home • What was the Loyalty Review Board and HUAC? • Who were the Hollywood 10? • What was blacklisting and how did it pertain to the communist paranoia? • Who was Alger Hiss? • Who were the Rosenbergs?

Dwight Eisenhower • What’s his background? • What year was he elected

Developments Under IKE • Who was John Foster Dulles? • What was Brinkmanship?

Eisenhower and the Soviets • What was the Eisenhower Doctrine? • What was the U 2 incident?

Mc. Carthyism • Who was Joseph Mc. Carty? • What did he do? • What was his downfall?

Essential Question #1 • Was Containment during the early Cold War an effective foreign policy?

Essential Question #2 • Should the United States have fought limited wars like the Korean War to contain communism?

Essential Question #3 • To what extent did Communist Paranoia and Mc. Carthyism violate American values and civil liberties?