Advanced American History
Our study of the Cold War begins today with an overview of the philosophy of Communism and how the United States sought to counter its appeal after WWII with the policy of containment. Be aware of the following events:
Iron Curtain Speech
United Nations
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Assignment: Complete Early Cold War handout using the attached primary sources as well as section 1 of Chapter 16 in your text.
American Studies
Our study of the Cold War began today with a comparison of capitalism and communism. To analyze this, we discussed the idea of communism as proposed by Karl Marx as well as communism in practice in teh Soviet Union.
Assignment: Complete Karl Marx / Communist Manifesto reading
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