UNIT VII: Post-WWII

1. UNIT VII: Post-WWII a.k.a. – The Cold War

2. Cold War timeline, part 1 • 1945 – WWII ends • 1946 – Churchill names Iron Curtain • 1947 – India independence; Israel created • 1948 – Israel/Arab war; Berlin Airlift; Korea splits • 1949 – S. African apartheid; China communist; • NATO formed • 1950 – Korean War starts • 1953 – Stalin dies; Korean War ends • 1954 - Battle of Dien Bien Phu; SEATO formed; • Algerian revolt • 1955 – Warsaw Pact created • 1956 – Hungarian uprising; Suez Crisis • 1957 – Sputnik • 1959 – Castro takes Cuba; Dalai Lama leaves Tibet • 1961 – Berlin Wall; Bay of Pigs

3. Cold War: part 2 • 1962 – Cuban missile crisis • 1964 – Gulf of Tonkin • 1967 – Six Days War • 1968 – Tet Offensive; Czechoslovakia rebellion • 1969 – First man on the moon; Earth Day • 1972 – SALT agreement • 1973 – US withdraws from Vietnam war; • Yom Kippur War; OPEC oil crisis • 1975 – Vietnam becomes communist • 1979 – Second oil crisis; Iranian revolution • 1983 – “Star Wars” • 1989 – Berlin Wall falls • 1991 – USSR dissolves, Cold War ends

4. Day 1: pp. 884-893 Cold War • Fulgencio Batista • Fidel Castro • Superpowers • United Nations • NATO • Warsaw Pact • satellite nations • Green Revolution • Marshall Plan • EC • capitalism

5. Fulgencio Batista

6. Fidel Castro • Fidel Castro

7. Superpowers

8. United Nations

9. NATO

10. Warsaw Pact • The un-NATO

11. satellite nations

12. Green Revolution

13. Marshall Plan

14. E.C.

15. capitalism