Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Facts
Numerous detailed facts concerning the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975) that began during the Cold War era.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Gerald Ford
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions during the Cold War. Click on Gerald Ford to watch a video of a speech he made concerning the Helsinki Accords and the need to honor fundamental freedoms and human...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter
The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age it started.
National Archives (UK)
The Learning Curve: Allies at War
An extensive site chronicling the public consensus shown to the media among Allied members: the USSR, Great Britain, and the USA. Gives ample primary sources and student activities.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Korean War
Presents facts and a timeline of the Korean War (June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953).
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Allied Occupied Germany
This site discusses the Allied Forces' occupation of Germany during the Cold War.
Other
Cvce: Dismantling List for the Western Allied Forces (19 October 1947)
This primary source document discusses the dismantling of industries in Germany during the Cold War.
Digital History
Digital History: Years of Decision [Pdf]
This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and the thinking of their leaders. Students are asked to consider five...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Postwar Challenges
A brief survey of the beginning of the Cold War and the challenges that faced the United States in confronting communist totalitarianism.
Digital History
Digital History: Postwar America: 1945 1960
Chapter focus on the political, social, and economic events following World War II. Examines both foreign and domestic issues, including the origins of the Cold War and Civil Rights movements.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Wedding (Berlin)
This site provides a comprehensive look at Wedding, one of the areas under France's charge during the Cold War in West Berlin.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Communist Party of Germany
This site discusses the Communist Party of Germany and its reestablishment during the Cold War.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Leadership of East Germany
This site discusses the authority and leadership of the German Communist Party during the Cold War.
PBS
Nova Online: Submarines, Secrets and Spies
The companion site to a NOVA program on the role of submarines in the Cold War, this site provides a close-up view of life on a nuclear submarine. In addition, the transcript of the program is available, which details some of the ways...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Essays and Dialogues: George Kennan
Transcript of a NewsHour interview with George F. Kennan (1904-2005), the man credited with articulating the policy of containment that shaped U.S. foreign policy toward communism at the start of the cold war.
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: Foreign Policy Under President Eisenhower
This history from the U.S. Department of State relates the influence that John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, had on Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Dwight David Eisenhower: Foreign Affairs
A comprehensive explanation of Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: John F. Kennedy: Foreign Affairs
Social Studies > U.S. History > The Upheaval of a Nation (1954-1980) > John F. Kennedy Administration (1960 to 1963) > Kennedy and the Cold War
CNN
Cnn: The Reagan Years: Inside the White House
Part of a cnn.com in-depth special "The Reagan Years", this site provides you with brief explanations of the US in 1980, the 1980 presidential election and assorted topics of Reagan's presidency including the assassination attempt, the...
University of Minnesota
Univerisity of Minnesota: Immigration Syllabus: Weeks 7 8
Syllabus for WEEK 7: World War II and the Cold War: The Geopolitics of Immigration Reforms. WEEK 8: Family, Gender, and Sexuality
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: World History: Fall of Communism
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine tensions during the Cold War and actions taken as a result.
Boston University
Nato's Purpose: The Next Decade
An article explaining what NATO's purpose should be now that the Cold War has ended.
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