8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization

The final topic in this unit focuses on the skill of argumentation and so provides an opportunity for your students to draw upon the key concepts and historical developments they have studied in this unit. Using evidence relevant to this unit’s key concepts, students should practice the suggested skill for this topic.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Unit 8: Learning Objective K
Explain the extent to which the effects of the Cold War were similar in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

REVIEW: UNIT 8 KEY CONCEPTS

KC-6.2
Peoples and states around the world challenged the existing political and social order in varying ways, leading to unprecedented worldwide conflicts.

KC-6.2.II
Hopes for greater self-government were largely unfulfilled following the World War I; however, in the years following the World War II, increasing antiimperialist sentiment contributed to the dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states.

KC-6.2.IV.C
The Cold War conflict extended beyond its basic ideological origins to have profound effects on economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of global events.

KC-6.3
The role of the state in the domestic economy varied, and new institutions of global association emerged and continued to develop throughout the century.

KC-6.3.I
States responded in a variety of ways to the economic challenges of the 20th century.