“The Cold War Begins” Outline

READ THE U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOK FROM PAGES 398-404and ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE OUTLINE BELOW.

  1. Roots of the Cold War
  2. What was the only issue the U.S. and the Soviet Union had in common? (398)
  1. How did the political economy of the U.S. differ from the Soviet Union? (398)
  1. What kinds of freedoms did white Americans enjoy in the U.S.? (398)
  1. What kinds of freedoms did people have in the Soviet Union? (398)
  1. What happened to people who opposed Stalin? (398)
  1. What were Stalin’s goals at the Yalta Conference? (398)
  1. What did Britain and the U.S. want? (398)
  1. What did Stalin promise them? (399)
  1. What happened to Eastern Europe after WWII? (399)
  1. What did President Harry Truman hope to gain from the Potsdam Conference? (399)
  1. What did Truman realize by the time the conference was over? (400)
  1. Why was the conflict between the Soviet Union and the U.S. known as the Cold War? (400)
  1. How come it never became a hot war? (400)
  1. How long did the Cold War last? (400)
  1. Meeting the Soviet Challenge
  2. How did former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill view Josef Stalin? (400)
  1. How did he refer to the dividing line between the Western powers and the Soviet Union? (400)
  1. What did he fear? (400)
  1. What made Harry Truman different from most American presidents? (400)
  1. What were many European and Asian governments struggling with after WWII? (400)
  1. What did Truman ask Congress to do on March 12, 1947? (400)
  1. How did he describe the plight of Greek and Turkish people? (400)
  1. Was this description accurate? (400)
  1. How did Congress respond? (400)
  1. What was the Truman doctrine? (400)
  1. Containing Soviet Expansion
  2. Who was George F. Kennan? (402)
  1. What was his proposal for U.S. foreign policy in the late 1940s? (402)
  1. What did Kennan think Stalin’s strategy was? (402)
  1. How did he think the U.S. should respond? (402)
  1. What was life like in Western Europe after WWII? (402)
  1. What was Secretary of State George Marshall’s plan for Europe? (402)
  1. How much money did Congress approve for this plan? (402)
  1. Where did this money go?
  1. How did this plan ultimately benefit the U.S.? (402)
  1. The Cold War Heats Up
  2. How was Germany divided after WWII? (402)
  1. How did Stalin attempt to capture West Berlin in June, 1948? (402)
  1. How did the U.S. and Britain get around the Soviet blockade? (403)
  1. What did the U.S. prove in the Berlin Airlift? (403)
  1. What organization did the U.S. create to counter the Soviet Union? (404)
  1. What was the main principle of this organization? (404)
  1. Why did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact? (404)
  1. What did these nations pledge? (404)