Chapter 30 and 31: the Cold War and the Re-Unification of Europe

Chapter 30 and 31: the Cold War and the Re-Unification of Europe

Chapter 30 and 31: The Cold War and the Re-Unification of Europe

Date / Topic / Reading Question
M
4/2 / The Cold War: End of WWII Brings Tension to Europe / 8- pp. 989-993 9-pp. 981-984: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your readings:
  • The origins of the Cold War and the impact of the peace negotiations on the start of the conflict.
  • What actions did each side take to support their ideology? KNOW: Marshall Plan, NATO, Truman Doctrine, Iron Curtain, Berlin Wall

T
4/3 / Post-War Domestic Policies / 8-pp. 995-997 9-pp. 985-989
1. Describe the Western Renaissance that occurred in the post war period—in your response include the rise of the CDU, the Welfare State and the Common Market.
W
4/5 / DBQ-Last One! / 8- pp. 1003-1007 9-pp. 995-999: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your readings:
  • Understand the process and necessity of de-Stalinization in Russia
  • Compare and contrast the difference in attitudes and policies between Khrushchev and Brezhnev and understand why Brezhnev introduces “re-Stalinization”

F
4/7 / The Cold War Begins to Thaw?
Spring Break
 / 8- pp. 999-1003 9-pp. 989-993
2. Explain the reasons for colonial independence in the post war period. Summarize and explain the process in both India and in Egypt and include the significance of the Suez Canal in your part concerning Egypt.
8-pp 1007-1014 and 1017-1019 9-pp. 999-1006, 1009-1011
3. Using a 4-column chart (bullet points OK) summarize the post 1945 changes in: Science and Technology, Class Structure, Women and Counter Culture and Youth.
M 4/16 / Challenges to Soviet Rule: 1968 Uprisings / 8-pp. 1030-1032 9-pp. 1020-1021 Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your reading:
  • Understand the Solidarity Movement in Poland and how that was a challenge to Soviet Rule. KNOW: Lech Walesa, Gdansk Agreement, The role of the Pope

T&W
4/17 &
4/18 / 1970’s and 1980’s: Rise of Conservatism / 8-pp. 1019-1022 9-pp. 1010-1014
4. Discuss the causes of the economic downturn of the 1970’s and analyze the political and social impact of the crises and the political changes that occurred in Europe as a result.
W&F
4/18 &
4/20 / The End of the USSR: Independence for the Satellites / 8-pp. 1032-1034 9-pp. 1022-1024
5. Explain the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost in Russia and why Gorbachev was able to bring about dramatic change with those and other policies in the Soviet Union.
8-pp. 1035-1040 9-pp. 1024-1030: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your reading:
  • Understand the process of independence for Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and re-unification of Germany. Consider why some were peaceful and some were violent

M 4/23 / Change in Russia: Gorbachev to Yeltsin to Putin / 8- pp. 1043-1045 9-pp. 1033-1035 Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your reading:
  • Explain the policies (economic and political) and role of Boris Yeltsin in the transformation of Russia in the 1990’s.

T 4/24 / Civil War in the Balkans: The Break-up of Yugoslavia / 8-pp. 1045-1048 9-pp. 1035-1039
6. Explain the causes of the civil war in Yugoslavia and how this is an extension of nationalism.
W
4/25 / European Unification: The Euro
Discussion: Nationalism on the Rise or the Decline in Europe? / 8- pp. 1048-1051 9-pp. 1039-1041: Read these pages and look for the following ideas in your reading:
  • KNOW: Maastricht Treaty, EU and the Euro and consider why there was strong opposition to this integration from many countries and why many countries desire membership in this union.

F
4/27 / Test Chapter 30
and 31
MC and FRQ

Chapter 30 Terms Chapter 31 Terms

Marshall PlanIron CurtainOPECSolidarity/ Gdansk

WARSAW PactNATOStagflationAlexander Dubcek

YaltaPotsdamBrezhnev DoctrineNicolae Ceausescu

DecolonizationLabour PartyDétenteMaastricht Treaty

Suez CanalCDUGeneva AccordsEuro/EU

Tito/YugoslaviaCharles de GaulleGlasnostYugoslavia

Clement AtleeCommon MarketPerestroikaVaclav Havel

Berlin AirliftRiots of 1968Mikael Gorbachev

Hungarian UprisingsNikita KhrushchevBoris Yeltsin

Boris PasternakNuclear RaceLech Walesa

Leonid BrezhnevWilly Brandt

Simone de BeauvoirMargaret Thatcher

Detentede-Stalinization

Re-Stalinization

FRQ Ideas

  1. Analyze the factors responsible for decolonization since the Second World War: Be sure to include specific examples in your essay.
  1. Analyze three reasons for the end of Soviet Domination over Eastern Europe.
  1. Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of the Cold War (1945-1991) on Western Europe with the effects on Eastern Europe.
  1. Analyze the economic and social challenges faced by Western Europe in the period 1945 to 1989.
  1. Compare and contrast the economic policies of Joseph Stalin in the period before the Second World War to those of Mikhail Gorbachev.
  1. Analyze the ways in which Western European nations have pursued European economic and political integration from 1945 to the present, referring to at least two nations.
  1. Discuss the origins of the Cold War and how ideological differences became apparent in the post war peace conferences.
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