Unit+8

Unit 8 Annotated Timeline Project Clash of the Titans Learning Targets: General Summary and Overview: =Formative Assessment (Due 4/15) = Lecture Notes on the following Power Points (be sure you are keeping up with the MiniText Readings. I will be pulling 50% of your test information from the readings, 40% from the Lectures and 10% from the skills we practiced in this course.)
 * 1) Be able to describe thoroughly the post-World War 2 American perspectives by explaining the change in foreign policy, specifically the reason why America changed its isolationist stance.
 * 2) Evaluate the change in the relationship between the superpowers over the time span between 1945-1990.
 * 3) Be able to form a thesis about Cold War issues and attitudes.
 * 1) There was a long history of mutual hostility and distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union, and following the Allies' victory in World War II, these historical animosities and differing views of a postwar Europe led to “The Cold War”.
 * 2) The US vowed to contain communism, resulting in conflicts in Asia and Latin America.
 * 3) Domestically, Senator Joseph McCarthy espoused the belief that America was unable to control world events because of domestic communist subversives.

Korean War
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Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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Part 6
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Vietnam War
media type="youtube" key="oRlGB5FdTbk" width="425" height="350" = Diagnostic Assessment = Unit Prompt: Why did the United States win the Cold War? I broke the Cold War into 3 main categories. For your essay I will add a 4th. The "Post-Vietnam Era".
 * Topic Wall**
 * **1945-1950** || **Cuban Missile Crisis** || **Korean War** || **Vietnam War** || **Post-Vietnam** ||
 * East and West Germany || John F. Kennedy || General MacArthur || Tonkin Incident || "Star Wars" Program ||
 * Divided Korea || Nikita Khrushchev || Kim Il-Sung || Lyndon B. Johnson || Jimmy Carter ||
 * Occupation of Japan || Fidel Castro || Battle of Inchon || Richard Nixon || Ronald Reagan ||
 * Berlin Airlift || Missiles in Cuba || 38th Parallel || Tet Offensive || Iran Crisis ||
 * Marshall Plan || Missiles in Turkey || Line of Demarcation || Ho Chi Minh || Soviet Union Collapse ||

__**Instructions:**__ Use the following mediums to present the timelines. Creating quality projects will challenge you and allow you a chance at earning your "A". = Summative Assessment = =In groups of 2-3 Members, create a thorough Annotated Timeline to explain the following prompts. Research and select 8 events that pertain to each prompt. Format your group's timeline into a Video Essay.= = Prompts = = 1. Explain the origins of the Cold War.= =2. Explain how America's foreign policy during the Cold War led to conflicts in Asia= =3. Explain how America's foreign policy during the Cold War led to conflicts in Latin America.= =4. What were some of the defining events during the McCarthy Era?= =5. Analyze John F. Kennedy's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.= =6. Why did the Cold War finally bring about political legislation against racism?= =7. Describe the defining moments in the career of Harry S. Truman.= =8. Describe the defining moments in the career of Dwight D. Eisenhower.= =9. Describe the defining moments in the career of John F. Kennedy.= =10. Describe the defining moments in the career of Lyndon Johnson.= =11. Describe the defining moments in the career of Richard Nixon.= =12. Describe the defining moments in the career of James Carter.= =13. Describe the defining moments in the career of Ronald Reagan.=