1. Museum Entrance Room One Room Two Room Four Room Three Welcome to the Museum of The Cold War Curator ’ s Offices Room Five Artifact 22 Artifact 23 Back Wall Artifact

2. Curator ’ s Office Meredith is normally known by as “Mer.” Mer likes to spend her days as a student at Clear Springs High School, but spends her other time at church. She has no social life because of school and church. She does nothing else, but go to church and school. That is her life. Meredith McDevitt Place your picture here. Note: Virtual museums were first introduced by educators at Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham, Pennsylvania. This template was designed by Dr. Christy Keeler. View the Educational Virtual Museums website for more information on this instructional technique.Keith Valley Middle SchoolDr. Christy KeelerEducational Virtual Museums Return to Entry

3. Room 1 Return to Entry Artifact 1 Artifact 4 Artifact 2 The Rivals Artifact 3

4. Room 2 Return to Entry Artifact 5 Artifact 8 Artifact 6 U.S. Plans and Ideas Artifact 7

5. Room 3 Return to Entry Artifact 9 Artifact 12 Artifact 10 International Ideas Artifact 11

6. Room 4 Return to Entry Artifact 13 Artifact 16 Artifact 14 [Room 4] Room Artifact 15

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8. http://faithandheritage.com/2014/02/refuting-bojidar- marinovs-dishonesty-on-national-identity-and-the-u-s-s-r/ Communism is a political party where there is one single ruler, usually dictator. This dictator rules over the people. In communism, the goal is a classless society. Everyone is "equal" and government rules over all aspects of life. Many Communist leaders turn out to be extremely strict dictators and greatly oppose those views in which they preach. Communism during the Cold War was spread by the USSR. A communist were in constant cold battle with United States, the US were very democratic. Return to Exhibit Communism

9. http://www.calhouncotx.org/electinfo.html Democracy is a government where people vote for decisions and there is protection of human rights and people are equal. The belief that all men are created equal extremely present in democratic governments. The Maine human rights are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Democracy it was a political party that was opposing communism in the Cold War. The democratic nations were the Western world for example of United States of America. Return to Exhibit Democracy

10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact The Warsaw Pact was in the lines form because of the USSR was threatened by the creation of NATO. It consisted of the USSR, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. In 1961 the Berlin wall was put up. This led Germany in half. This symbolized the world division as well and this Berlin wall was created from the Warsaw Pact idea Return to Exhibit Warsaw Pact

11. http://orientalreview.org/2013/05/06/nato-and-its-future- in-post-cold-war-scenario/ North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the NATO were 12 alliance nations. If any middle members were attacked, an army force of all member nations would help them out. The USSR look at the organization of NATO as a threat. This caused the alliance called the Warsaw Pact Return to Exhibit NATO

12. The Truman doctrine supported communist rejecting nations. It was very controversial. The idea was presented by Pres. Harry Truman on March 12, 1947 when speaking to Congress. Some nations did not like that Pres. Truman was getting into the business of other countries. But the United States and over $400 million to Turkey and Greece because they were anti- Communist. Return to Exhibit Truman Doctrine http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/MiGAlley/MiGAlley/ MigAlleyCreation.html

13. http://contemporaryhistoryusj.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the- marshall-plan/http://contemporaryhistoryusj.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the- marshall-plan/ The Marshall plan was an assistance program proposed by the United States Secretary of State, George Marshall. The idea was to aid weakened European nations. It would aid by giving field machinery and other resources. Its purpose was to rebuild Western Europe. It was a $12.5 billion program. While the U.S. Congress was debating whether they were going to go along with a plan or not, the Communist took over Czechoslovakia. This caused Congress to decide to go through the Marshall plan. It was a huge success. Return to Exhibit Marshall Plan

14. http://histoforum.net/containment/ Containment was a foreign-policy adopted by Pres. Harry Truman in 1947. It was to block Soviet influence and stop communism from spreading to more regions in the world. Countries created alliances to prevent this spread, mainly with the weaker nations that were susceptible to Soviet influence. Return to Exhibit Containment

