6. Cold War America

Learning Targets:

• Summarize how atomic weapons have changed the nature of war, altered the balance of power and started the nuclear age.
• Analyze the policy of containment the United States followed during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism.
• Explain how the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism reflected Cold War fears in American society. 
• Analyze how the Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international politics between the end of World War II and 1991. 
• Explain how the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought an end to the Cold War era.

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► Quizlet Vocabulary Activities

► Study Guide: Cold War America
​► Khan Academy Video Lesson: The Cold War

► DocsTeach Historical Thinking Exercise: How did the Cold War Impact American Foreign and Domestic Policies? 
► CommonLit Text Analysis: 'Enemies from Within' Speech
► CommonLit Text Analysis: JFK's 'Race to Space' Speech

► Edulastic Interactive Assessment
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