1. Two Superpowers Face Off
A) Perceiving Cause & Effect: As you read this section, take notes to explain how each
of the following actions or policies led to the Cold War between the US and USSR.
1) Meeting at Potsdam, Germany (p.490) 2) Policy of Containment (p. 509)
2) Truman Doctrine (p.491) 4) Marshall Plan (p.491)
5) Blockade Of Berlin (p.491-492) 6) Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
(p.492)
7) Policy of Brinkmanship or M.A.D. (p.503) 8) Launching of Sputnik I (p.537, 657)
20. 6.) Formation of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
Alliances
West East
NATO (U.S.) Warsaw Pact (USSR)
21. 6.) Formation of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
Commitment to help fight
against any attack on your ally
22. 6.) Formation of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
Commitment to help fight
against any attack on your ally
1. More tension
2. Defining sides/terms
3. Stability (No one wants to make 1st move)
23. 6.) Formation of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
Message:
More tension defining
sides because of
alliances
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24. 7.) Policy of
brinkmanship
Willingness to go to
the brink or edge of
war
25. 7.) Policy of
brinkmanship
Both sides have
nuclear weapons
26. 7.) Policy of
brinkmanship
Message:
Very very tense, we could
all die with use of nuclear
weapons
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