1. U.S. History Agenda 3/14/17 Crossword Puzzle: The Cold War
*Copy agenda down on your notebook. (Phones and earphones should be put away & backpacks should be behind you or on the floor).
Crossword Puzzle: The Cold War
Paragraph response
Warm up #2
Lecture #2 The Iron Curtain
Primary source analysis
Class Discussion

2. How did the Cold War begin?
Paragraph response
How did the Cold War begin?
Answer the closing question with a 3-5 sentences, using all key information about how the Cold War began.

3. Warm Up # 2: The Iron curtain speech 3:10 https://www. youtube
What was the purpose of the Iron Wall speech?
What did the Iron wall symbolize?
How did political cartoons contribute to the Cold War?
Sentence Starters:
The purpose of the Iron Wall speech was to_____
The Iron wall symbolized
The political cartoons contributed to the Cold War by

4. The Origins of the Cold War
FLT: I will be able to analyze the origins of the Cold War in answering the central question: Who started the Cold War?

5. The Iron Curtain
Europe divided: mostly democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
Iron curtain wasn’t a real wall, but a symbolic wall between democracy and communism

6. Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain speech in 1946
Map of the Iron Curtain

8. Policy Of Containment Truman wanted to stop Communism from spreading
Truman contained Communism by:
Making allies with countries near the USSR
Giving military aid to countries
How will making allies and giving military aid help stop communism?

9. Truman Doctrine
Truman’s policy after WWII: America will be allies with anyone who rejects Communism
Why was the Truman Doctrine controversial?
Very controversial:
Some people thought the US needed to isolate itself
Others thought it was important to stand up to Stalin

10. The Truman Doctrine, 1947
President Truman outlined the Truman Doctrine to a joint session of Congress in March of 1947

11. Marshall Plan Secretary of State, George Marshall, 1947
The US gave $13 billion to countries that resisted Communism
Very successful!
Countries that got money remained democratic
Why was giving money to courtiers successful in stopping the spread of communism?

12. A map showing how the plan’s $20B was distributed by country
The Marshall Plan, 1947
Photo shows a delivery of wheat from the U.S. being unloaded in Rotterdam, Netherlands
A map showing how the plan’s $20B was distributed by country

13. Treaty Organizations NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A military alliance of 12 democratic countries
Created to intimidate Stalin
Warsaw Pact
Stalin’s response to NATO
A military alliance made to intimidate members of NATO

14. NATO Treaty, 1949. Warsaw Pact, 1955.

15. Central Historical Question
Who started the Cold War?

16. Who started the Cold War?
Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War – US or USSR? Over the past decades, historians have disagreed over this question. Today, we are going to look closely at some Cold War primary documents in order to address the question for ourselves.

17. Who started the Cold War?
Read and annotate the CW primary documents to help you complete the guiding questions, as well as answer the central question.
Document A: The Iron Curtain Speech
Document B: The Truman Doctrine
Document C: Soviet Ambassador Telegram
Document D: Henry Wallace letter

18. Class discussion
Who was primarily responsible for the start of the Cold War? What evidence do you have to support your claim?
Which of these documents do you believe is most trustworthy? Why?
Did anyone’s hypothesis change? How and why?
What other evidence would you need to strengthen your claim?