SAC Revision - The Cold War by Adrian Panckhurst

Beginning of the Cold War

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Vietnam - Sources

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McCarthyism

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Cuba - Sources

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Instructions

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Use this padlet to a resource to prepare each of the possible SAC topics.

- Organise yourselves into groups of three.

- Analyse the sources.
--> What is the source?
--> What is it telling us?
--> What are its strengths and weaknesses?

- Add one source per group for the class to analyse.

Possible sources to use: History.com Photo Galleries

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Joseph McCarthy - February, 1950

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"Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity. The modern champions of communism have selected this as the time, and ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down — they are truly down."

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456

Walter Cronkite

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"Both in Vietnam and Washington to have faith any longer in the silver linings they find in the darkest clouds. For it seems now more certain than ever, that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past.

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But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106775685

Castro in a speech to the UN in 1960 on the then US presidential candidate JFK.

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"Were Kennedy not a millionaire, illiterate and ignorant, then he would obviously understand that you cannot revolt against the peasants."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/ten-classic-quotes-from-fidel-castro/2008/02/20/1203467142106.html

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ME BRIDIE, FELIX

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and jappa
charlie to

MAP and photos of bombs
10 quotes from fidel castro

cannot revolt against the peasants-
Castro supported working class citizens
Bias view towards kennedy

R +J+M

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1. A map that shows the range and the close proximity of the Cuban missiles to the USA.
2. It tells us that the U.S was under threat and had reason to fear Soviet missiles placed inn Cuba.
3. This source is weak in that it does not provide a specific perspective on

Julian, Jay, Nat - Protest Picture

2016-08-15 03:46:45 UTC

America's government is becoming too involved in Vietnam to help its own economic problems caused by the amount of money invested in that war.
The people are also fed with having to take in part in something that not only is economically draining but to them seems pointless and inhumane.
Strengths- highlights the events of what is was like back home in USA
weaknesses: doesn't get an idea of the demographic involved and what particular event sparked a protest.

Lilli & Natalie

2016-08-15 03:47:56 UTC

1. The source is a photograph of American men protesting against US involvement in the Vietnam War.
2. This tells us there was resistance to the war and not everyone approved of what was happening in Vietnam. The 'rich man's war' could refer to the impact the war had on the economy. The Truman Doctrine gave money to countries wanting to fight against communism - the protest pictured opposes this. Also, it seems like the people in the protest are ex-soldiers, so they have first-hand experience of the war and are therefor opposed to the things they had to do while in the army, fighting in Vietnam.
3. This image is a one sided view of the feelings of Americans towards the war (anti-war). Also, there are only young men featured in the protest so this source doesn't represent the views of women and the older generation of the Vietnam War.

Toshi, Jack and Harryambe - Missile Map

2016-08-15 03:48:22 UTC

1. This primary source is an image of Cubas proximity to the US, it highlights the path and distance of missile to the nearest American city.
2. The source tells us the extent of cuba missile capability and the fear that the US felt towards Cuba.
3. The weakness of the image is that it is very one sided as the US had missiles too. It does however show the distance and effects of missiles from Cuba to the US.

Aden,Vincent and Darc

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Vicki & Jasmine

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1. A map/ diagram
2.Shows the various range of the missiles in Cuba and the major cities they can target within the USA

The danger that Cuban missiles pose to the USA's major cities

How capable Cuba is to attack the USA
 
3. Represents the fear people had about what Cuba was capable of even if it wasn't realistic

Gives factual information
on the distance the missiles can travel

Exaggerates and insinuates that all these cities shown are threatened by Cuba

Makes Cuba seem more central on the map

The shape the map creates only draws attention to Cuba and the USA 

The presence of Mexico city is slightly out of place, Mexico is not part of the main focus, but has a target showing that it is threatened by Cuba too

2016-08-15 04:04:20 UTC

This source is a cartoon titled 'how to close the gap?'. It would have been produced at the time of the Berlin blockade during 1948-49 and would have.

Analysis of Sources: Cuba

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Analysis of Sources: Vietnam

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Student Submitted Sources

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McCarthyism - Joseph Finbarr Spencer

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WHAT IS THE SOURCE?
The source is a political cartoon from 1950. It depicts an unstable tower of buckets overflowing with paint. Atop the tower is a barrel labelled "McCarthyism". An elephant is being led to the tower by four men named Gabrielson, Taft, Bridges and Wherry - all conservative politicians of the time. The caption reads "You mean I'm supposed to stand on that?"

WHAT DOES IT TELL US?
The source potrays McCarthyism as being unstable. The tower is clearly not able to hold the weight of an elephant. If the elephant is viewed as an accused Communist one can assume that these politicians are making wild claims that are not backed up by sufficient evidence.

STRENGTHS
The cartoon is a primary source from the time. Political cartoons often are an accurate representation of popular opinion. It also accurately depicts McCarthyism as unstable. It is fact that in the later years of McCarthyism the accusations grew increasingly unreasonable.

WEAKNESSES
It is unclear what the elephant represents. One cannot reach a conclusion as to the full meaning of the cartoon without assuming the role of the elephant. The actions of the men are also ambiguous. Leading the elephant to the tower could mean several things, such as accusing the elephant of Communism. Another interpretation is that the elephant is another of McCarthy's attacks, meaning that he is further weakening his credibility.

McCarthyism Source

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Spencer Joseph Finbarr

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"The Vietnamese people resist the American aggressor"

BRIDIE, FELIX, JASPER, CHARLIE

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Analysis of Sources: McCarthyism

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SAC Revision Questions

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charlie, bridie, felix, rock

2016-08-16 10:20:41 UTC

1) the source is of a bear which represents the soviets taking control of inner Berlin.
2) This particular source tells us that the soviets captured Berlin ( berlin blockade) and were gradually closing the gap on the city and ruling the city under soviet control. this allowed the USSR to show their power over the world but also over the US in which tension was present.
3)strengths: shows a good depiction of the soviet power at the time,
weaknesses: doesnt show the division of berlin