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.

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

Cold War: Origins: Step 1 Half-Test Study Guide

Cold War: Origins: Step 1

Half-Test Study Guide

Harry S. Truman and James Brynes, Truman's Sec. of State and anti-communist

First, you have a digital copy of the reading we did in class today, "Hiroshima - Last military act of World War II or first act of the Cold War." I it is your Shared Reading folder. Period A - I suggest you read this to help with Monday's exam.

Second:

• On Monday, I am giving your a "half-test," which means it is half the value of a regular test :)
• This will NOT be an essay test.
• It will consist of short answers, much like your quizzes have been so far this month.

The focus of the quiz in on Step 1 of the Eight Steps to the Division of Europe by 1949.

You should know:

• Western military stragegy in Europe vs. Stalin's desire for Allied intervention
• The main focuses of the three conferences (T / Y / P)
• Priorities of each leader heading into Yalta/Potsdam
• The Polish Question
• Significance of events between Yalta and Potsdam (Death of FDR; Truman becomes U.S. president; Germany surrenders; Trinity Successful)
• Attlee Replacing Churchill
• Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Stalin blocked?; Truman aggressive?)

Be able to identify the following people: (Hint: Remember the "Key Players" slide?)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Winston Churchill
• Clement Attlee
• Josef Stalin
• V. Molotov
• Henry Stimson
• James L. Byrnes
• Robert Oppenheimer

Hiroshima and the Cold War Homework

Hiroshima and the Origins of the Cold War

Please find the reading "Hiroshima and the Cold War" in your shared reading folder. Read it and answer the following questions about the atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War. Please put your answers on your Cold War NOTES shared document. (I've already put the questions on your document.) 

These questions are to be completed by 8:20 a. Friday, Sept. 19.

1.  Do Sources A and B prove that Truman dropped the bomb to save American soldiers' lives? Why or why not?

2.  Do you trust Source D? Explain.

3. Point No. 2 under the heading "Possibility TWO" lists three of Truman's advisors: Davies, Stimson and Byrnes. Please provide a brief one to two sentences as to who they were in relation to Truman's administration in 1945.

4.  Did Hiroshima start the Cold War ... and if so, how?  Discuss which of the two possibilities you think most closely fits the facts.