Chp 13 study Guide

TEST Friday 3/23

1. Cold War

2. Iron Curtain

3. Potsdam

4. Marshall Plan

5. NATO

6. Containment

7. Truman Doctrine

8. Airlift

9. Loyalty Review Program

10. Rosenbergs

11. McCarthyism

12. Long Telegram

13. Sputnik

14. CIA

15. Massive Retaliation

16 Eisenhower's "New Look"

Events in:

17. Korea

18. China

19. Iran

20. Turkey and Greece

21. U2 Spy plane incident

22. Red Scare

23. Project Venona

Day 1 Confessions ?s

Day 1 Discussion Questions (due 3/22)

1. What is an EHMs job? What comparisons does Perkins make to the Mafia?

a. What forms does the ‘lb. of flesh” come in?

2. How does 3^rd world debt compare w/ 3^rd world spending on health care/education?

a. foreign aid received each year?

3. How does the income of the poorest ½ of the world compare with the top 1% of 3^rd world

households?

4. Why was Ecuador chosen for EHMs in the 1^st place?

a. when and why did interest in Ecuador increase?

5. How is the oil money disbursed?

(list the percentages and where they go)

6. What happens when the EHMs fail?

7. Have the EHMs accomplished their goal in Ecuador? Explain (questions 1 and 5)

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

We will be reading the novel by John Perkins beginning Wednesday 3/21. I have assigned readings for each Wednesday until the end of the year. Some students may find it necessary to complete the readings outside of class but most of the work is designed to be completed in the time allotted. The purpose is to provide concrete examples of how US goals during the Cold War led to policies and actions to achieve those goals and there consequences.

Weekly Reading Schedule

Day 1 (3/21) Prologue (xix-xxv) 7 pages

Day 2 (4/4) Chapter 4 (28-32) 5 pages

“Saving a Country from communism”

Day 3 (4/10 Tues.) Chapter 5 (33-39) 7 pages

“Selling My Soul”

Day 4 (4/18) Chapter 10 (66-71) 6 pages

“Panama’s President and Hero”

Day 5 (4/25) Chapter 13 (81-86) 6 pages

“Conversations with the General”

Day 6 (5/2) Chapters 14/15 (87-96) 10 pages

Entering a New and Sinister Period in Economic History”

Day 7 (5/9) Chapter 15 (96-106) 11 pages

“The Saudi-Arabian Money Laundering Affair”

Day 8 (5/16) Chapters 19/20 (132-140) 9 pages

“Confessions and Tortured man” and “The Fall of a King”

Day 9 (5/23) Chapter 24 (165-170) 6 pages

“Ecuador’s President Battles Big oil”

Day 10 (5/30) Chapter 31 (214-221) 8 pages

“An EHM Failure in Iraq”

Day 11 (6/6) Chapter 33 (231-238) 8 pages

“Venezuela: Saved by Saddam”

Pg 639 1,2,3,5

Chapter 13-2 terms and concepts

Page 639 #s 1,2,3,5

Dropping the Bomb Debate

Go to the following site:
Bomb Debate -Evidence

Read through the list of “controversial questions” to familiarize yourself with the issue.

Choose one (1) primary source from each of the first 6 (VI) categories.

I (1-3),II (4-15), III (16-28), IV (29-34), V (35-52), VI (53-60)

Build a case for or against the use of the weapon. Must include specific arguments from at least (6) documents. Due Friday