Title: Unit 8 Topics - Google Docs
Headings: Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
C. 1900 - present
AP Exam Weighting: 8-10%

Content: The democracy of the United States and the authoritarian communist Soviet Union emerged as superpowers, which led to ideological conflict and a power struggle between capitalism and communism across the globe. Groups and individuals, including the Non-Aligned Movement, opposed and promoted alternatives to the existing economic, political, and social orders. Non-Aligned Movement: Sukarno in Indonesia
Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana
Topic 8.3 Effects of the Cold War
Thematic Focus - Governance (GOV)
A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes. Learning Objective
Compare the ways in which the United States and the Soviet Union sought to maintain influence over the course of the Cold War. Historical Developments
The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and led to nuclear proliferation and proxy wars between and within postcolonial states in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Proxy wars: Korean War
Angolan Civil War
Sandinista-Contras conflict in Nicaragua
Topic 8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900
Thematic Focus - Economics Systems (ECN)
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services. Learning Objective
Explain the causes and consequences of China’s adoption of communism.