The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Brinkley), 7th Edition

Chapter 27: The Cold War

Study Questions

1
Describe the legacy of mistrust between the Soviet Union and the United States up to World War II. How did the view of the world articulated by the United States contrast with the vision held by the Soviets and, to a great extent, the British?
2
How did the Yalta Conference deal with the Polish and German questions? What differing views of the conference did the Soviets and Americans hold?
3
What led to the Truman doctrine and containment? What pattern of foreign policy did the doctrine establish?
4
What motives led to the Marshall Plan? How successful was it?
5
Why did Stalin blockade Berlin? How did the United States respond, and what resulted?
6
What was the fundamental agreement central to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? How did the Soviet Union respond?
7
What events of 1949 thrust the Cold War into a new and seemingly more dangerous stage?
8
How did the fear of potential nuclear war affect the attitudes and daily lives of Americans in the 1950s and early 1960s? What were the positive expectations for atomic technology?
9
What caused the Korean War? What was the role of the U.N. in authorizing and fighting the war?
10
Describe the factors and cases that combined to create the anticommunist paranoia of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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