Berlin Crisis Homework Due Thursday

Breakdown of Allied Cooperation in Germany

1. Be sure to study for tomorrow's Short Answer Exam. Click here for the study guide.

2. There are three 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. 

Do the last set of questions first. This is: 



And then do the first two sets of questions. These are:




 and...

Don't forget tomorrow's test on short answer knowledge.

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 (1-45) 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 the "Eight Steps"
3. Know the following "key players": Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Attlee, Stalin, Molotov, Stimson, Marshall, Oppenheimer, Keenan, Tito, Adenauer
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?
34. What did the U.S. Congress do in reaction to the Czech Coup?
35. Which Eastern European country broke away from the influence of the Soviet Union? Who was its leader?
36. Salami Tactics: How did the Red Army assist?
37. What was the last remaining democracy in Eastern Europe to fall?
38. What was the Middle East country did Stalin fail to keep his promise of removing troops from? Which agency had to intervene to get the Soviets to leave?
39. What are TWO major reasons why the Allies couldn't agree on the joint management of Germany?
40. What were TWO causes of the Berlin Blockade?
41. How did Great Britain, France and the U.S. break the blockade?
42. What are TWO major effects of the Berlin Blockade? 
43. What does NATO stand for? What was its purpose?
44. What year did Germany official split into two countries? What was the formal name of each?
45. Who was the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Complete Marshall Plan Recommendation

The Marshall Plan

Please complete the Marshall Plan recommendation for President Truman by Friday morning. I've put a digital copy of the reading packet in the shared reading folder. It is entitled, "Marshall Plan Readings".

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)

Salami and Curtains Homework - Due Wednesday

Soviet Aggression and the "Iron Curtain"

The Soviet Union's "Salami" Tactic

Homework Directions: The following is due by 8:20 a. Wednesday.

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.

• Harry S. Truman and the Potsdam Conference
• Soviet Salami Tactics
• Soviet Pressure on Iran, et. al.
• The "Iron Curtain" Speech

Cold War: Origins: Step 1 Half-Test Study Guide

Cold War: Origins: Step 1

Half-Test Study Guide

Harry S. Truman and James Brynes, Truman's Sec. of State and anti-communist

First, you have a digital copy of the reading we did in class today, "Hiroshima - Last military act of World War II or first act of the Cold War." I it is your Shared Reading folder. Period A - I suggest you read this to help with Monday's exam.

Second:

• On Monday, I am giving your a "half-test," which means it is half the value of a regular test :)
• This will NOT be an essay test.
• It will consist of short answers, much like your quizzes have been so far this month.

The focus of the quiz in on Step 1 of the Eight Steps to the Division of Europe by 1949.

You should know:

• Western military stragegy in Europe vs. Stalin's desire for Allied intervention
• The main focuses of the three conferences (T / Y / P)
• Priorities of each leader heading into Yalta/Potsdam
• The Polish Question
• Significance of events between Yalta and Potsdam (Death of FDR; Truman becomes U.S. president; Germany surrenders; Trinity Successful)
• Attlee Replacing Churchill
• Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Stalin blocked?; Truman aggressive?)

Be able to identify the following people: (Hint: Remember the "Key Players" slide?)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Winston Churchill
• Clement Attlee
• Josef Stalin
• V. Molotov
• Henry Stimson
• James L. Byrnes
• Robert Oppenheimer

Hiroshima and the Cold War Homework

Hiroshima and the Origins of the Cold War

Please find the reading "Hiroshima and the Cold War" in your shared reading folder. Read it and answer the following questions about the atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War. Please put your answers on your Cold War NOTES shared document. (I've already put the questions on your document.) 

These questions are to be completed by 8:20 a. Friday, Sept. 19.

1.  Do Sources A and B prove that Truman dropped the bomb to save American soldiers' lives? Why or why not?

2.  Do you trust Source D? Explain.

3. Point No. 2 under the heading "Possibility TWO" lists three of Truman's advisors: Davies, Stimson and Byrnes. Please provide a brief one to two sentences as to who they were in relation to Truman's administration in 1945.

4.  Did Hiroshima start the Cold War ... and if so, how?  Discuss which of the two possibilities you think most closely fits the facts.