1. Bellwork On your bellwork paper, answer the following question:
What were the consequences of the Korean War? Explain.

2. Get out a blank sheet of paper...Quiz
Write - “Cold War Part 1 Quiz” at the top with your name

3. Answer the following questions:
Who were the two superpowers of the Cold War, and what were they trying to spread?
Define Containment in your own words.
Why were Americans afraid of Communism spreading in America? How did Americans react to the idea of communism in America?
What were the two sides of the Korean War, what were their political ideologies, and who supported them?

4. US.78 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats of the fears of Americans about nuclear holocaust and debates over the stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons, including atomic testing, civil defense, bomb shelters, mutually assured destruction, impact of Sputnik, and President Eisenhower’s warning about the military-industrial complex. (C, H, P)
Objective: Students will understand the fears of Americans during the Cold War

5. History Update
General Eisenhower (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WW2) won the presidency in 1952 and began his time in office in 1953
He served two terms, ending in 1961
During his presidency, he saw the end of the Korean War, refused to help the French in Indochina (which would later lead to the Vietnam War, in which we did get involved), strengthened NATO, and created the CIA

6. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
Complete the Document Analysis after reading Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

7. Nuclear Stockpiling Creating more and more nuclear weapons
Both sides of Cold War were doing this (US & SU)
Keeping supplies (weapons) on hand - ready for use at any time
Nuclear Stockpiling - the creating of more and more nuclear weapons and keeping supplies on hand to bring about mass destruction.

8. Atomic Testing Increase in testing of nuclear weapons
Weapons become more technical, numerous, and dangerous
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty GB, SU, US
No more testing in outer space, underwater, or in atmosphere - first step towards limiting nuclear weapons
Atomic Testing - The increase of testing will take place as the weapons become more technical numerous and dangerous.

10. Before we go any further….
Everyone get under your desk…..

11. Duck & Cover

12. Civil Defense & Bomb Shelters
US will increase spending and promote nuclear warfare education & awareness
Private homes & public buildings had “fallout shelters” equipped with canned food
Civil Defense and Bomb Shelters - The US will increase spending and promote nuclear warfare education and awareness. There will be fallout shelters & bomb drills such as “duck & cover”. These were suppose to help prepare Americans in case of a disaster.

13. Fallout Shelters
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14. Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
In the case of Nuclear Warfare - both sides knew they would lose
US foreign policy - based on the idea of deterrence (if your enemy knows you have a powerful weapon, they are less likely to use any weapons against you)
Mutually assured destruction - both the US and USSR use this as a policy to keep their hardliners in check.
Both sides would lose

15. Sputnik = Space Race
October SU launches first satellite into space
Started the Space Race
US response = Explorer 1 - January 1958
NASA created October 1958
Sputnik - the first satellite into space launched by the Soviet Union. This created the Space Race.

18. Exit Ticket
Imagine you lived in America during the Cold War. How would you feel about nuclear weapons and the American policy to use those weapons if necessary to prevent the spread of communism? Explain in a brief paragraph.