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Timeline of the Early Cold War
1945: February 4-11- Yalta Conference
1945: August 6- United States first used atomic bomb in war
1945: August 8- Russia enters war against Japan
1945: August 14- Japanese surrender End of World War II
1946: March- Winston Churchill delivers “Iron Curtain” Speech
1947: June- Marshall Plan is announced
1948: February- Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
1948: June 24- Berlin Blockade begins
1949: July- NATO treaty ratified
1949: May 12- Berlin Blockade ends
1949: September- Mao Zedong, a communist, takes control of China
1949: September- Soviets explode first atomic bomb
1955: May- Warsaw Pact
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Document Chart - Who started the Cold War?
|Document |Guiding Questions |Based on this document, who started the Cold War? |
| | |Provide text evidence to support your answer. |
|A: Iron Curtain |1. Sourcing: What do you know about Winston Churchill? Why would Americans| |
| |trust what he has to say about the Soviet Union? | |
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| |2. Close Reading: What does Churchill claim that the Soviet Union wanted? | |
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|B: Truman Doctrine |1. Contextualization: What country is Truman referring to in the first | |
| |paragraph? How do you know? | |
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| |2. Close Reading: How does Truman define the “alternative ways of life” in | |
| |this document? | |
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| |3. Close Reading: Does Truman present American policy as offensive or | |
| |defensive? What words or phrases does Truman use to present policy this | |
| |way? | |
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|C: Novikov Telegram |1. Contextualization: Novikov sent this telegram just months after | |
| |Churchill’s iron curtain speech. How might the content of this document be| |
| |influenced by Churchill’s speech? | |
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| |2. Close Reading: What does Novikov claim the United States wants? To | |
| |further this goal, what did the United States plan during the Second World | |
| |War? | |
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| |3. Close Reading: How does Novikov describe the United States? What | |
| |evidence does he use to support his description? | |
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|D: Henry Wallace Letter|1. Close Reading: What is Wallace’s main argument? | |
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| |2. Contextualization: Why would President Truman ask Wallace to resign | |
| |shortly after receiving this letter? | |
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| |3. Corroboration: How does Wallace’s description of American foreign policy| |
| |compare to Truman’s and Novikov’s? Use text evidence. | |
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Final Response: Who started the Cold War? Remember to use text evidence to support your answer.
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