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United States History II Unit 7: Foreign Policy of the Early Cold War Period (1945-1989)

Competency Goal/Essential Knowledge Identify, investigate, and assess the causes and effects of the early years of the Cold War and the changing role of the United States in the world.

Unit Outline I. Red Scare and Cold War in Asia – China and Korea II. Events of the Early Cold War Years III. JFK and the Cold War IV. Vietnam V. Foreign Policy Troubles VI. Reagan and the End of the Cold War

Readings and Key Terms

I. Red Scare and Cold War III. JFK and the Cold War VI. Reagan and the End of in Asia – China & (pages 954-958, 962) the Cold War (pages 1086- Korea (pages 854-859, 12. Fidel Castro 1092) 868-875) 13. “Flexible response” 33. Strategic Defense 1. Mao Zedong 14. Cuban Missile Crisis Initiative (SDI) 2. House Un-American 15. Berlin Wall 34. Mikhail Gorbachev Activities Committee 16. NASA 35. Glasnost (HUAC) 17. Sputnik 36. Iran-Contra Affair 3. Alger Hiss 4. The Rosenberg’s IV. Vietnam (978-1007) Presidents of the Cold War 5. McCarthyism 18. Ho Chi Minh period: 6. Limited war 19. Domino Theory  1945-1953 - Harry S. 20. Geneva Accords Truman (D) II. Events of the Early Cold 21. Vietcong  1953-1961 - Dwight D. War Years (pages 860-865) 22. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Eisenhower (R) 7. Massive retaliation 23. Tet Offensive  1961-1963 - John F. 8. Brinkmanship 24. My Lai Massacre Kennedy (D) 9. Nikita Khrushchev 25. Vietnamization  1963-1969 - Lyndon B. 10. CIA 26. Pentagon Papers Johnson (D) 11. Military-industrial 27. War Powers Act  1969-1974 - Richard M. complex 28. Operation Rolling Thunder Nixon (R)  1974-1981 – Jimmy Carter V. Foreign Policy Troubles (D) in the 1970s (pages 1063-  1981-1989 – Ronald 1069) Reagan (R) 29. Helsinki Accords 30. Developing world 31. Camp David Accords 32. Iran Hostage Crisis