1950s Cold War Effects
Game Rules DON’T SHOW ANYONE YOUR IDENTITY Fewer dots than nondots Goal: Nondots—form the largest group of nondots If you have dot member you lose Dots—win if you are the ONLY dot in a group
Prompt #6 What was it like for you participating in this game? Explain how this relates to the Cold War.
Cold War Effects
The McCarthy Era Joseph McCarthy senator looking for an issue McCarthyism — smear tactics to accuse people of communism
The McCarthy Era Accused gov’t officials lost jobs Attacks Sec. of State George Marshall Questioned his integrity because he didn’t stop communism in China
McCarthy’s Fall—Accused Army Army accused McCarthy of special treatment for his aide (who had been drafted) Televised loses most supporters (e.g., Senate)
Eisenhower Doctrine Will fight and help any countries in the Middle East requesting aid against a communist attack Ex: Israel
The Arms Race Policies of the Arms Race: Deterrence Brinksmanship Soviets have hydrogen bomb (1953) March 1954, U.S. tested hydrogen bomb in Pacific More than 750 times as great as bomb on Nagasaki Fisherman get radiation burns 90 miles away
Space Race Soviets U.S. falls behind Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) 1957 - Launch Sputnik (first satellite) U.S. falls behind
U-2 Incident (1960) U.S. has a spy plane over USSR USSR shoots down with guided missile U.S. increases spending
1960s Cold War with Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs (April 1961) -Explain what caused this event to take place -Explain the plan using map
Results of Bay of Pigs ~1500 exiled Cubans—90 died, rest prisoners (later ransomed by private U.S. groups) Castro became wary of the U.S. Embarrassed Kennedy administration
Khrushchev vs. Kennedy Vienna Summit (June 1961) Berlin Wall (August 1961)
Cold War Museum Project Introduction
Decision Time Cuban Missile Crisis
Step One
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Step Three
Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) Khrushchev sends emissary with a deal for JFK: U.S. ends blockade and stays out of Cuba; needs to remove missiles in Turkey in return USSR will remove nukes from Cuba Kennedy agrees—but not in public; WWIII averted One positive—Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963—no above ground tests
Prompt #7 In 4-5 sentences, evaluate Kennedy’s decisions regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. Consider each step of the crisis (discovery, magnitude, and blockade)
Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) U-2 plane revealed Soviet weapons in Cuba (90 miles from FL)—threat to U.S. Many difficult scenarios—WWIII on the line Knocking out missiles—too risky Blockade “quarantine” instead Soviet ships face to face with quarantine—turned around