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The Cold War Critical Thinking Worksheet

Answer the following questions using information in Chapter 9 and sections 10.1 and 10.2 in

Chapter 10 of your text and in the learning module. Submit your answers in the assignments

section as a Microsoft Word attachment. Be sure to cite all of your sources.

1. Define communism.

A form of government control in which property is publically owned and

individuals are paid according to their potential, skills or needs.

2. Why were the US and USSR embroiled in a Cold War?

The US and USSR were embroiled in a Cold War because both parties wanted to

dominate the influence they had over other nations. Americans believed in Capitalism

while the Soviets believed in Communism. Both nations were fighting for decades to

expand these ideologies anywhere they could in the world. Although America and the

Soviet Union never went to war, they aided other countries that were fighting off the

influence of the opposing nation. The Americans believed that individuals should own

their own businesses and be considered rich or poor, and they believed in a Democratic

government. Soviets believed in an Autocratic government,or dictatorship. The Soviets

believed everyone was equal and had no right to private property.

3. What was America's containment policy? Why was it considered the best way to deal with the

communist threat?

America’s containment policy was a collaboration of several strategies that were

created in order to help not only contain but also prevent the spread of communism. This

was known to be a component of the Cold War and was a form of response towards the

Soviet Union attempting to increase the number of communist, spreading to Eastern

Europe, Korea, Vietnam, and China.

4. In what ways did the Truman Doctrine, the establishment of NATO and the Marshall Plan

support America's Cold War agenda?

President Truman's policy was to provide not only economic but also military aid

for those countries that were at danger of communism or totalitarian ideology. The

Marshall Plan supported the American Cold War by providing twelve billion dollars in 1947

to non- Communist European countries throughout the years 1948 and 1952 in order to

restore the economy. Now the NATO helped support the American Cold War due to the

fact that they were created in order to attack those that are attacking them. Those Included

in the alliance were US, Canada, France, Western European countries, and England.

5. Who or what was the "New Scare" or menace in America during the early Cold War era?

During the Cold War we discover the first Red Scare; in a brief description was the

flood of communism, which occurred not long after World War I. As soldiers returned from

war they were struck by a new nation that were suffering economically and socially.

During the Red Scare the United States government decided to take action and deport

those that they believed to be subversive or other revisionist.

6. How did images and popular culture shape Americans' ideas about the Soviet Union and the

atomic bomb? Use the films embedded in the learning module.

Images and popular culture great influenced Americans ideas about the Soviet

Union and the Atomic Bomb. These films illustrated the importance of “Duck and Cover”.

These short films used cartoon characters to appeal to children. They explained that when

an atomic bomb goes off a white flash occurs and how an atomic bomb can destroy

homes, knock signs down and explode windows. These images project the atomic bomb

as a very serious and dangerous attack. The images and popular culture projected the

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The Cold War Critical Thinking Worksheet Answer the following questions using information in Chapter 9 and sections 10.1 and 10.2 in Chapter 10 of your text and in the learning module. Submit your answers in the assignments section as a Microsoft Word attachment. Be sure to cite all of your sources. 1. Define communism. A form of government control in which property is publically owned and individuals are paid according to their potential, skills or needs. 2. Why were the US and USSR embroiled in a Cold War? The US and USSR were embroiled in a Cold War because both parties wanted to dominate t ...
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