February 26th • 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