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Guided Reading 18.1: Origins of the Cold War (p. 602-608)
FORMER ALLIES CLASH
1. Give 2 reasons the Soviets became more suspicious of the United States during World War 2,
despite the fact we were Allies.
THE UNITED NATIONS
2. In addition to promoting peace, what did the United States and Soviet Union use the United
Nations for?
TRUMAN BECOMES PRESIDENT
3. What qualities did Truman possess that made him a very capable president?
THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE
4. What promise was made by Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in regards to Poland?
5. What did the Soviets actually do in regards to Poland?
BARGAINING AT POTSDAM
6. What did the Soviet Union want from Germany?
7. What did the United States want from Eastern Europe?
SOVIETS TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP ON EASTERN EUROPE
8. How were the United States and Soviet Union similar after World War 2?
9. How were the United States and Soviet Union much different after World War 2?
10. What did the satellite nations have in common?
UNITED STATES ESTABLISHES A POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
11. Who developed the policy of containment?
12. What did the containment policy attempt to do?
13. What phrase did Winston Churchill use to describe the conditions in Europe?
14. How did Stalin respond to Churchill’s remarks?
THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
15. Where did the United States first try to contain Soviet influence?
16. How did the Truman Doctrine support the policy of containment?
THE MARSHALL PLAN
17. What problems did Western Europe face after World War 2?
18. How did the Marshall Plan support the policy of containment?
SUPERPOWERS STRUGGLE OVER GERMANY
19. What did France, Britain, the United States and Soviet Union do to Germany after World War 2?
20. Why was the Soviet Union within their rights to takeover Berlin?
21. How did Stalin attempt to takeover Berlin?
THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
22. What was the purpose of the airlift?
23. How did the Soviet Union respond to the airlift?
THE NATO ALLIANCE
24. What did NATO members pledge to do?
25. Historically, how was NATO a change in American policy?