Cuban Missile Crisis: Homework & Quiz Information

The Real Cuban Missile Crisis

The Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm) meeting in the Cabinet Room on October 29, 1962. From left: JFK, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Pierre Salinger. 

Please read the document - Real Cuban Missile Crisis - that I have included in your shared reading folder.

There will be a quiz on Monday (C Block: Tuesday)  that is based on the homework that was due Dec. 3 and the reading above. The study guide is the homework questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the general argument in the reading.

About the National Security Council Executive Committee (ExComm)

In establishing the ExComm by a memorandum on October 22, Kennedy designated himself as chairman and listed the group’s core members. They were:

• President Kennedy
• Vice President Lyndon Johnson
• Dean Rusk (Secretary of State)
• Robert McNamara (Secretary of Defense)
• Douglas Dillon (Secretary of the Treasury)
• Robert Kennedy (Attorney General)
• John McCone (Director of Central Intelligence)
• General Maxwell Taylor (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
• Llewellyn Thompson (Ambassador-at-Large)
• Theodore Sorensen (Special Counsel)
• McGeorge Bundy (Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs)

Berlin Crisis Homework Due Thursday

Breakdown of Allied Cooperation in Germany

1. Be sure to study for tomorrow's Short Answer Exam. Click here for the study guide.

2. There are three distinct sets of questions for the homework that is due Thursday by lunchtime. All questions and reading assignments are found on your Cold War Notes document. 

Do the last set of questions first. This is: 



And then do the first two sets of questions. These are:




 and...

Don't forget tomorrow's test on short answer knowledge.

Wednesday's Short Answer Exam Study Guide

Origins of the Cold War Short Answer Exam

Don't worry the test will be easy. Just a few obstacles to overcome :)

Please know the following (1-45) for Wednesday's exam: 

Feel free to break up this list, share it with friends, and create study guides. That is why I numbered it.

1. What are the capital cities of Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Austria
2. What are the "Eight Steps"
3. Know the following "key players": Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Attlee, Stalin, Molotov, Stimson, Marshall, Oppenheimer, Keenan, Tito, Adenauer
4. What is the Grand Alliance, aka the Big Three
5. Know the order of the major wartime conferences
6. Know at least one major decision to come out of the Tehran Conference
7. What country was invaded by Germany that started WWII?
8. What was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
9. Who were the Axis powers? 
10. why did the Soviet Army stop outside of Warsaw?
11. What was ONE priority of each of the Big Three going into Yalta?
12. What were two major decisions reached at Yalta?
13. What didn't Stalin do with Poland following Yalta?
14. Know each of the major events between Yalta and Potsdam.
15. What was ONE major disagreement at Potsdam?
16. Other than ending the war, what was another reason the atomic bombs were used on Japan?
17. What was ONE statement that shocked the British when Truman delivered the "12-Point" speech?
18. What were TWO key main ideas from Keenan's "Long Telegram"?
19. Where was the "Iron Curtain" speech delivered? 
20. What was Churchill's main point of the speech?
21. What is ONE way that Stalin reacted to the speech?
22. What countries were the focus of the U.S. with the Truman Doctrine?
23. What new foreign policy did the Truman Doctrine embody?
24. What is ONE reason the Truman Doctrine could be considered a turning point of the Cold War?
25. What were the European conditions that led the creation of the Marshall Plan?
26. What was ONE reason that politicians might OPPOSE the Marshall Plan? (MP)
27. What is the official title of the Marshall Plan? (ERP)
28. What were THREE countries under Staln's control that didn't take MP aid?
29. What were FOUR Western European countries that did take MP aid? 
30. What communist country did take MP aid?
31. What is ONE way Stalin reacted to the MP?
32. What does COMECON stand for?
33. What does COMINFORM stand for?
34. What did the U.S. Congress do in reaction to the Czech Coup?
35. Which Eastern European country broke away from the influence of the Soviet Union? Who was its leader?
36. Salami Tactics: How did the Red Army assist?
37. What was the last remaining democracy in Eastern Europe to fall?
38. What was the Middle East country did Stalin fail to keep his promise of removing troops from? Which agency had to intervene to get the Soviets to leave?
39. What are TWO major reasons why the Allies couldn't agree on the joint management of Germany?
40. What were TWO causes of the Berlin Blockade?
41. How did Great Britain, France and the U.S. break the blockade?
42. What are TWO major effects of the Berlin Blockade? 
43. What does NATO stand for? What was its purpose?
44. What year did Germany official split into two countries? What was the formal name of each?
45. Who was the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Complete Marshall Plan Recommendation

