Day 62: Cold War timeline

Purpose of the United Nations (see handouts on previous blog pages)
Canada and UN involvement over the years.
Looking at military conflict (pg 274-279).

• Persian Gulf War
• Genocide in Rwanda
• Disgrace in Somalia
• Civil war in Yugoslavia
• War in Afghanistan
• War in Iraq

Discussion about:

• Rebuilding of the European economy after WW2
• Creation of the UN
• Superpowers agenda
• Creation of military blocs (NATO vs. WARSAW PACT)

Timeline of international events from 1945-2001:
WW2 ends.  UN created.  NATO.  Korean War.  Warsaw Pact.  Suez Crisis.  NORAD.  Vietnam war begins.  Cuban Missile Crisis.  Vietnam War ends.  Berlin Wall falls.  Tiananmen Sq. massacre.  Soviet Union collapses.  Rwanda genocide.  9/11.  Iraq war begins.

Handout: Korean War.  Suez Crisis.  Cuban Missile Crisis.  Vietnam War.
Quiz tomorrow.

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