15. http://martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/april2009/domino- theory.html Text goes here. The Domino effect, also known as the Domino theory, was described by Pres. Eisenhower. Southern Asian nations were a row of dominoes, he said. The fall of one to communism would lead to the fall of others. "Domino theory" became justification for the US foreign-policy in the Cold War era. Return to Exhibit Domino Effect

16. http://ias.org/service/unitednations/ The United Nations or the UN started off as an international organization of 50 countries. Its purpose was, and still is, to protect the members of the UN from aggression. It is basically a peace keeping group for many countries of the world. The General assembly: each nation could vote on world issues and a group of 11 people, Security Council, investigated and resolved issues. The five permanent members of the Security Council were Great Britain, China France the US and the USSR. These five could veto any action presented by the United Nations. Return to Exhibit United Nations

17. http://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/churchill- museum-programs.html The Iron Curtain was the term used to describe the division between communism and democracy in Germany. The West was democratic, East was communist. Even Berlin was split in half. The Iron Curtain name came from Winston Churchill speech on March 5, 1946. Return to Exhibit Iron Curtain

18. http://2a- ushistory.wikispaces.com/Brinkmansh ip+WN Brinkmanship was the willingness to go to the brink of war. Reliable sources of nuclear weapons, and the ability to deliver them, was necessary. The US began to stock up on weapons, nuclear, and work on training a better Air Force. The Soviet Union did the same. Return to Exhibit Brinkmanship

19. http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/170794/HCSS- Nuclear-Timeline/ Détente was lessening Cold War tensions. It was a policy for real politics. Richard Nixon introduced this policy during his presidency. To follow through with Détente, Nixon began meeting with communist china and communist Russia. Return to Exhibit Détente

20. http://designome.wordpress.com/ page/2/ The Kitchen Debate was the most political food has ever gotten. On July 24 th, 1959, United states VP Richard Nixon and USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev met in Moscow. The purpose of this meeting was to show to the world the true culture of the worlds two superpowers. During the meeting at the American National Exhibition in Moscow, the two men began to argue. Return to Exhibit Kitchen debate

21. http://ruthlessculture.com/2010/04/07/double-take- 2009-fear-and-loathing-in-geosynchronous-orbit/ Within the American National Exhibition, there was a kitchen that was a supposed example of one that would be found in the household of a $70,000-$105,00 income household (priced to today’s standards.) Nixon and Khrushchev both stated that their countries’ workers could afford such homes, but Khrushchev argued that Russia had houses that would last longer. Nixon then brought up the plethora of food and resources in the U.S., offending the Russian leader. Return to Exhibit Kitchen Debate

22. http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2013/05/photo- week-kitchen-debate.html Suddenly, both of the superpower leaders brought up nuclear weapons. There were threats thrown around of attacks, even though superpowers would be obliterated if such claims were to be put to action. Even though both the U.S. and Russia had missals on foreign soil, Khrushchev brought up the danger of placing these weapons on other countries’ land. Return to Exhibit Kitchen Debate

23. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nixon_an d_khrushchev.jpg Even though threats of war were argued, and one super power boasted over the other, the men tried to end the opening of the Exhibition on a calm note. Both leader agreed that they would never agree when it came to politics, but would learn from one another. This fiery exchange of words made headlines in the new York Times and added even more tension to the Cold War. Every little aspect of life, for these superpowers, was a cause to compete. From space to the kitchen, the USSR and USA were rivals. Return to Exhibit Kitchen Debate

24. Linked http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art- 58760/Andre-Courregesgoes here While advances in areas such as nuclear technology were being made, new fashions began evolving, based off of the sudden fashion- nation with outer space. In the midst of the Cold War, designer André Courreges began the new craze that was the “Space Age” fashion. What was his motivation behind these new designs? He called women at the time “archaic” and decided that they needed to match the time that they were currently in. the cold war era was a time of transformation from shabby to clean and chic. This new style was a way of bringing women into the new era that was filled with technology. Return to Exhibit Space Fashion Starts Up

