1. Monday, May 8, 2017
Write today’s date, then answer the following questions:
What are some causes of war?
Can ideas cause a war?
Create a list of three causes of war that you would find justified. (be ready to share one)

2. Homework Cold War Alliances Packet
Make sure all missing work is in, Wednesday will be the next grade update
Missing assignment s will be sent Friday May 12, 2017– this Friday

3. Cold War Quiz
Write your name on your paper. You can use any notes you have.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
How was The Warsaw Pact different from NATO?
Why was the Berlin airlift needed?
What was the result of the Hungarian Revolution?
What were the effects of the erection of the Berlin Wall?
What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an “Iron Curtain” had descended across Europe?

4. After the Quiz: Cold War Conflicts
You will pull one of three geographic areas. For the area you will need to give the who, what, where, when, why, how, and result of how that area was involved in the Cold War. It can be on notebook paper, or blank paper. You will also need an illustration
Title of Geographic Area
Who=
What=
Where=
When=
Why=
How=
Result=
Illustration

5. The Korean War

6. Korea split in two The U.N. splits Korea in half at the 38th Parallel
Kim Il Sung becomes leader of North Korea (communist)
June 1950, North Korea attacks & quickly overruns South Korea
U.N Forces are trapped in the Pusan Perimeter
China
North
Korea
South
Korea
Pusan

7. U.S. Involvement
General Douglas MacArthur led U.S. troops during the Korean War
MacArthur quickly took back Seoul & headed into North Korea
MacArthur reached the Chinese border (Yalu River)
Chinese forces retaliated
MacArthur wanted Truman to drop the bomb but Truman said no
New president, Eisenhower threatened China with bombings and a truce was signed in 1953
Drop the Bomb!
NO!! + =

8. Korea Today

9. The Vietnam War

11. Division of Vietnam
Viet Minh (Viet Cong)-Communist guerilla fighters led by Ho Chi Minh
Minh declared Vietnam independent from France in 1945—signed the Geneva Accord in 1954 ending war with France
North Vietnam—Communists led by Minh
South Vietnam—Ngo Dinh Diem-led non-Communist gov’t

12. U.S. Involvement in Vietnam
Domino Theory—if South Vietnam fell to Communism, all of Southern Asia would fall
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-January, 1965—President Lyndon Johnson ordered air strikes on North Vietnam
Early 1968—Tet Offensive—Major North Vietnamese attack on the South—U.S. helped the South win, but it showed the South was vulnerable to attack

13. U.S. Reaction to the War
Americans were not happy with the harsh fighting conditions—first televised war
Protests in Grant Park in Chicago and Kent State University in Ohio
4 students killed by the National Guard at Kent State
Pentagon Papers—documents released in 1971 showing that the government misled the Americans

14. Agent Orange

15. The End of the War
President Richard Nixon orders heavy bombing of North Vietnam followed by several failed peace talks
U.S. troops leave Vietnam in April, 1975
1.3 million Vietnamese died, 58,000 Americans died
1976—Vietnam reunited as one Communist country
Several people fled the country and the economy failed
1990’s—Vietnam allowed private businesses to develop and began trading with other nations