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Today's Agenda

4/22/2019

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Learning Target:
I can discuss the origins of the Cold War, & I can evaluate the methods used by the United States to contain communism.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play AP Exam Practice #1.
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two major political parties in the United States?
    1. ​​Libertarian Party and Democratic Party
    2. Progressive Party and Libertarian Party
    3. Democratic Party and Republican Party
    4. Progressive Party and Republican Party
  3. Guided Instruction: The Kennedy Doctrine​
  4. Reflection Question: How successful were the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy Doctrines in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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