The Spanish American War
The Cold War Defining the World for 50 Years. Key Terms Superpowers Bipolar U.N. – United Nations MAD – Mutually Assured Destruction Duck and Cover.
The arms race between the Eastern and Western powers (namely the USSR and the USA) began in earnest towards the end of 1949, after the Russians also.
Cuban Missile Crisis Notes Chapter 17 part #2 Castro Comes to Power In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Castro then established.
8 th Grade United States History. Essential Question: What were the key foreign policy challenges the United States faced during the Kennedy administration?
Do Now 1) What events might make the US launch nuclear weapons? 2) What do you think the result would be if the US launched nuclear weapons?
COLD WAR Mr. Duggan/ world history. DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLD WAR After WW2 Soviet Union and United States emerge as superpowers Suspicious over each.
Society in the 1950s-1960s. 1940s Music Not so great.
The US, USSR, and even China often used a variety of strategies to gain influence in the Third World They would back wars of revolution, liberation,
Impact of the Bookmobile Project on Library Outreach Services in Granma Province, Cuba
Superpower Smackdown?!?. Trying to plan for final peace settlement Soviets get major land concessions in Eastern Europe & agree to support nationalist.
CH 27 Cold War and Post War Changes 27.1 Development of the Cold War.
