Contemporary American History
Video Guide
CNN Cold War Episode 1: Comrades 1917-1945
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7408239438440019683#
I. Pre-knowledge:
a. Who are the Big 3?
b. Name three conferences that the Big-3 attended?
II. Watch and Answer the following questions:
1. What is buried beneath the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia?
2.What did Berlin look like after World War II
3. Why was Truman at a disadvantage at the Potsdam Conference?
4. Why was Stalin one day late?
5. What was Lenin’s goal for Communism?
6. What was Lenin’s and Stalin’s viewpoint of western powers?
7. What did American engineers offer Stalin’s Industrial ambtion?
8. What was the cost of Collectivizing the farms?
9. What happened to those who opposed Stalin?
10. Where did the Communist parade take place in the movie?
11. What did FDR and Churchill give as a nickname for Stalin? Why?
12. What happened to Churchill in the middle of the Potsdam Conference?
Who replaced him?
13. What information did Truman give to Stalin at the Potsdam Conference?
Why as Stalin NOT Surprised?
14. Why was Poland an issue between the Soviets and the Western Powers?