Today's Agenda

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: Create a Trading Card for Harry Truman.
2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two Cabinet-level positions? 
   1. ​Secretary of Education and ​Secretary of History
   2. ​Secretary of Energy and ​Secretary of Motor Vehicles
   3. ​Secretary of Human Affairs and ​Secretary of of the Navy
   4. ​Secretary of Homeland Security and ​Secretary of the Treasury
3. Guided Instruction: The Truman Doctrine​
4. Reflection Question: How successful was the Truman Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading