2. Table of Contents
Vietnam – Research
Slides 3 and 4
Berlin – Graphic Organizer
Slide 5
Cuba – Creative Piece
Slide 6
3. Vietnam War
Research – Timeline of Events
1945: Ho Chi Minh
declares Vietnamese
independence.
1945: Negotiations with
French start to falter, and
Indochina War begins.
(Vietnam vs. French)
1949: Elysee Agreement
signed – French pledge
to build national anti-
Communist army.
1950: US
pledges $15
million to aid
French.
1954: “Domino
Theory” by
Eisenhower is
presented. This
theory presents
that if you allow
one country to
choose
communism, many
more will follow suit.
1945
1954
4. Vietnam War
Research – Timeline of Events
1954: Geneva
Convention – Partitions
Vietnam into North and
South Vietnam (North –
Communist; South – Anti-
Communist)
1955: Diem becomes president
of Republic of Vietnam.
1957: Communists siege South
Vietnam.
1960: Vietcong
(South Vietnam army
and anti-US) Formed.
1964: Gulf of Tonkin
Incident/Resolution –
North Vietnam
torpedoes USA troops;
leads to full-out war from
USA in Vietnam.
1954
1974
1968: Tet Offensive;
North Vietnam takes
South Vietnamese
landmarks. In the
Battle for Hue, mass
graves were found.
1973: Cease-fire
signed in Paris.
(Went into effect
January 28, 1974)
5. BERLIN
WALL
Causes
People in West Germany were free
to travel, but nothing prevented
East Germans coming into West
Germany.
The exodus of East Germans unset
the economic equilibrium, which
upset many West Germans.
East Germans put up the Berlin Wall
completely at night and in the dark
and completely surrounded half of
Berlin.
Key Ideas
The wall completely cut off West
Berlin from East Germany.
West Germany was more
democratic whilst East Germany
was more communist. The division
of this led to the Berlin Wall.
East Germany, as stated earlier,
became severely Communist
influenced heavily by Soviets. The
Soviets are the ones who most likely
came up with the Berlin Wall idea.
Effects
Families were separated
geographically and politically.
Unemployment rose as people
from one side could not go to their
jobs on the other side.
Freedom was severely restricted,
especially in communist East
Germany.
6. Cuban Missile Crisis
Creative Piece
The political cartoon to the right
addresses the Cuban Missile Crisis
in 1962. The United States at the
time was very nervous and
concerned that Cuba had
nuclear weapons, which is part of
the beast in the box. Both
Kennedy and Khrushchev were
trying to avoid a nuclear war,
which is shown in the title “Let’s
get a lock for this thing”. Nuclear
wars are hard to contain and
effects are very unpredictable.
The cartoonist, Herbert Block
(commonly called Herblock), was
a very famous cartoonist for The
Washington Post, and commonly
did political cartoons. This
cartoon carries much veracity.
“Kennedy and Khrushchev”
by Herbert Block
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