Researching the Cold War Era: 1945-1991
RESEARCHING THE COLD WAR ERA: 1945-1991
PART I: Research the importance of the USA’s Marshall Plan online.
THE MARSHALL PLAN, 1947-1951What was it?
Why did the USA create the Marshall Plan?
How did Western European nations respond to it? / How did the USSR respond to it?
What was the significance of the Marshall Plan to the Cold War?
PART II: Choose 1 from each topic to research online:
Cold War Alliances: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 1949-PresentORThe Warsaw Pact, 1955-91
Space Race Events: Sputnik, 1957 OR NASA’s Apollo Program, 1961-75
Crisis Events: Berlin Blockade & Airlift, 1948-49 ORThe Suez Crisis, 1956
THE COLD WAR ALLIANCE I CHOSE:What was it?
What was its cause or purpose?
What role/response did the USA have? / What role/response did the USSR have?
What was the alliance’s result upon the Cold War or its historical significance?
THE SPACE RACE EVENT I CHOSE:
What was it?
What was its cause or purpose?
What role/response did the USA have? / What role/response did the USSR have?
What was the event’s result upon the Cold War/historical significance?
THE COLD WAR CRISIS EVENT I CHOSE:
What was it?
What was its cause or purpose?
What role/response did the USA have? / What role/response did the USSR have?
What was the event’s result upon the Cold War/historical significance?
PART III: Research the European Common Market & European Union (EU)
Use the 3 PowerPoints found online to answer the following questions about economic integration in Europe after World War II.
- Beginning in the 1950s, several Western European nations began to integrate their economies. This trend expanded throughout the Cold War era and continues to the present. How would merging European economies together help European nations to avoid conflict similar to that which led to the World Wars?
- What economic strategies does the European Union (EU) use to link member nations together?
- What are some of the successes Europe has achieved as the EU has expanded?