Assignment: Intro to Cold War Videos
Directions:
1. Watch each video carefully
2. Take important notes down in the boxes
3. Answer the questions that follow each video
4. Submit on Schoology
Overview youtbue video- "The Cold War Explained From Beginning to End in One Minute: Causes/Effects, Timeline and Outcome"
Important notes from video.
Answer Question(s) Here:
1. How did America go from WWII to the Cold War? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
2. Why did the economy of the USSR collapse? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
Over-centralized planning
Start of war youtbue video- "Why Did the Cold War Begin?"
Important notes from video
Question(s)
3. How did the dynamic of Truman , Churchill, and Stalin at Potsdam show that various ideologies could work with each other? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
4. What did Soviets fear and why? What did Americans fear and why? Answer in 3-5 sentences.
5. Why was Eisenhower important during the Cold War and America's role as a world power? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
Timeline youtube video - "Cold War Timeline"
Important notes from video
Question(s)
6. What is the Cold War, based on the intro of this video? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
7. How was Asia involved in the Cold War? Answer in 1-2 sentences.
8. What is the Iron Curtain and how does it relate to the Cold War? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
9. Who was on the Soviet side? Who was on the American side? List the countries mentioned in this video.
10. What is the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and how did they influence the Cold War? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
11. Who is involved in NATO? Including the expansions. List the countries mentioned in this video.
12. What is the origin of "3rd world country and how does it relate to the Cold War? Answer in 1-2 sentences.
13. Where was Communism seen in Asia? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
14. What is McCarthyism and how did it influence the US? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
15. What happened in 1961? Name both events.
16. What is argued as the closest the world has come to World War III? Answer in 1 sentence.
17. Why was the US involved in Vietnam? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
18. Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall significant? Answer in 1-2 sentences.
19. Which countries today are recognized as having nuclear weapons? List them.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.