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the cold war  Iron Curtain Speech Who was Winston Churchill? Why would Americans trust what he has to say about the Soviet Union? What does Churchill claim that the Soviet Union wanted? Truman Doctrine Why did Truman believe Greece needed American aid in 1947?

the cold war  Iron Curtain Speech Who was Winston Churchill? Why would Americans trust what he has to say about the Soviet Union? What does Churchill claim that the Soviet Union wanted? Truman Doctrine Why did Truman believe Greece needed American aid in 1947?

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Iron Curtain Speech

  1. Who was Winston Churchill? Why would Americans trust what he has to say about the Soviet Union?
  2. What does Churchill claim that the Soviet Union wanted?

Truman Doctrine

  1. Why did Truman believe Greece needed American aid in 1947?
  2. What does Truman mean when he claims, “Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this fateful hour, the effect will be far reaching to the West as well as to the East”?
  3. Does Truman present American policy as offensive or defensive? What words or phrases does Truman use to present policy this way?
  4. Based on your reading of the first two documents, who was primarily responsible for the Cold War – the United States or the Soviet Union? Why?

Soviet Ambassador Telegram

  1. Who was Nicholas Novikov? When did he write this telegram?
  2. How does Novikov describe the United States? What evidence does he use to support his description?
  3. What does Novikov claim the United States planned during the Second World War?

Henry Wallace Letter

  1. Who was Henry Wallace? When did he write this letter?
  2. What is Wallace’s main argument?
  3. How does Wallace’s description of American foreign policy compare to Truman’s and Novikov’s?
  4. Based on your reading of all of the documents, who was primarily responsible for the Cold War – the United States or the Soviet Union? Why?
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