Unit 8 kicks off with an introduction section. Don’t leave this page until you have a full grasp on two concepts: THE COLD WAR & DECOLONIZATION. Basically, the Cold War is the name given to the geo-political struggle between the two remaining Super Powers after WWII: USA & USSR. It runs from 1945-1991 and will see both sides trying to exert their influence all over the world. Decolonization is the inverse of Imperialism. In other words, all of the colonies we saw scooped up back in Unit 6, are going to gain independence. How they gain that independence and what happens after they have it, is the focus of a good chunk of this unit. So, for this section, just know the big two ideas for Unit 8 and then move on. The rest of the sections go into more detail.

1. COLD WAR
2. YALTA & POTSDAM CONFERENCES
3. TRUMAN DOCTRINE
4. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
5. UNITED NATIONS

1. SETTING THE STAGE FROM HEIMLER’S HISTORY

2. THE COLD WAR from CRASH COURSE

3. DECOLONIZATION from CRASH COURSE

1. THE LONG TELEGRAM, George Kennan, 1946
2. TRUMAN DOCTRINE, President Harry Truman,1947
3. INDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT of 1947
4. UN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1948
5.

1. DARKEST AFRICA, Marcus Edwin, 1955

2. BLACK STAR GATE, GHANA, 1961

3. KHRUSHCHEV & KENNEDY ARM WRESTLING, The Daily Mail, 1962

4. CAPTAIN AMERICA #353, 1989

5. M.K. GANDHI, South Africa, 2003

1. After WWII, there are TWO major themes: The Cold War and Decolonization.
2. Unit 8 is LITERALLY divided in half between these two ideas.
3. In reality, these should be two seperate units… I mean… Come on College Board? That would have made 10 units! A nice even 10. Whatever.
4. Cold War was the ideological divide between the two new Superpowers: USA vs. USSR
5. Decolonization is the inverse of Unit 6: Colonies around the world will begin to remove the Colonizers in their countries and form ALL NEW countries.