February 26 th This day in history: – 1952: PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb Learning Target – I can identify important aspects of the Cold War. Opener: – Which event, person or aspect of the Cold War was the most interesting to you? Why?

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Final Jeopardy Category: Origins of the Cold War

Final Jeopardy The Truman Doctrine was created in response to communist rebellions in which two countries?

Closure Reflect – Why was the Cold War significant?

People - 10 Who was the U.S. President at the beginning of the Cold War?

People – 10 Harry Truman

People - 20 Which President favored the use of massive retaliation and brinksmanship to fight the Soviet Union?

People – 20 Dwight Eisenhower

People - 30 Name BOTH candidates in the 1960 Presidential election.

People – 30 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon

People - 40 Who replaced Stalin as head of the Soviet Union in 1953?

People – 40 Nikita Krushchev

People - 50 What was the name of the dog that sent to space by the Soviet Union on Sputnik 2?

People – 50 Laika

Events - 10 In 1948, what action did the Soviet Union take to try to conquer Berlin?

Events – 10 The Berlin Blockade

Events - 20 What was the first “hot” war in the Cold War?

Events – 20 The Korean War

Events - 30 What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Events – 30 Invasion attempt led by CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro, dictator of Cuba

Events - 40 In what country did the Suez crisis occur?

Events – 40 Egypt (Suez Canal)

Events- 50 When did the Soviet Union test its first atomic bomb?

Events – 50 (September) 1949

Home Front- 10 What was the Red Scare?

Home Front – 10 Fear of communists taking over the U.S.

Home Front - 20 What was the job of the Civil Defense Administration?

Home Front – 20 Prepare the U.S. for nuclear attack

Home Front- 30 What famous couple was executed after being accused of being a Soviet spy?

Home Front – 30 The Rosenbergs

Home Front - 40 What organization did Congress create to investigate possible communists?

Home Front – 40 House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Home Front - 50 What event led to Joseph McCarthy’s fall from power?

Home Front – 50 Televised accusations against the U.S. Army

Vocabulary - 10 What is an arms race?

Vocabulary – 10 Competition between two countries to build up the most and the best weapons

Vocabulary - 20 What’s the difference between a treaty and an armistice?

Vocabulary – 20 A treaty is a permanent end to a war. An armistice is a temporary stop in the fighting.

Vocabulary - 30 What was the Truman Doctrine?

Vocabulary – 30 The U.S. commitment to aiding countries fighting communism.

Vocabulary - 40 What is McCarthyism?

Vocabulary – 40 Wild and unproven accusations of disloyalty (or communism)

Vocabulary - 50 What was brinksmanship?

Vocabulary – 50 U.S. strategy during the Cold War in which we remained on the edge of war to discourage communist aggression

Miscellaneous- 10 What was the “Iron Curtain”?

Miscellaneous – 10 Dividing line between capitalist Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe

Miscellaneous - 20 How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?

Miscellaneous – 20 Soviets agreed to remove missiles from Cuba in exchange for U.S. removing missiles from Turkey

Miscellaneous - 30 What alliance did the U.S. form to combat the Soviet Union?

Miscellaneous – 30 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Miscellaneous - 40 What was the Civil Defense Administration's mascot?

Miscellaneous – 40 Bert the Turtle

Miscellaneous - 50 Who was John Foster Dulles?

Miscellaneous – 50 Eisenhower’s Secretary of State, Creator of brinksmanship strategy