THE COLD WAR AND DECOLONIZATION What were the consequences of Decolonization?

THE STANDARDS! CCSS.ELA- LITERACY. RH Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. Historical Interpretation Students show the connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments. Students recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limitations on determining cause and effect. Students understand the meaning, implication, and impact of historical events and recognize that events could have taken other directions Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values Students analyze the international developments in the post-World World War II world. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.

Key Red = The Republican candidate carried the state in the 2000, 2004, 2008, & 2012 presidential elections Pink = The Republican candidate carried the state in three of the four most recent elections. Purple = The Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate each carried the state in two of the four most recent elections. Light blue = The Democratic candidate carried the state in three of the four most recent elections. Dark blue = The Democratic candidate carried the state in all four most recent elections. Imagine you were trying to “Decolonize” the US. Here is a map of the political divisions in the nation. What problems might arise if you divided the US according to the Red State/Blue State Map?

Decolonization Focus Question: What were the consequences of Decolonization? Name: ___________________ Block: ____________ OBSERVATIONS/DETAILS 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________ 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________ 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________

Decolonization Focus Question: What were the consequences of Decolonization? Name: ___________________ Block: ____________ OBSERVATIONS/DETAILS 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________ 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________ 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________

BELL RINGER: CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE A teacher, in a fit of anger, throws a ball at a student’s head and knocks that student to the ground. The student is taken to the school nurse complaining of dizziness and headache. What would be the consequences of this action? List at least three possible consequences of the teacher’s action:

Teacher’s family suffers financially. Teacher has marital problems. Teacher is fired from their position. Teacher loses respect. Student is injured. Parents complain to Principal CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE Teacher throws ball at student’s head.

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S-P-I-C-E it up!!! SocialPoliticalInteractions CultureEconomics SocialPoliticalInteractions CultureEconomics

Social: Development and transformation of social structures Gender roles and relations Racial and ethnic constructs Social and economic classes Political: State-building, expansion, and conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Interaction between humans and the environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Agricultural and pastoral production* Culture: Development and interaction of cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Arts and architecture Economic: Creation, expansion, & interaction of economic systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization

DECOLONIZATION: CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE After World War II the colonial powers struggled to hold onto their oversees territories. African colonies assert their independence and form into nation-states. Ethnic and tribal rivalries are unleashed within the new nation- states, leading to political rivalries and warfare. In African nations such as Rwanda and the Sudan, ethnic and tribal rivalries escalate into genocide.

It is estimated to have killed 25 million Europeans, about one third of the entire population of Europe The Black Death arrived in Europe along Asian trade routes. It was transmitted to humans by fleas that lived on infected rats. The Black Death shrunk the peasant population. This made peasant labor more valuable. Feudalism came to an end in many European kingdoms. Jewish communities were blamed for the plague. They became victims of violence and persecution. Anti-Semitism became widely accepted in Western Europe. Many German Jews fled to Poland, where they were welcomed by the Polish nobles. A large and thriving Jewish community developed in Eastern Europe. The plague killed victims of every social class. Nobles increasingly relied upon the monarchs for wealth, influence, and power. European monarchs began to develop greater economic, and political power over their kingdoms. A large percentage of priests died. A poorer quality of clergy created increasing levels of corruption in the Roman Catholic Church. People became angry and dissatisfied with the Roman Catholic Church.