Creation of NATO In-Class / Homework

Creation of NATO / Germany Divided

Read the shared document, “NATO Created - 1949,” and answer the following questions that have been placed at the bottom of your Cold War Notes file.  

Your answers are due no later than Friday by 1:20 p.

MAP QUIZ on Monday. Be sure to know the Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc countries on the Divided Europe 1949 Map on the second page of the NATO handout. The map is also on this blog posting and there is a copy in your shared reading folder.

Complete Emergence of the Western and Eastern Blocs

Don't forget Thursday's paragraph quiz on the Breakdown of Allied Cooperation in Germany. We went over this in class on Wednesday!

The following is due by Lunchtime Thursday!

There are two distinct sets of questions for the homework that is due Thursday by lunchtime. All questions and reading assignments are found on your Cold War Notes document. 

Complete the first two sets of questions that I put on your document last week. They are entitled, The Emergence of a Western Bloc and The Emergence of a Eastern Bloc.

Wednesday's Short Answer Exam Study Guide

Origins of the Cold War Short Answer Exam

Don't worry the test will be easy. Just a few obstacles to overcome :)

Please know the following (1-33) for Wednesday's exam: 

Feel free to break up this list, share it with friends, and create study guides. That is why I numbered it.

1. What are the capital cities of Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Austria
2. What are Steps One to Five
3. Know the following "key players": Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Attlee, Stalin, Molotov, Stimson, Marshall, Oppenheimer, Kennan
4. What is the Grand Alliance, aka the Big Three
5. Know the order of the major wartime conferences
6. Know at least one major decision to come out of the Tehran Conference
7. What country was invaded by Germany that started WWII?
8. What was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
9. Who were the Axis powers? 
10. why did the Soviet Army stop outside of Warsaw?
11. What was ONE priority of each of the Big Three going into Yalta?
12. What were two major decisions reached at Yalta?
13. What didn't Stalin do with Poland following Yalta?
14. Know each of the major events between Yalta and Potsdam.
15. What was ONE major disagreement at Potsdam?
16. Other than ending the war, what was another reason the atomic bombs were used on Japan?
17. What was ONE statement that shocked the British when Truman delivered the "12-Point" speech?
18. What were TWO key main ideas from Keenan's "Long Telegram"?
19. Where was the "Iron Curtain" speech delivered? 
20. What was Churchill's main point of the speech?
21. What is ONE way that Stalin reacted to the speech?
22. What countries were the focus of the U.S. with the Truman Doctrine?
23. What new foreign policy did the Truman Doctrine embody?
24. What is ONE reason the Truman Doctrine could be considered a turning point of the Cold War?
25. What were the European conditions that led the creation of the Marshall Plan?
26. What was ONE reason that politicians might OPPOSE the Marshall Plan? (MP)
27. What is the official title of the Marshall Plan? (ERP)
28. What were THREE countries under Staln's control that didn't take MP aid?
29. What were FOUR Western European countries that did take MP aid? 
30. What communist country did take MP aid?
31. What is ONE way Stalin reacted to the MP?
32. What does COMECON stand for?
33. What does COMINFORM stand for?

Complete Marshall Plan Recommendation Letter

The Marshall Plan

Please complete the Marshall Plan recommendation for President Truman by Friday before class. I've put a digital copy of the reading packet in the shared reading folder. It is entitled, "Marshall Plan Readings". The guiding question is at the bottom of your Cold War Notes document. 

NOTE: You can use bullet points instead of paragraphs. Make sure they are detailed and that you still include a counter claim.

Truman Doctrine & the Marshall Plan Homework

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

Protection and Recovery for Europe

ERP is an acronym for European Recovery Program

 The following is to be completed Wednesday at 8:20 a.

At the bottom of your Cold War Notes document you will find 11 new questions. Please complete the associated readings, which are listed under the following headings and answer the questions. 

• Policy of Containment (1 question)
• The Truman Doctrine (3 questions)
• The Marshall Plan (7 questions)

Wednesday's Homework: U.S. Foreign Policy: Containment

U.S. Foreign Policy: Containment

A question I often ask myself, and so should you!

At the bottom of your Cold War Notes I have added a SINGLE question on the Policy of Containment. Please consider the class discussions and homework you have done this week when answering it.

Your answer is due Thursday at 8:20 a.

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Telegrams, Salami & Curtains Double Quiz Study Guide

Quiz will be Thursday. All short answer questions.

Know the following: 

--The "context" surrounding the development of U.S. Foreign Policy: Kennan's "Long Telegram," Stalin's Salami Tactics, Soviet Pressure on Iran, Greece, Turkey, et. al., and Stalin's reaction to the "Iron Curtain" speech. (This is the homework question!)

--Be able to define "Salami" tactics as the Soviet Union practiced it. You should know a notable example (Poland) as well.

--Know at least four other countries where the Soviets were applying pressure in from 1945 to 1947 other than Iran.

--What was the basis for Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech?

--Know Stalin's reaction to the "Iron Curtain" speech.