Cuban Missile Crisis Homework

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Was Castro really a pawn between the Superpowers?

For the next three weeks (Dec. 1 to 19) we are going to study the Cuban Missile Crisis. This crucial unit will be used to assess your ability in taking a Paper 1 document-based exam and a Paper 2 essay exam that will include a counter claim and a historical school of thought. The P1 exam is scheduled for Thurs., Dec. 18 and the P2 exam is scheduled for Fri., Dec. 19.

HOMEWORK

Please complete the following questions on your 

Cold War NOTES by 8:20 a. Wed., Dec. 3

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

DIRECTIONS: Read “CMC - Introduction” (Pages 1, ii, and 8 - 14) and “CMC - Moment of Decision” (pages 15 - 17). Answer questions 1 - 9 from the “Introduction” reading and questions 10 - 15 from the “Moment” reading. Both readings are in your shared reading folder.

Don't Forget Friday's Quiz

A young man who had tried to escape to West Berlin and was shot.

Friday's QUIZ: There will be a document-based quiz on Friday regarding "Peaceful Co-existence," 1956 and the Berlin Crisis. Make sure you have questions 7-12 on  your homework as they will make up part of your quiz grade. The questions are:

Berlin Crisis, 1958

7. What was Khrushchev intending to achieve by triggering a crisis over Berlin? (pp. 116-117)

8. Summarize Khrushchev's "Berlin Ultimatum." (p. 117)

9. What was the Western reaction to the Berlin ultimatum? (p. 118)     

Berlin Wall Built

10. Key question Why did Khrushchev agree to the construction of the Berlin Wall? (pp. 119-120)     

11. How important was the construction of the Berlin Wall for the Soviet bloc? (p. 121)     

12. Why, despite the construction of the Berlin Wall, did tension remain high in Europe until 1963? (p. 122)    

Khrushchev & The Second Cold War Quiz

"Peaceful Co-existence," the year of Crises (1956), and the Berlin Crisis Quiz

-HOMEWORK: First, be sure to finish the homework that is due by tomorrow at 8:20 a. See assignment here.

-QUIZ: There will be a document-based quiz on Friday regarding "Peaceful Co-existence," 1956 and the Berlin Crisis. Make sure you have questions 7-12 on  your homework as they will make up part of your quiz grade. The questions are:

Berlin Crisis, 1958

7. What was Khrushchev intending to achieve by triggering a crisis over Berlin? (pp. 116-117)

8. Summarize Khrushchev's "Berlin Ultimatum." (p. 117)

9. What was the Western reaction to the Berlin ultimatum? (p. 118)     

Berlin Wall Built

10. Key question Why did Khrushchev agree to the construction of the Berlin Wall? (pp. 119-120)     

11. How important was the construction of the Berlin Wall for the Soviet bloc? (p. 121)     

12. Why, despite the construction of the Berlin Wall, did tension remain high in Europe until 1963? (p. 122)    

Khrushchev and the Second Cold War Homework

Khrushchev and the Second Cold War

The "Wall" in 1972

Please complete the following new set of questions on your Cold War Notes!

Khrushchev and the Second Cold War 1956-63

DIRECTIONS: Read “Cold War - Ch. 6” (Pgs. 107-123). It is about the “Year of Crises, 1956, and the Berlin Crisis (1958-61). It is in your shared Cold War Readings file. Answer the following 12 questions. 

Your answers are due by 8:20 a. Thursday, Nov. 20

Prepare for Wednesday's Double Quiz - Finish Homework

Finish Homework; Prepare for Wednesday's Double Quiz

There can be peaceful co-existence. Or can there....

Make sure you have the next two sets of questions completed by Wednesday at 8:20 a. They are posted to your Cold War Notes document. They are:

Khrushchev, De-Stalinization, and Peaceful Co-Existence

DIRECTIONS: Read "“Khrushchev and Peaceful Co-existence” (Pgs. 88-92). It is in your shared Cold War Readings file. Answer the following 9 questions. 

  

The Space Race

DIRECTIONS: Read "“Khrushchev and Peaceful Co-existence” (Pgs. 93-96). It is about the second test of peaceful co-existence, the Space Race. It is in your shared Cold War Readings file. Answer the following 13 questions.

