1. Origins of the Cold War:
o What agreements were made at Yalta at the beginning of 1945?
o What impact did they have on the Cold War?
o Who was George Kennan and how did his ideas shape US Cold War policy?
o What was the Marshall Plan?
o What was its impact on the Cold War?
2. The Early Cold War:
o What happened in Berlin in 1948? How did this impact the Cold War?
o How was the Korean War an example of US Cold War policy?
o How does the ‘Red Scare’ reflect the Cold War in America?
3. Vietnam:
o What is similar and different about the Vietnamese D of I, and the American D of I?
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o What charges does Ho Chi Minh make against the French and Japanese?
o Are these similar to those of other independence leaders?
o Why did the US decide to get involved in Vietnam?
o Why was the war so difficult for American soldiers?
o What was the Tet Offensive and how did it impact the Vietnam War at home and in Vietnam?
4. End of Cold War and its After Effect:
o What was the policy of détente? Why was it implemented? With what results?
o How did President Reagan change the nature of the Cold War?
o What was SDI, and how was it instrumental in ending the Cold War?
o How did the Cold War end and why did it end this way?
o What impact has the Cold War had on our world today?