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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

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

NATO Treaty, 1949. Warsaw Pact, 1955.

Central Historical Question Who started the Cold War?

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.

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

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?