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The student will demonstrate knowledge of major events in the second half of the twentieth century by |
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explaining key events of the Cold War, including the competition between the American and Soviet economic and political systems and the causes of the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; |
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assessing the impact of nuclear weaponry on patterns of conflict and cooperation since 1945; |
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describing conflicts and revolutionary movements in eastern Asia, including those in China and Vietnam, and their major leaders, i.e., Mao Tse-tung (Zedong), Chiang Kai-shek, and Ho Chi Minh. |
NOTE: The Virginia Board of Education adopted the revised 2008 History and Social Science Standards of Learning at the January 10, 2008, meeting. Full implementation of these documents is scheduled for the 2010-2011 school year, as outlined in Superintendent’s Memorandum Informational Number 49.
Explain that competition between the United States and the U.S.S.R. laid the foundation for the Cold War.
Summarize the events that led to the beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948), using the following information as a guide:
• The Yalta Conference and the Soviet control of Eastern Europe
• Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R.
• Democracy and the free enterprise system v. dictatorship and communism
• President Truman and the Policy of Containment
• Eastern Europe—Soviet satellite nations; the Iron Curtain
Summarize the characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989), using the following information as a guide:
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) v. the Warsaw Pact
• Korean Conflict
• Vietnam War
• Berlin and significance of Berlin Wall
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Nuclear weapons and the theory of deterrence
Explain that the Cold War influenced the policies of the United States and the U.S.S.R. towards other nations and conflicts around the world.
Explain the impact that the presence of nuclear weapons have had on patterns of conflict and cooperation since 1945.
Explain that communism failed as an economic system in the Soviet Union and elsewhere.
Summarize the causes and consequences of the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1989- ), using the following information as a guide:
• Soviet economic collapse
• Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries
• Tearing down of Berlin Wall
• Breakup of U.S.S.R.
• Expansion of NATO
Explain that Japanese occupation of European colonies in Asia heightened demands for independence after World War II.
Define containment as a policy for preventing the expansion of communism.
Explain that after World War II, the United States pursued a policy of containment against communism. This policy included the development of regional alliances against Soviet and Chinese aggression. The Cold War led to armed conflict in Korea and Vietnam.
Summarize the conflicts and revolutionary movements in China after World War II, using the following information as a guide:
• Division of China into two nations at the end of the Chinese civil war
• Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)—Nationalist China (island of Taiwan)
• Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)—Communist China (mainland China)
• Continuing conflict between the two Chinas
• Communist China’s participation in Korean Conflict
Summarize the conflicts and revolutionary movements in Vietnam after World War II, using the following information as a guide:
• Role of French imperialism
• Leadership of Ho Chi Minh
• Vietnam as a divided nation
• Influence of policy of containment
• The United States and the Vietnam War
• Vietnam as a reunited communist country today
Below is an annotated list of Internet resources for this organizing topic. Copyright restrictions may exist for the material on some Web sites. Please note and abide by any such restrictions.
“Education Place.” Maps Online. Houghton-Mifflin. http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/. This site permits visitors to print a variety of maps.
Yahoo. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Cold_War/ This site contains links for resources on the Cold War.
Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments for the 2001 History and Social Science Standards of Learning: History and Social Science Released Items for World History II. Virginia Department of Education, 2003/04. <http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/Release2003/History/VA-RIBs_g11wh2-1.pdf>.
Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments for the 2001 History and Social Science Standards of Learning. World History and Geography: 1500 a.d. to the Present. Test Blueprint. Virginia Department of Education, 2003/04. <http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Assessment/HistoryBlueprints03/2002Blueprint8WHII.pdf>. This site provides assessment information for World History and Geography: 1500 a.d. to the Present. |
