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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Helpful Hints for the Cold War Exam

The Cold War Exam will take place on Monday. Here are my helpful hints to help you prepare for the Exam. First off, in preparation for the exam be sure to re-read over the class Handouts and Powerpoints on the Cold War (Causes, Summary of the Cold War, etc). Next be sure to read Chapters 27 (All Sections), 28 (All Sections), and 30 (Sections 1 & 2).

REMEMBER as always you may use ONE 3x5 Notecard on the Exam, front and back.

This will be an essay exam. All answers should be well-thought, organized, and supported with ample evidence. Take the time necessary to plan out all responses, focus on flow, word choice, and supporting details from class, society, and your personal knowledge for all statements made. For all answers you may use a combination of graphic organizers, pictures, and essays.

1.Using all the information that you know, please show me everything that you can about the Cold War. What was the Cold War? (Be Sure to Include in Your Essay Origins/Causes of the Cold War, The Nuclear Arms Race, Space Race, Policies, Doctrines, Changes in American Government Organization, Proxy Wars: Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Red Scare- McCarthyism) Provide a definition, complete summary of events, and details.

2.How did the media shape people’s opinions and fears in the 1950’s? How does the media shape your opinions and fears today? Explain.

3.What does the Cold War tell you about American Foreign Policy in the 1950’s? How had it changed from prior wars? Provide Supporting Evidence.

4.What remnants (lasting impacts) can you see from Cold War society still present in American society today? Explain.

5.What do you think America’s role in Foreign Policy should be? Why? Explain.

6.Create a political cartoon, song, or poem to summarize American Society and what it would have been like to live during the Cold War. (Please include the three perspectives of the Cold War: Political, Military, and Civilian.)

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We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.
-Gerda Lerner

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it -- as with these -- life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.
-Henry Steele Commager

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-Robert F. Kennedy