Cold War Web Quest
Using the links provided answer the sets of questions below on the worksheet
provided.
The Marshall Plan
http://www.marshallfoundation.org/TheMarshallPlan.htm
1. How much countries were assisted under the Marshall Plan?
2. What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
3. What type of aid was given to European countries?
PBS - Berlin Airlift
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/map/index.html
4. How was Germany divided after World War II? (Be specific)
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/korean-conflict/
5. What was America's foreign policy centered on after World War II?
6. When and where did the Korean War break out?
7. Why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict?
Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
http://www.veteranmuseum.org/koreanwar.html
8. Who was commander-in-chief of the UN forces during the Korean Conflict?
9. When was the cease fire agreement signed?
10. What was the total number of Americans killed in the Korean conflict?
NASA
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
11. What was Sputnik?
12. What did Sputnik launch the start of?
Newseum - The Berlin Wall
http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/riseandfall/index.htm
13. What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
14. Describe the Berlin Wall. Be Specific!
15. What was the "Iron Curtain"?
Department of the Navy, Navy Historical Center
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq90-1.htm
16. Who were the leaders of the following countries during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
United States -
Soviet Union -
Cuba -
The National Archives
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/colc.html
17. What caused President Kennedy alarm on October 16, 1962?
18. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/different/america_wars.html
19. How did the wars in Vietnam start?
Vietnam War Summary
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/vietnamwar/p/VietnamBrief.htm
20. What years were American ground forces directly involved in the war?
21. Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident Congress passed the Southeast Asia Resolution.
Who was the President at that time AND what did it allow the President to do?
History Central
http://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.asp#13
22. In what year did the United States have the highest fatalities? How many?
Cold War Studies - Reunification of Germany
http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/reunification_of_germany.asp
23. When was Germany reunified as one country?
The National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/end/index.html
24. What brought about the end to the Cold War?
Using the links provided answer the sets of questions below on the worksheet
provided.
The Marshall Plan
http://www.marshallfoundation.org/TheMarshallPlan.htm
1. How much countries were assisted under the Marshall Plan?
2. What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
3. What type of aid was given to European countries?
PBS - Berlin Airlift
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/map/index.html
4. How was Germany divided after World War II? (Be specific)
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/korean-conflict/
5. What was America's foreign policy centered on after World War II?
6. When and where did the Korean War break out?
7. Why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict?
Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
http://www.veteranmuseum.org/koreanwar.html
8. Who was commander-in-chief of the UN forces during the Korean Conflict?
9. When was the cease fire agreement signed?
10. What was the total number of Americans killed in the Korean conflict?
NASA
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
11. What was Sputnik?
12. What did Sputnik launch the start of?
Newseum - The Berlin Wall
http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/riseandfall/index.htm
13. What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
14. Describe the Berlin Wall. Be Specific!
15. What was the "Iron Curtain"?
Department of the Navy, Navy Historical Center
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq90-1.htm
16. Who were the leaders of the following countries during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
United States -
Soviet Union -
Cuba -
The National Archives
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/colc.html
17. What caused President Kennedy alarm on October 16, 1962?
18. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/different/america_wars.html
19. How did the wars in Vietnam start?
Vietnam War Summary
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/vietnamwar/p/VietnamBrief.htm
20. What years were American ground forces directly involved in the war?
21. Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident Congress passed the Southeast Asia Resolution.
Who was the President at that time AND what did it allow the President to do?
History Central
http://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.asp#13
22. In what year did the United States have the highest fatalities? How many?
Cold War Studies - Reunification of Germany
http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/reunification_of_germany.asp
23. When was Germany reunified as one country?
The National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/end/index.html
24. What brought about the end to the Cold War?