1. Main Topic – Cold War and Korean War
Cold war & Korean war “hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies” Stephan King – Shawshank redemption
Main Topic – Cold War and Korean War
In class activities: Trashball Review
Homework – Study notes for Quiz.
Bell Work – What is the difference between the 2 policies of “containment” and “brinkmanship”?

2. The rules are simple
Welcome to Trashball!

3. Rules
There are three teams
Each team will have one member compete at a time, (ONLY ONE!) so keep your traps shut!
If you are caught talking while others are working on their problem, your team will lose points.

4. Rules
Each competitor is given a white board and a marker
You will have 30 seconds to read the question and write your answer on the white board
Do not show your answer until I tell you
Remember to keep your answer hidden from the other team

5. If you answer the question correctly you get one point automatically
Rules
If you answer the question correctly you get one point automatically
You also get to shoot the ball into the trashcan for an extra point
Bounces are fair when shooting
The team with the most points at the end will be the winner

6. The winning team will win something super sweet…
The Winners!
The winning team will win something super sweet…

7. Today we are playing to study for our Cold War/Korean War test
Here’s how it works
I am going to show you a slide, and you are going to write your answer(spelled correctly) on the board (if your answer is right, but not spelled correctly, you get the point, but not the bonus shot)

8. Lets Begin
Play Ball!

9. Question
To prevent the spread of communism around the world through military and non-military means, Truman adopted what policy?

10. ANSWER
containment

11. Question
What communist leader overthrew the government of Chang Kai-shek in China in 1949?

12. ANSWER
Mao Zedong

13. Question
What did they call the food and supply drop into East Berlin?

14. ANSWER
Berlin Airlift

15. Question
What was Alger Hiss accused of?

16. ANSWER
Passing military secrets to the Soviets

17. Question
Why were the Rosenbergs executed?

18. ANSWER
They were found guilty of giving atomic secrets to the Soviets

19. Question
Why was the conflict between the US and the USSR called the “Cold War”?

20. ANSWER
The two nations never directly met on the battlefield

21. Question
What term is used to describe the US and the USSR stockpiling nuclear weapons?

22. ANSWERs
Arms Race

23. Question
What was Eisenhower’s policy regarding Communism?

24. ANSWER
Brinkmanship.

25. Question
What was the name of the Senator who launched a hunt for Communists which wrecked the careers of thousands of people?

26. ANSWER
Joseph McCarthy

27. Question
What competition began after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik?

28. ANSWER
Space Race

29. Question
What military alliance was formed by the US, Canada, and 10 western European nations?

30. ANSWERs
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

31. Question
What US plan promised to aid nations who were struggling to resist threats to democracy and freedom?

32. ANSWERs
Marshall Plan

33. Question
What did they call McCarthy’s committee?

34. ANSWERs
House of Un-American Activities Committee

35. Question
In response to NATO, the USSR formed its own alliance called what?

36. answer
The Warsaw Pact

37. question
Who was the President at the outbreak of the Korean war AND who was the President at the end of the war? (I need 2 names)

38. answer
Truman – beginning
Eisenhower - end

39. Question
What was the name of the satellite launched into space by the Soviets in 1957

40. answer
Sputnik

41. question
Name 1 of the 2 nations mentioned in the book whose governments were toppled by the US under the policy of brinkmanship.

42. answer
Guatemala or Iran

43. Question
Why did the Marshall Plan specify that it was not directed against any country or doctrine?

44. Answer
He did not want to anger the USSR

45. question
Korea was divided into North and South Korea along which line of latitude?

46. answer
The 38th parallel

47. AND THE WINNING TEAM IS…..