The Cold War Thaws!!!

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The Cold War Thaws!!!

• Can you score enough points to bring the Cold War
  down?

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Directions

• In the slides that follow this you will be asked
  to make a decision about a real situation that
  occurred during the Cold War.
• If you choose the right choice, you will be
  awarded points.
• If you choose the wrong choice, you will lose
  points.
• If you build up 100 points, then you will be
  successful in bring the Cold War to an end!
• On your sheet, keep track of your score and the
  decisions that you make.

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Aggression in Europe!

• There are rumors that one of your closest allies
  is near war with the enemy because your enemy has
  not allowed them any food or supplies. At this
  point you must make a decision. Do you
• A. Send over your military and crush your enemy
  like the little bugs that they are?
• B. Send over supplies and give your allies the
  necessary food and supplies they need?

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Send over your military and crush your enemy like
the little bugs that they are?

• WRONG!!!!
• Why would you want to risk war with your enemy?
  You just finished a war in which you lost 407,000
  people and spent millions of dollars fighting.
• Subtract 5 points from your score.
• Back

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Send over supplies and give your allies the
necessary food and supplies they need?

• Correct answer!!!
• This is the best intervention because you want to
  avoid war with your enemy at all costs.
• Add 5 points to your scorecard
• Continue (Just hit enter. For some reason this
  link will not work. However, the rest of the
  continue links are just fine ?)

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Ally, or not?

• At this point in history there have been
  discussions about creating a new alliance.
• If you join this alliance though you will be
  forced to send troops and money to fight against
  your enemy if your enemy attacks any of your
  allies. Do you
• A. Sign the alliance and show your enemy that you
  will take no prisoners!
• B. Stay out of the alliance because what happens
  in Europe will not impact how we react to our
  enemy.

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Sign the alliance and show your enemy that you
will take no prisoners!

• Correct!
• You cannot run the risk of upsetting the rest of
  the free world by not signing the treaty with
  your friends in Europe.
• Add 5 points to your score
• Continue

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Stay out of the alliance because what happens in
Europe will not impact how we react to our enemy.

• WRONG!!!!!!!!!
• This is a bad idea because you need allies closer
  to your enemy. If you do not join in with this
  alliance you will have major problems on the
  world stage.
• Subtract 5 points from your score
• Back (Press the left arrow key 2 times. I
  promise, no more bad links ?)

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The Next Domino Falls

• As you are minding your own business, the
  communists continue to win Civil Wars in Asia.
• Do you
• A. Send 3 Billion to help the people who are
  fighting against the communists to repair their
  army and fight against those evil commies!
• B. Send in the military. If they continue to
  show aggression, we will respond with aggression
  and crush them. We will show them how strong we
  are!

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3 Billion

• Correct!!!
• Again, this is too close to the end of World War
  II. Our president and government do not want to
  sacrifice lives in order to stop the communist
  forces.
• You earn 5 points for this correct answer.
• Continue.

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Troops

• Wrong!!!!!
• We cannot stop the communist forces in China by
  sending troops. They were fighting with almost 1
  million troops. The U.S. and President Truman
  had little interest in sending troops into China
  to fight a war he did not believe was our
  business.
• Subtract 5 points from your score.
• Back

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More Fighting

• Another war breaks out involving the communists
  vs. non-communists!!!
• Do you
• A. Send money. Remember the Cold War was called
  that because we did not fight against our enemy.
• B. Send troops! Enough is enough. We are
  finally ready to fight.

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Money

• Wrong!!!
• It is time to react. We have already lost
  several nations to communism and we as proud
  Americans cannot stand to lose another nation to
  the evil empire of the Soviet Union.
• Subtract 5 points.
• Back

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Troops

• Correct!!!!!
• We finally have had enough and decide to fight
  against the communists in Korea. The U.S.
  decides to send troops to stop the communist
  takeover.
• Add 5 points to your score.
• Continue

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Stalemate

• In the war, the United States is faced with a
  tough choice. Do we
• A. Continue fighting as we have so as not to
  bring in other communist nations by expanding the
  war.
• B. Use as much force as possible in order to show
  the communists how strong we are.

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Stay the Course

• Correct!!
• President Truman gave up the idea of trying to
  use nuclear weapons because he did not want to
  begin another world war.
• Add 5 points.
• Continue

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Nuke Em!

• Wrong!!!!
• Although Trumans top general wanted to expand
  the war into China, Truman avoided using this
  weapon.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Look Up In the Sky!

