https://www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall/the-marshall-plan/
1. How many countries were assisted under the Marshall Plan? 2. What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan? 3. What type of aid was given to European countries? http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/separation_of_berlin.asp 4. How was Germany divided after World War II? (Be specific) https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/korean-conflict 5. What was America’s foreign policy center on after World War II? 6. When and where did the Korean War break out? 7. Why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict? 8. Where is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
Use Google to find 9-11 9. Who was commander-in-chief of the UN forces during the Korean Conflict? 10. When was the cease fire agreement signed? 11. What was the total number of Americans killed in the Korean Conflict? https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ 12. What was Sputnik? 13. What did Sputnik start the launch of?
Use Google to find 14-17 14. What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall? 15. Describe the Berlin Wall. Be specific! 16. What was the “Iron Curtain”? 17. Who were the leaders of the following countries during the Cuban Missile Crisis? a. United States b. Soviet Union c. Cuba http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/colc.html 18. What caused President Kennedy alarm on October 16, 1962? 19. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end? http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/different/america_wars.html 20. How did the wars in Vietnam start? https://www.thoughtco.com/vietnam-101-a-short-introduction-2361342 21. What years were American ground forces directly involved in the war? 22. Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident Congress passed the Southeast Asia Resolution. Who was the President at that time? What did it allow the President to do?
Use Google to find 23 23. In what year did the United States have the highest fatalities? How many? http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/reunification_of_germany.asp 24. When was Germany reunified as one country? http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/end/index.html 25. What brought about the end to the Cold War?
Google Joseph McCarthy and HUAC to find 26-30 26. What does blacklisting mean? 27. Name three people that appeared on the Hollywood blacklist 28. What is one thing that poet Langston Hughes was blacklisted for? 29. Who was the senator most closely associated with this period? 30. Why did the Senate censure this senator?