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Unit 8 Study Guide

Unit 8 covers key terms, events, and figures related to the Cold War, including the Truman Doctrine, the Berlin Blockade, and the Korean War. It highlights significant events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as the impact of the space race. The document emphasizes the geopolitical tensions and ideological conflicts that defined the era.

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Unit 8 Study Guide

Unit 8 covers key terms, events, and figures related to the Cold War, including the Truman Doctrine, the Berlin Blockade, and the Korean War. It highlights significant events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as the impact of the space race. The document emphasizes the geopolitical tensions and ideological conflicts that defined the era.

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Unit 8: The Cold War

 Terms/People/Events to know:
o House Un-American Activities Committee
o Mutual Assured Destruction
o The Marshall Plan
o containment
o the Warsaw Pact
o NATO
o Iron Curtain
o Fidel Castro
o McCarthyism

 What was the Truman Doctrine and why is it significant?


 Why would the United States care about the “fall of China” to communism?
 What happened to Germany after WWII? What was unique about the capital city of Berlin?
 What was the Berlin Blockade and how did the US respond?
 What was the “Red Scare”? How did it affect the US?
 How and why was Korea divided after WWII?
 What was/is the DMZ?
 How and why did the Korean War start?
 What were the results & significance of the Korean War?
 What was Sputnik and why was it significant?
 What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? What was the result?
 What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? What was the result?
 What was the space race, who was involved, and what were the major accomplishments?

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