Unit 7 : Cold War & Civil Rights

Introduction

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🥅 Standard(s)/Objective(s)

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Unit Compelling Question: How can the idea of equity influence a nation’s culture and identity?

describe the economic changes on North Carolina and the United States after during the Cold War.

identify new industries and the changing workforce in North Carolina and the US during the Cold War.

summarize the basic differences in the two major superpowers during the Cold War.

analyze the impact of the Cold War military conflicts on North Carolina and US society.

cite evidence of the impact of the end of the Cold War on North Carolina and the United States.

explain how the equity for soldiers during WWII affected the post-war world for North Carolina and the United States.

create a timeline that demonstrates the struggle for civil rights in this country for women and minorities from Reconstruction through 1960’s.

summarize important victories in the Civil Rights Movement and their impact on North Carolina and the United States.

explain the role of leaders in the Civil Rights Movement.

compare historic and present day civil rights movements in North Carolina and the United States

Standards:

History

8.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues.
8.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.
8.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
8.H.1.4 Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence).
8.H.1.5 Analyze the relationship between historical context and decision-making

8.H.2.1  Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts (e.g. war, slavery, states’ rights and citizenship and immigration policies) on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.2 Summarize how leadership and citizen action’s (e.g. the founding fathers, the Regulators, the (Greensboro Four, and participants of the Wilmington Race Riots, 1898) influenced the outcome of key conflicts in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.3 Summarize the role of debate, compromise, and negotiation during significant periods in the history of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices).
8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.4 Compare historical and contemporary issues to understand continuity and change in the development of North Carolina and the United States.

Civics & Government

8.C&G.1.1 Summarize democratic ideals expressed in local, state, and national government (e.g. limited government, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, republicanism, federalism and individual rights).
8.C&G.1.3 Analyze differing viewpoints on the scope and power of state and national governments (e.g. Federalists and anti-Federalists, education, immigration and healthcare).

Economics

8.E.1.1  Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline (e.g. economic depressions and recessions).

Geography

8.G.1.1  Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
8.G.1.3 Explain how human and environmental interaction affected quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. environmental, disasters, infrastructure development, coastal restoration and alternative sources of energy)

Culture

8.C.1.1  Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Columbian Exchange, slavery and the decline of the American Indian populations)

Vocabulary

Economic systems - An economic system is a means by which societies or governments organize and distribute available resources, services, and goods across a geographic region or country.
‎(Socialism vs. Capitalism · ‎Supply and Demand · ‎Consumer Surplus · ‎Real Economy) 

Competition - is a scenario in economics where different economic firms are in contention to obtain goods that are limited by varying the elements of the marketing mix: price, product, promotion and place.

Segregation - Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

Integration -  the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights racial integration (integration of schools).

Discrimination - the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Civil Disobedience - the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest. 

Dissenting opinion -  is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment. When not necessarily referring to a legal decision, this can also be referred to as a minority report.

Nuclear Weapons - a bomb or missile that uses nuclear energy to cause an explosion.

Arms Race - a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Space Race - The Space Race started inn 1955, competition between two Cold War adversaries, the Soviet Union and the United States, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II. Soviets first maned space flight, USA first man on Moon.

Iron Curtain - The Iron Curtain was a political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and its allied states.

Warsaw Pact - a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War (in response to West Germany entering into NATO)

McCarthyism -a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. 

Brinksmanship - is the practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict.

Marshall Plan -  The Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $15 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II.

Communism - is a type of government and philosophy. Its goal is to form a society where everything is shared equally. ... In a communist government, the government owns and controls most everything including property, means of production, education, transportation, and agriculture. (Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam)

Containment - US Policy on Communism to prevent further spread.

Paranoia - irrational fear ... the Cold War was fought using spies.. people fear communism

Stockpile - amassing large quantities of weapons and technology for war was a key element of the Cold War.

Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

Draft - the selection process for military service. Men had to be registered at age 18 and could be forced into military service even if they did not want to be in the military.

Arsenal - The full amount of weapons, technology, and vehicles at a nations disposal for war.

Racism - the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Precedence - the order to be ceremonially observed by people of different rank, according to an acknowledged or legally determined system.

Sit-in - is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. The protestors gather conspicuously in a space or building, refusing to move unless their demands are met

Bus boycott - The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the civil rights movement in the United States.

Domino Theory - was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominos.