Tasks:
- Introduce Period 8: 1945 - 1980 (the next to the last unit of study!!!) by defining important concepts.
- Unit of study will pick up with important debates from earlier units of study
- What is the role of the U.S. in the world?
- What is the role of the federal government in the lives of citizens?
- Define: Cold War
- ideological stand-off between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R
- ideas conflict with one another
- United States values = democracy, capitalism, individuality, self-reliance
- Soviet Union values = totalitarianism, communism, collectivism
- conflict between U.S. and U.S.S.R. will influence the debate on the role in America's
- Define: Hot War
- actual fighting during Cold War; "proxy" wars = indirect fighting with the U.S.S.R.
- Define: Decolonization
- Post WWII, many nations sought to achieve independence from their colonial rulers. Many movements were successful after WWII because the imperial power were greatly weakened by war, and could not provide assistance to suppress rebellions.
- Significance of decolonization: U.S. and U.S.S.R sought allies among new nations; increased competition between the two rival nations for influence in the world.
