8.1.2

toc Evaluate the origins, setbacks, and successes of the American policy of “containing” the Soviet Union, including
 * Foreign Policy during the Cold War **
 * the development of a U.S. national security establishment, composed of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the intelligence community
 * the armed struggle with Communism, including the Korean conﬂict
 * direct conﬂicts within speciﬁc world regions including Germany and Cuba
 * U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and the foreign and domestic consequences of the war (e.g., relationship/conﬂicts with U.S.S.R. and China, U.S. military policy and practices, responses of citizens and mass media)
 * indirect (or proxy) confrontations within speciﬁc world regions (e.g., Chile, Angola, Iran, Guatemala)
 * the arms race

=8.1.2 Need to Reed=

=Learning Activity=

Korean War Period
Discussion on the following questions: See this slideshow of images from the Korean War
 * 1) How did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
 * 2) What techniques did McCarthy use to accuse people of being Communists?
 * 3) How does the Cold War explain the development of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the intelligence community?

Global Concerns in the Cold War
Discussion on the following questions:
 * 1) How did the launch of Sputnik affect Americans?
 * 2) How did the Peace Corps help the United States build friendships with other nations?
 * 3) Why were events in Cuba troubling to the American government?

The Vietnam War
Discussion on the following questions:
 * 1) Why did the U.S. support the French side in the First Indochina War?
 * 2) What kind of help did the United States give South Vietnam between 1954 and 1963?
 * 3) Why was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution important?
 * 4) How did fighting the Vietnam War differ from fighting other wars?
 * 5) How did "doves" protest against the war?
 * 6) What position did Nixon take on the Vietnam War?
 * 7) What was President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization
 * 8) How did Vietnam War protests become part of the counter-culture movement of the 60s and 70s?
 * 9) How did the Vietnam War affect the people in North Vietnam and in South Vietnam?
 * 10) How did the Vietnam War affect the image of war for the American people?

=Assessment=