TOPIC 8.2
The Cold War
from 1945 to 1980
THEMATIC FOCUS America in the World (WOR)
Diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military interactions between empires, nations,
and peoples shape the development of America and America’s increasingly
important role in the world.
Learning Objective B: Explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
United States policymakers engaged in a cold war with the authoritarian Soviet Union, seeking to limit the growth of Communist military power and ideological influence, create a free-market global economy, and build an international security system.
KC- 2
As postwar tensions dissolved the wartime alliance between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, the United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security, international aid, and economic institutions that bolstered non-Communist nations.
KC- 3
Concerned by expansionist Communist ideology and Soviet repression, the United States sought to contain communism through a variety of measures, including major military engagements in Korea.
KC- 4
The Cold War fluctuated between periods of direct and indirect military confrontation
Diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military interactions between empires, nations,
and peoples shape the development of America and America’s increasingly
important role in the world.
Learning Objective B: Explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
United States policymakers engaged in a cold war with the authoritarian Soviet Union, seeking to limit the growth of Communist military power and ideological influence, create a free-market global economy, and build an international security system.
KC- 2
As postwar tensions dissolved the wartime alliance between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, the United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security, international aid, and economic institutions that bolstered non-Communist nations.
KC- 3
Concerned by expansionist Communist ideology and Soviet repression, the United States sought to contain communism through a variety of measures, including major military engagements in Korea.
KC- 4
The Cold War fluctuated between periods of direct and indirect military confrontation