25. http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Space_Age So what exactly did space fashion look like? It consisted of extremely clean cut seems and lines, lunar white was widely popular, cutouts, daises, body stockings, these were all aspects of the new style. the “Space Age” look was also not the most modest of styles. Popular trends included see-through fabrics and articles of clothing with structured holes in them. Return to Exhibit The “Space Age” look

26. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare During the 1940s-1950s, the united states began to become paranoid with the thought that there were communist supporters in their government offices. America became threatened by the communists and fear was now instilled in them. The fear was known as the “Red Scare.” the meaning for this title stemmed from the title that communists had gained, “reds,” due to their loyalty to their red flag. Return to Exhibit The Red Scare

27. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm Due to the fear of communists being present in America, and specifically U.S. government job positions, loyalty oaths became a requirement. During this time, a senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy began to be overly passionate about the anti communist movement. He was recorded waving papers that contained lists of government officials who did’t oppose communism. He instilled fear in many Americans, even President Eisenhower. However, the extreme passion to find these “communists” stemmed from a desire to resurrect his dying political career. In the end, his time of power halted when he embarrassed himself on national television in 1954. Return to Exhibit The Red Scare: McCarthy

28. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/Liverpool- news/margaret-thatcher-role-aftermath-hillsborough- 3416839 Margaret Thatcher was the first, and so far only, female prime minister for Great Britain. She served her role in office from 1979-1990. She was elected for three terms in office. She held office through the Cold War, Inflation, the Miner’s Strike, and many other hardships. She was extremely anti-communist, and was named “the iron lady” by the soviets. She embraced such a name with great pride, and is still well known even after her passing on April 8 th, 2013. her ledged of great leadership through the Cold War still lives on today. Return to Exhibit Margaret Thatcher

29. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history/2012/11/23/cpa/ Margaret Thatcher had made it well known from her youth, that she was more of a conservative, and very anti-communist. She was recognized for her strong words against the soviets, and did not change her mind at all. In December of 1984, Thatcher wisely invited the Soviet’s new potential leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to Britain and “pronounced him a man she could do business with.” Thatcher did what she could, over the years to come, to make the USSR break up, but in a was that was not very violent. She helped to close the Cold War almost peacefully. Return to Entrance Thatcher and the Cold War

30. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/08/mikhail- gorbachev-margaret-thatcher-death One of Margaret Thatcher’s most famous statements, was that made in an interview with John Cole of BBC. It was recorded following her meeting with soon-to-be Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. She stated, “We are never going to change one another…we should both do everything we can to see that war never starts again.” Though Thatcher was extremely conservative and very set in her views, she invited a man who could've been seen as her enemy, and took the time to understand him and try to resolve the dangerous situation at hand. Thatcher related as best as she could to Gorbachev, and saw him as a person, rather than a future dictator. Through her wisdom and understanding, she helped to resolve a Cold was that existed for over half a century. Return to Entrance The Understanding Mind of Margaret Thatcher

31. http://www.uni.edu/jaxbrown/finalproject/fp_objectives.ht ml In 1960, the United states released a comic book titles “The red Iceberg.” this was put on the market to show the youth the danger of the Communist. The message of the comic was essentially: if Uncle Sam was to continue on its current path, it would end up just as the other communist dominated nations. The book was printed in an anti-communist Catholic Catechetical Guild by Impact, and was given to thousands of Catholic students. Return to Exhibit The Red Iceberg

32. Other Sources Slides 20. 21, 22, 23- http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/money_02.html and http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0724.html http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/money_02.html http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0724.html Slides 24 and 25- http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Space_Agehttp://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Space_Age Slides 26 and 27 -https://www.nmc.edu/tgordon/storyofus/hst112/9_a-cold-era/2nd-red- scare.html and http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scarehttp://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare Slides 27, 28 and 29- http://www.margaretthatcher.org/essential/biography.asp and http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105592http://www.margaretthatcher.org/essential/biography.asp http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105592 Slide 31- http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/661http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/661