1. Warm Up # 27
What actions were taken by each side to increase tensions from

2. Conflicts of the Cold War 1950-1975
Essential Question
How did the conflict of the Cold War Play out from ?

3. Korean War

4. Things Calm for a Bit, but not for Long
1952: Stalin dies
1953: Armistice ends fighting in Korean War
Peace Treaty never signed
Arms Race continues:
Still building up/ developing better weapons

5. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World!
By 1960’s both have ICBMs
Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles
Could shoot from home and reach enemy within minutes
Neither wanted to use Nuclear Weapons
MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction

6. Space Race 1957: Soviets launch Sputnik 1958: US establishes NASA
World’s first satellite
1958: US establishes NASA
launch satellite too
1961: Soviets send first man in space
1969: US Astronaut Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

7. The Cuban Missile Crisis

8. Yep, another Proxy War. Yikes!
Vietnam War
Yep, another Proxy War. Yikes!

9. Background Vietnam was colonized by the French.
1930s: Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh calls for independence and establishes the Viet Minh, a communist movement.
: 1st Indochina war breaks out to expel the French
US backs the French (Dominos can’t fall)

10. Geneva Accords 1964 Results Country divided in half, 17th parallel
North = Communist
South = Capitalist
Free movement for 300 days
Elections to reunite country in 1966
French leave Indochina

11. Course of the War Us Troops involved from 1965- 1973
The Vietnam War was brutal and long
Guerilla Warfare (aka strike and hide)
1973, the US withdraws troops
Vietnam falls to Communism

12. Revisit Your Notes 1. Circle “Key Terms” 2. Highlight “Main Ideas”
Word you cannot tell the story without
2. Highlight “Main Ideas”
Information that answers the “EQ”
3. Ask Questions (Broad Questions)
Each question should apply to a large “chunk” of information.
Example:
How did the crisis in Berlin reflect the conflict of the Cold War?