BE ready for Wednesday's Quiz.

STUDY GUIDE FOR WEDNESDAY'S DOUBLE QUIZ

• Make sure you know your answers to questions 2, 2a. - 2f. under "U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1950s" on your NOTES.
• Know the difference between "rollback" and "containment."
• Be able to list the "Six Major Events" that caused the U.S. to feel it was losing political and technical race with the Communists in the 1950s. (Question 4 on U.S. Foreign Policy.)
• What is an ICBM?
• Know the formal names of North and South Korean and who led each at the beginning of the Korean War.
• Know - in general terms - how the Korean War unfolded.
• Know why MacArthur was fired by Truman.
• Make sure you understand the 1950-era context of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's quote:  "Asia is where the communist conspirators have decided to make their play for global conquest.   If we lose this war, the fall of Europe is inevitable.   There is no choice but victory."
• How did Stalin's death impact the end of the Korean conflict?
• In a paragraph or two be preapared to address the Cummings' quote: “The civil conflict had not been worked through but frozen by outside intervention.” (Study questions No. 8 and 9 under the Korean War Notes.)
• Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower? How did he approach Communism?
• Who was John Foster Dulles? How did he view the United States’ role against the Communists?

Double Quiz Study Guide & New Homework Due Wednesday

Stalin Dies! Khrushchev Takes Over & The Development of the Space Race

Ding Dong! The wicked dictator is dead! March 5, 1953.

First, be sure you have finished The Korean War questions that were due at 3:10 p. today.

Second, please have the next two sets of questions completed by Wednesday at 8:20 a. They are posted to your Cold War Notes document. They are:

Khrushchev, De-Stalinization, and Peaceful Co-Existence

DIRECTIONS: Read "“Khrushchev and Peaceful Co-existence” (Pgs. 88-92). It is in your shared Cold War Readings file. Answer the following 9 questions. 

  

The Space Race

DIRECTIONS: Read "“Khrushchev and Peaceful Co-existence” (Pgs. 93-96). It is about the second test of peaceful co-existence, the Space Race. It is in your shared Cold War Readings file. Answer the following 13 questions.

STUDY GUIDE FOR WEDNESDAY'S DOUBLE QUIZ

• Make sure you know your answers to questions 2, 2a. - 2f. under "U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1950s" on your NOTES.
• Know the difference between "rollback" and "containment."
• Be able to list the "Six Major Events" that caused the U.S. to feel it was losing political and technical race with the Communists in the 1950s. (Question 4 on U.S. Foreign Policy.)
• What is an ICBM?
• Know the formal names of North and South Korean and who led each at the beginning of the Korean War.
• Know - in general terms - how the Korean War unfolded.
• Know why MacArthur was fired by Truman.
• Make sure you understand the 1950-era context of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's quote:  "Asia is where the communist conspirators have decided to make their play for global conquest.   If we lose this war, the fall of Europe is inevitable.   There is no choice but victory."
• How did Stalin's death impact the end of the Korean conflict?
• In a paragraph or two be preapared to address the Cummings' quote: “The civil conflict had not been worked through but frozen by outside intervention.” (Study questions No. 8 and 9 under the Korean War Notes.)
• Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower? How did he approach Communism?
• Who was John Foster Dulles? How did he view the United States’ role against the Communists?

The Korean War

The Korean War - Containment in Asia

The NSC-68 in Practice

MacArthur dared cross this line - and then some!

DIRECTIONS: Read "Korean War 1950-53." It is in your shared Cold War Readings file. Please read it (p. 68-77) and answer the 9 questions which are at the bottom of your Cold War Notes.

Your answer are due by 3:10 p. on Friday, Nov. 7

Complete 1950s Foreign Policy Homework by Lunch Monday!

Foreign Policy in the 1950s: 

Fear of Communism's Growth

Oh, great! Now China and North Korea have turned Commie.

Please complete the readings and questions assigned Thursday. The readings are in your shared reading folder. All questions are at the bottom of your Cold War Notes document.

 

Your answers are due no later than Monday at 12:30 p.

Click this link to view Thursday's homework assignment.