Objective:
1. Understand the international and domestic tensions resulting from the Cold War.
2. Understand the economic, social and cultural changes that occured in postwar America.
Unit Themes:
- The United States and the Early Cold War
- Origins of the Cold War
- Truman and containment
- The Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan
- Diplomatic strategies and policies of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations
- The Red Scare and McCarthyism
- Impact of the Cold War on American society
Spring Break Assignment
Links
Cold War Europe Map
Facing the Atomic Bomb