The Marshall Plan

Please complete the Marshall Plan recommendation for President Truman by Friday morning. I've put a digital copy of the reading packet in the shared reading folder. It is entitled, "Marshall Plan Readings".

Truman Doctrine & the Marshall Plan Homework

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

Protection and Recovery for Europe

ERP is an acronym for European Recovery Program

 The following is to be completed Wednesday at 8:20 a.

At the bottom of your Cold War Notes document you will find 11 new questions. Please complete the associated readings, which are listed under the following headings and answer the questions. 

• Policy of Containment (1 question)
• The Truman Doctrine (3 questions)
• The Marshall Plan (7 questions)

Cold War Begins Homework

The Cold War Begins

And they look so happy together. What could possibly go wrong?

DIRECTIONS: Read pages 14-21 in the shared reading “Cold War - Ch. 2.”
Answer QUESTIONS 1 - 8 under the COLD WAR BEGINS section on your Cold War NOTES document. I've already put the questions on the document for you. You're welcome :)

DUE THURSDAY at 8:20 a.

Phases of the Cold War Quiz Tomorrow

Quiz Friday on Phases of the Cold War

Don't worry. Both are only going through a phase.

 Here's what you need to know:

Phases of the Cold War

1917 - 1945: Lingering Animosities

1943 - 1949: Origins (8 Steps to the Division of Europe)

1950 - 1953: Shift to Asia & Beyond

1953 - 1957: The Thaw

1958 - 1962: Crisis & Nuclear Confrontation

1963 - 1978: The Era of Détente: Sino-U.S. Develop Cordial Relations

1979 - 1984: Second Cold War

1976 - 1989 - China After Mao (Communism in Crisis)

1985 - 1991: Gorbachev Era: Glasnost & Perestroika (Communism in Crisis)

Phases of the Cold War Quiz

Quiz Friday on Phases of the Cold War

On Friday you will have a quiz on the phases of the Cold War. Please know:

Phases of the Cold War

1917 - 1945: Lingering Animosities

1943 - 1949: Origins (8 Steps to the Division of Europe)

1950 - 1953: Shift to Asia & Beyond

1953 - 1957: The Thaw

1958 - 1962: Crisis & Nuclear Confrontation

1963 - 1978: The Era of Détente: Sino-U.S. Develop Cordial Relations

1979 - 1984: Second Cold War

1976 - 1989 - China After Mao (Communism in Crisis)

1985 - 1991: Gorbachev Era: Glasnost & Perestroika (Communism in Crisis)

There is no other homework tonight. Enjoy!

Homework for August 29 - Due Sept. 2, 8:20 a.

What was the Cold War and Who Started It?

Yeah, right. He is a Commie. Never trust him.

Thank you for such a terrific first week of school. All initial assignments have been completed and all have already taken a quiz. Great Start! Now, let's get to work!

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEKEND

Find the shared file folder entitled, "Cold War Readings." In that folder you will find the reading, "Cold War - Ch. 1." It is the same reading as the paper copy you received this week.

Read pages 2 - 7. Stop at the top of Section 4.

Answer questions 1 - 9 on the document that you shared with me entitled, "Cold War Notes."

Your answer are due no later than 8:20 a. on Tues., Sept. 2.

If you have questions, please e-mail me at jhyer@sturgischarterschool.org