• There is word that the U.S. is losing the Cold
  War because their enemy has now launched a
  satellite that your intelligence has told you is
  going to be used to spy on your military
  operations.
• Do you
• A. Trust your advisors and go to the United
  Nations and demand that the satellite be taken
  down
• B. Attempt to catch up by expanding school
  curriculum and pushing science

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U.N. Course

• Wrong!!!!
• The United States does not take this course.
  President Eisenhower instead increases defense
  spending by 25 and helps create NASA.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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More Science

• Correct!!!
• President Eisenhower urges this and also pours
  money into the defense budget to catch up to the
  Soviets. This however made many Americans as if
  we were losing the Cold War.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Lets Get Em

• A communist dictator is installed 90 miles to the
  South of you. You have had enough and you are
  going to attack.
• Do you
• A. Launch an invasion with a group of nationals
  who are former prisoners, but know the island.
• B. Launch an invasion with a group of trained
  army operatives who can easily handle these
  communist aggressors.

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Nationals

• Correct!!!
• Even though this fails, this is the alternative
  that President Kennedy chooses for America. This
  invasion fails and leads to the next situation.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Military Operatives

• Wrong!!!
• Although this seems like this would be the best
  alternative, President Kennedy chooses Cubans to
  launch this invasion. He did not want to look
  like he was invading Cuba because that would
  anger the Soviets.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Nukes That Can Reach Everywhere!!

• You have intelligence that shows you the Soviets
  have moved missiles 90 miles away that can reach
  everywhere in the United States. They will be
  fully operational in two weeks.
• Do youA. Send troops in right away to dismantle
  the missiles before they become operational
• B. Peacefully attempt to remove the missiles so
  as not to cause a nuclear holocaust

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Troops

• Wrong!!!!
• Although, many were calling for this, President
  Kennedy refuses to do this in fear of causing a
  larger conflict.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Negotiate

• Correct!!!!
• President Kennedy resolves the Cuban Missile
  Crisis by agreeing to remove missiles from Turkey
  in exchange for the Soviets removing their
  missiles from Cuba, but you already knew that of
  course ?
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Spies!!!!!

• There have always been rumors that the Soviet
  Union has spies placed within the United States
  and has them trying to find information about our
  nations top secrets.
• Do you
• A. Arrest all spies and then put them through our
  legal system. This will allow them fair trials
• B. Arrest all spies, but do not afford them the
  same legal rights that all citizens have

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Fair Trials

• Wrong!!!!
• The House for Un-American Activities in no way
  shape or form treated these people fairly.
  Although many were likely spies, this was a
  communist witch hunt.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Fry the Commies

• Correct!!!!!
• Remember the Rosenbergs! Innocent people were
  rushed through trials and were not given the
  opportunity to properly defend themselves.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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More Communist Aggression

• You hear of a communist takeover that is being
  staged on the other side of the world. Your
  nation is in a state of disarray however because
  of a movement towards equality.
• Do you
• A. Send over as many troops as possible in order
  to avoid the communists winning again.
• B. Send over a limited amount to gauge the
  situation.

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Mass Troops

• Wrong!!!
• It will take a few years before you get to this
  point. You want to start slowly before you get
  fully involved in Vietnam.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Small Amounts

• Correct!!!
• We called them advisors to start with and that is
  how President Kennedy and Johnson began our
  involvement in Vietnam. It was not until after
  the Gulf of Tonkin incident until we committed
  large number of troops to Vietnam.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Peaceful Times

• Now that the Vietnam War is in the past, the
  United States is in a very peaceful time period.
  We do have a new President however who has
  slashed taxes. He would like to defeat the
  Soviets in the worst way possible.
• Should he
• A. Impose an embargo on the Soviets and stop all
  trading with them to harm them because they do
  not have enough resources to keep up without our
  trade
• B. Increase the budget of the military, although
  the government will not have as much money due to
  tax cuts.

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No Trading

• Wrong!!!
• Although this would have been effective as well,
  this would have cut the profits of American
  business as well.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Defense Spending

• Correct!!!
• President Reagan increases the amount of money
  that the United States spends on the military
  including beginning a program called the
  Strategic Defense Initiative. The Soviets could
  not keep up with the spending.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Poland

• The Soviets use this country as the newest
  battleground by installing a new repressive
  government and jailing members of the democratic
  government. As President do you
• A. Do nothing and allow this government to stay
  put.
• B. Try to negotiate to come to a solution to halt
  the spread of the communist regime.

