Post date: Jan 13, 2012 8:1:30 PM
In order to get credit for this project you must write an essay on ONE of the following topics:
Topic A: The Two Sides of the Iron Curtain
From 1945 to 1991, the world was divided into two camps: the democratic and capitalistic West led by the US and the autocratic and communist nations that orbited the Soviet Union. The two camps were philosophically, economically, and militarily opposed to each other and each waged a 45 year long "Cold War" against the other that sometimes got "hot". Using the knowledge gained from your lessons in this unit, write a 5 paragraph essay of 600 or more words comparing and contrasting the two worlds divided by the Iron Curtain.
Topic B: A New World Order
Throughout the Cold War, the West had dramatically overestimated the strength and vitality of its communist foes, and the late 1980's saw the advent of the unthinkable: a complete collapse of Soviet Union and the virtual collapse of the rest of the communist world. By 1991, after 46 long years of opposition, the Cold War was finally over, and US President George H.W. Bush commented that the world was witnessing the rise of a "New World Order". Consider what you have learned about the developments and issues of the modern, post-Cold War world, and write an essay of 600 words or more explaining what this New Order President Bush spoke of is.