Ch 33-5

Group Discussions

What problems resulted from the Soviet attitude, expressed by Leonid Brezhnev, that the Soviet Union had the right to prevent its satellites from rejecting communism and the American attitude, demonstrated in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Vietnam, and it had the right to prevent countries from Communist?

Standards:

I-C.9 Analyze and evaluate international developments following World War II, the cold war and post-cold war.

I-C.10 Evaluate the ideologies and outcomes of independence movements in the emerging third world.

Objective:

Analyze Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union - China split.

Trace the origins of detente and its effect on the Cold War.

Describe the renewal of Cold War tensions in the 1980s.

WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading

EQ: What problems resulted from the Soviet attitude, expressed by Leonid Brezhnev, that the Soviet Union had the right to prevent its satellites from rejecting communism and the American attitude, demonstrated in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Vietnam, that it had the right to prevent countries from becoming Communist?

Soviet Policy in Eastern Europe and China

Destalinization and Rumblings of Protest

The revolt in Czechoslovakia

The Soviet- Chinese Split

From Brinkmanship to Detente

Brinkmanship Breaks Down

The US turns to Detente

Nixon visits communist powers

The Collapse of Detente

Reagan Takes an Anti- Communist stance