Lecture #7.1 U.S. History Grade: 11Th

Lecture #7.1 Lecture Notes: U.S. History / Cold War / Causes of the Cold War U.S. History Big Idea: International competition can lead to conflict and cooperation. Goal: Students will be able to examine the beginning of the Cold War. th Grade: 11 Standards: 11.8 / 11.9 Questions:

1. How do the terms of World War II reflect lessons learned from World War I?

2. At Yalta, what agreement did the “Big Three” come to about Germany’s future after World War II?

3. How did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan address the spread of communism?

4. How did Stalin’s postwar foreign policy goals add to the growing tensions between the United States and the USSR?

5. Why were the Soviet Union and the United States unable to find common ground after World War II?

Vocabulary:

1. Route

2. Element

3. Temporary Critical Thinking:

In the decades following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought the Cold War, which was a conflict of economic and politics, not really of weapons. How did these two superpowers wage this Cold War and what “weapons” did each side use? Who ultimately won the Cold War?

Critical Thinking:

Imagine you are an adviser to President Truman. Write a report explaining your interpretation of Churchill’s iron curtain speech.