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Nothing

• Correct!!!
• The United States stays out of this conflict, but
  President Reagan begins to worry that the Soviets
  are planning on expanding their evil empire by
  taking over more democratic nations in Europe.
  The Pope actually helps negotiate for the Polish
  people and prevented the Soviets from sending
  troops.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Negotiate

• Wrong!!!
• Unfortunately the United States has no leverage
  in this part of the world and cannot do anything
  to stop this. However we are spared another war
  when the Pope intervenes on behalf of the Polish
  people.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Shot Down!

• The Soviet Union decides the need to shoot down a
  Korean airplane that flies through Soviet
  airspace. As President Reagan do you
• A. Condemn them and continue your military
  spending in hopes that they will stop these
  actions
• B. Support a U.N. sanctioned resolution that will
  send troops into the Soviet Union if they ever do
  this again.

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Condemn

• Correct!!!
• Although this was a terrible incident in which
  269 people were killed, the United States stays
  out of this almost completely
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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U.N. Resolution

• Wrong!!!
• Even though this seems like the better solution,
  the United Nations never does anything about this
  situation
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Talks

• The United States and the Soviet Union have begun
  talks on reducing the number of nuclear weapons
  that each superpower has. However, the commies
  will not work with you as President and you get
  sick and tired of negotiating with them.
• Do you
• A. Try to persevere, but to get them to negotiate
  you threaten to cut off trade with them until an
  agreement can be reached
• B. Leave the talks and install more missiles in
  Western Europe pointed right at the Soviets.

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Cut Off Trade

• Wrong!!!
• Although this seems like the right course of
  action, Ronald Reagan is determined to end the
  Cold War!
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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More Missiles

• Correct!!!
• President Reagan showed the Soviets that he would
  not back down. He sent more missiles to Western
  Europe because the Soviets wanted the United
  States to remove existing missiles. Wrong move
  commies! Reagan responds by sending more weapons
  into Western Europe
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Gorbymania!

• Mikhail Gorbachev, the communist leader of the
  Soviet Union, has decided to bring proposals to
  the United States to reduce the number of weapons
  of mass destruction that the Soviet Union and the
  United States have. As President of the United
  States do you
• A. See this as a trick that the Soviets are
  trying to pull on you and send more missiles into
  Western Europe.
• B. Seize this opportunity and attempt to
  negotiate as long as it takes to cut down on the
  numbers of weapons of mass destruction

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Trick

• Wrong!!!
• Remember that you are trying to end the Cold War.
  If the commies want to talk, it would be a good
  idea to negotiate with them.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Negotiate

• Correct!!!
• You are becoming skilled in the arts of
  negotiation with the Soviets. President Reagan
  attempted to work everything out with the
  Soviets, but unfortunately these talks never
  resulted in a concrete solution.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Treaty

• A new treaty has been drafted in which a
  reduction of nuclear weapons is the goal. This
  treaty is called the Intermediate-Range Nuclear
  Forces Treaty. As President of the United States
  do you
• A. Sign it
• B. Reject it

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Sign It

• Correct!!!
• You see the ice thawing. You can almost taste
  the end of the Cold War. The Soviets have
  actually agreed to limit the number of nuclear
  weapons they have. It must be the amount of
  money that you have pumped into your defense
  budget because they cannot keep up anymore.
• Add 5 points
• Continue

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Reject It

• Wrong!!!
• The United States has seen a chance to defeat the
  communists politically and we will take every
  chance we can get. By signing this treaty this
  shows the commies are starting to get scared of
  us.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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Attempted Coup

• After almost 50 years of fighting (or not
  fighting) the United States finally has an ally
  in Mikhail Gorbachev. It seems as if he really
  wants to end the Cold War. However, many nations
  have begun to break free from their former
  communist leader. Now there is word that there
  has been an attempted coup of Premier Gorbachev.
  If he is removed from power, we do not know who
  is going to take over for him. As President do
  you
• A. Support the coup and take your chances with
  the new guy
• B. Send troops in to re-install Gorbachev

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Support the Coup

• Correct!!!!
• Even though we as a Democratic nation do not
  support policies in which governments are
  overthrown, when it is a communist government
  being overthrown that works in our favor. We
  also know that the coup does not work, but
  because this happened, Gorbachev steps down and
  Boris Yeltsin takes over and moves the nation
  towards democracy
• Add 25 points!!!!
• Continue

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Send Troops

• Wrong!!!
• This is a situation we want nothing to do with.
  They work this out on their own and it leads to
  the downfall of the Soviet Union. They will
  eventually turn towards democracy and become
  Russia once again.
• Subtract 5 points
• Back

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The Cold War Is Over

• Congratulations. Through your excellent decision
  making skills you have helped end the Cold War!!!
  Congratulations. The world is safe from the
  commies!!!!