Map 1: Nike-Hercules Missile Sites in Alaska. How do we determine what people and places belong as part of the United States? Is it enough to feel American, even if you are not entitled to all the rights of citizens? To evaluate how military concerns and national defense impact who belongs as part of the United States of America. To identify contemporary arguments for and against Alaska’s statehood To explain the significance of the Cold War in Alaska’s relationship with the rest of the United States Activity 3 is intended for 10th grade learners and above. This lesson is intended for middle school learners but can easily be adapted for use by learners of all ages. This lesson was adapted from the Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan “Alaska’s Site Summit: Cold War Defense and its Legacy in the North.” For more resources, view the full lesson plan. In this lesson, students explore one of the impacts of the Cold War on the people of the United States and the conversation about who is an American by examining the historical debate about whether to grant Alaska statehood. IntroductionĬold War History is often focused on military stand offs in foreign countries. As a result, many leaders of independence movements in the 1960s and 1970s tried to be "nonaligned"-to not pick a side.Site Summit, looking east at missile launch area under construction Photo from National Register collection, originally U.S. The United States practiced a kind of informal imperialism where they replaced leaders they did not like in other countries-Patrice Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Salvador Allende in Chile were prime examples. The Soviets treated Eastern European states almost like colonies, and often tried to dominate their allies around the world. Both superpowers declared themselves to be anti-empire, though some historians argue they were really building empires of their own. That meant both the US and the USSR could be recruited to help anti-colonial movements. The Soviet Union promised to liberate workers from the shackles of capitalist, imperial rule.
The US proclaimed that it supported democracy and free markets. The Cold War and decolonization were also linked by the actions of the two superpowers.
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