20TH CENTURY HISTORY

CHAPTER 18

REVIEW

 

DEFINITIONS:

 

Fortress America, Yalta, Potsdam, Isolationism, Policeman of The World, Eisenhower Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Warsaw Pact, Operation Mongoose, Containment, Bi-polarity, Third World Nation, Nationalization, Bravo, Fallout,  Nuclear Winter, Limited War, Collective Security, Security Council Operation Ajax, Sputnik, Conventional War, Brinkmanship, Non-Aligned Nation, Mutual Defense Pact, Cold War, Truman Doctrine, Massive Retaliation, Military-Industrial Complex, Strategic Weapons, Enclave, Executive War, Nuclear Club, Doomsday Clock,Detente

 

ACRONYMS:

 

NATO, M.A.D., F.C.D.A., DMZ, CIA, N.S.C., ICBM, I.R.B.M., UN, M.I.R.V., F.R.G., G.D.R., R.O.K., NASA, I.A.E.C.,

N.S.F. , OPEC

 

PERSONALITIES:

 

Dulles, Chaing Kai Chek, Mao Tse Tung, Krushchev, Shah Pahlavi, Mossadegh, Castro, Nasser, Truman, Eisenhower, Keenan, Sigmund Rhee, Kim Il Sun

 

ESSAY QUESTIONS:

 

1.       List and discuss the underpinnings of the cold war through the perceptions (real or imaginary) that existed between the U.S. and the USSR about each other.

2.       Discuss and correlate the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, and Eisenhower Doctrine as to their intent or rational, where targeted, together with an analysis as to their effectiveness at achieving what they were intended to accomplish.

3.       Discuss the events leading up to during and at the conclusion of each of the following crises or hot spots: Berlin, Cuba, Iran. Egypt, Korea, and China. (CHOOSE ONE)

4.       Define and correlate the policies of Brinkmanship, and Massive Retaliation. Discuss the inherent dangers of such a policy from the U.S. perspective.

5.       List and discuss both the positive and the negative outcomes of that period of time referred to as the Cold War. (1945-1989)

6.       Define containment. Exemplify U.S. attempts at the utilization of this policy both in Europe and Asia.

 7.        Put into perspective the Truman\MacArthur confrontation as it dealt with both military and constitutional issues.

8.       Why were the CIA and N.S.C. created - How did they function during the cold war (what did they do).; and What lasting effect did their creation have upon the concept of Checks and Balances?

9.       Discuss and correlate the dual interests the U.S. had in the third world nations with the perceptions that these nations had towards the U.S.

10.        Define Bi-Polarity, discuss and exemplify how this affected Third World Nations.

11.        Discuss the concept of "Policeman of the World" as it pertains to the U.S. both during and after the Cold War.

12.        Discuss the renewed significance of the UN as the vanguard of Collective Security in the absence of the l Cold war.

13.        How did the Soviet development of ICBMs Sputnik and the placement of missiles in Cuba affect American society from the White House on down to the homes of the average American citizens. Exemplify the reactions that took place in America.