Unit 13 - A Cold Peace 1945-1960

Ch. 39 & 40

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:

    1. 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