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Number: SS.912.W.8
Title: Recognize significant events and people from the post World War II and Cold War eras.
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Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: World History
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SS.912.W.8.AP.1
Recognize that the countries of NATO aligned with the United States and countries in the Warsaw Pact aligned with the Soviet Union after World War II.
SS.912.W.8.AP.2
Identify characteristics of the early Cold War, such as the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Iron Curtain.
SS.912.W.8.AP.3
Recognize that China became a world power after the communists defeated the nationalists in the Chinese Civil War.
SS.912.W.8.AP.4
Identify effects of the arms race, such as increased weapons and armies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
SS.912.W.8.AP.5
Recognize factors that led to the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, such as the arms race and resistance by the citizens within the countries.
SS.912.W.8.AP.6
Recognize a reason why Israel became a country and characteristics of conflicts between Israel and the Arab world including the Zionist movement led by Theodor Herzl, and the ongoing military and political conflicts.
SS.912.W.8.AP.7
Identify post-war independence movements in African, Asian, or Caribbean colonies.
SS.912.W.8.AP.8
Recognize the goals of nationalist leaders, such as Mahatma Ghandi, Fidel Castro, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, in the post-war era.
SS.912.W.8.AP.9
Identify the successes and failures of the democratic reformation in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
SS.912.W.8.AP.10
Recognize impacts of religious fundamentalism and other factors in the Middle East, such as the Iranian Revolution, armed warriors (Mujahideen) in Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf War in the last half of the 20th century.
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Origins of the Cold War:
In this tutorial video from Khan Academy, you'll learn about the origins of the Cold War. This unusual conflict pitted the United States (and its Western democratic allies) against the Soviet Union (and its communist satellite states). Although these nations never went to war directly, their rivalry would shape the world for decades!
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