1/23/25 and 8.2

Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 2- The Cold War from 1945-1980

Student learning objective- Students will be able to explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

8.2 Daily Video #1 on AP Classroom (absent students should watch)

8.2 Daily Video #2 on AP Classroom (absent students should watch)


"Iron Curtain Speech"

“A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. Nobody knows what Soviet Russia and its Communist international organization intends to do in the immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to their expansive and proselytizing tendencies. . . . It is my duty . . . to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe.

“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. Athens alone—Greece with its immortal glories —is free to decide its future at an election under British, American, and French observation. . . . The Communist parties, which were very small in all these Eastern States of Europe, have been raised to preeminence and power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control.”

Former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, speaking at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, “Sinews of Peace,” (better known as the “Iron Curtain Speech”), 1946


Discussion Question #1- Explain how the historical situation has changed from WWII times to 1946 as Winston Churchill declares an "iron curtain".

Discussion Question #2- What is Churchill's point of view?

Discussion Question #3- Who is the intended audience of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in this speech?

Discussion Question #4- What is the purpose of Churchill's speech?


What was the "Cold War"?

Who was involved?

When was it?

Where was it?

Why did it happen?

How did it happen?


Containment

Marshall Plan

Truman Doctrine

Berlin Blockade and Airlift

Suez Crisis- 

Eisenhower Doctrine- 

Mao/China 1949

Korean War 

Stages of the Korean War

Interstate Highway Act

GI Bill of Rights

U-2 Incident

Cuban Revolution

Bay of Pigs

Cuban Missile Crisis

Revisit- Student learning objective- Students will be able to explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

Upcoming schedule:

American Pageant Chapter 36 Quiz- Wed 1/29

American Pageant Chapter 37 Quiz- Wed 2/5

Period 8 topics 1-8 Exam (midterm period)- MON 2/10 10:00 AM-11:30 AM


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