Changing World,

Changing Roles

Chapter 10, Lesson 4

We will be creating a pamphlet!

Chapter 11, Lesson 5

Communism Around the World

Soviet Union brings communism to Europe

Fear world communism

Civil War in China Soviets give money and supplies to

communist army 1949- Mao Zedong leads Chinese Communists

to victory

China and Soviet Union are largest nations in the world…and communist

Nuclear War

1949- Soviet Union built its own atomic bomb Can destroy entire cities

Unites States and Soviet military compete Bigger bombs and missiles, nuclear weapons Arms Race: a race between nations to build

more powerful weapons

Fear arms race might lead to nuclear war

Nuclear War

Nuclear War: a war in which powerful nuclear weapons are used

Could destroy life on earth

People prepare: build bomb shelters and store food

Anti-Communism

Define Anti-Communism

Define Joseph McCarthy

How did McCarthy influence Americans?

Draw a political cartoon showing Anti-Communists and their effects in America

Anti-Communism in America

Fear of communism

Anti-Communism: the movement to stop the spread of communism and communist ideas

Senator Joseph McCarthy: Anti-communist spread worry Claimed there were secret communists in government Some true, most made up

Anti-Communists in Congress search for communists Accuse Government leaders, actors, teachers, writers Some lose jobs or prevented from working Some guilty, most innocent

Cold War Conflicts

Create who, what, where, and when for UN

Cold War Conflicts

Who: U.S. and Allies (50 nations)

What: Organization called the United Nations. A plan for new international organization to keep peace in the world

Where: San Francisco meeting (Now NY)

When: October 1945

Why: to keep peace in the world

The Korean War

Compare and contrast North Korea and South Korea

Using 6 bullet points, describe the fighting and key points in the Korean War

The Korean War

South Korea

Republic Supported by the US (US thought Soviet

Union helped plan the attack)

United Nation defends 16 nations support S.

Korea American General,

Douglas MacArthur lead the UN forces

North Korea

Communist government

Supported by Soviet Union

1950- North Korean troop invades South Korea

The Korean War

Fierce fighting

UN troops push back N. Korea

Communist China sends soldiers to help N. Korea

Long and fatal battle, especially US

1953- two sides agreed to stop fighting

N. and S. Korea still divided

Cuban Missile Crisis

Write and draw a quick picture of Cuba

What happened in 1959?

What happened in 1962?

Create a timeline of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis Cuba: an island nation 90 miles south of the US

1959: Fidel Castro led revolution in Cuba

Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, helps set up Communism

October 1962- US discovers Soviet Union putting powerful missiles in Cuba (included nuclear bombs)

JFK fears attack and orders ships to blockade Cuba

Blockade Cuba- no ships in to Cuba

For days, Soviets refuse to remove

Finally remove missiles

JFK promises not to attack Cuba

Both sides agree to prevent nuclear war