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NOTEBOOK GUIDE CHAPTER Origins of the Cold War 38

How did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries?

Key Content Terms READING NOTES

As you complete the Reading Notes, use these Section 38.2 Key Content Terms in your answers: For each of the three subsections in Section 38.2, draw a Cold War Iron Curtain T-chart like the one below. In each T-chart, record notes Yalta Conference Truman Doctrine about the question for that subsection. Potsdam Conference Marshall Plan A Wartime Alliance Begins to Erode UN Atomic Energy Molotov Plan What visions did each country have for postwar Commission Europe? The U.S. and the USSR Count Up the Costs of War What were the wartime experiences of each country? PREVIEW Differing Ideologies Shape the U.S. and the USSR Suppose you enter the school cafeteria and see two What ideologies shaped each country? students fighting. One of them is a classmate who is recovering from a recent sports injury. The other stu- Soviet Union United States dent, a friend you no longer trust, is much larger. In fact, you think your friend has become a bully. How might you react in this situation? Option 1: Don’t get involved. Walk away. Option 2: Get a couple of friends to work with you to help the students resolve their conflict. Option 3: Jump in and defend your classmate against your friend. Option 4: Attack your friend to show that you don’t tolerate that type of behavior.

In your notebook, identify which option you would choose, and briefly explain your reasoning.

Notebook Guide 38

Sections 38.3 to 38.5 Response: Read the rest of Section 38.4, and answer For each of these three reading sections, draw the these questions: following diagram on a full page of your notebook. • How did the United States respond to communist Record notes in the “Challenge” and “Response” threats in Greece and Turkey? boxes by answering the questions given below. • How did the Soviets view the United States and its allies? Challenge Response Section 38.5 Challenge: Read the section introduction and “European Nations Face Widespread Devastation,” and answer these questions: ¬ • What were the conditions in Europe after the war? • What fears did the United States have about these conditions?

Response: Read the rest of Section 38.5, and answer these questions: • What plan did the United States propose for Section 38.3 European recovery? Challenge: Read the section introduction, “Tensions • How did the Soviet Union respond to the plan? Rise Between Two Superpowers,” and “New Nuclear Technologies Raise the Stakes for Both Sides,” and answer these questions: PROCESSING • How did the two superpowers view each other in 1946? Many historians have contemplated who was to blame • Why was the possibility of a superpower conflict for the rising tensions between the United States and a frightening one? the Soviet Union after World War II. They disagree on whether one side could have prevented the tensions Response: Read the rest of Section 38.3, and answer from escalating into the Cold War. these questions: In a well-written paragraph, respond to this question: • What plan did the United States propose to control Could the United States have avoided the Cold War? nuclear weapons? • How did the Soviet Union respond to this plan? Your paragraph must include these things: • a clear topic sentence that communicates the para- Section 38.4 graph’s main idea Challenge: Read the section introduction, “The Iron • one or two pieces of evidence (facts, data, quotes, Curtain Divides Europe,” and “Growing Prospects examples) from the reading to support your topic of Communism in Greece and Turkey,” and answer sentence these questions: • one or two sentences that explain how your evidence • What was the Soviet Union doing in Eastern Europe? supports your topic sentence • Why would the United States be concerned about the situation in Greece?