Guided Reading Sections
Possible Short Answer Questions
Origins of the Cold War
1. What was the Truman Doctrine? Referring to specific policies or statements, provide examples of how the Truman Doctrine was implemented between 1947 and 1952.
2. What conditions did the US place on aid provided by the European Recovery Program, or Marshall Plan? What did American policymakers hope to achieve?
Post-war Germany and Berlin
1. Why did Germany evolve into two separate states between 1945 and 1949? What people, policies and events contributed to this separate development?
Kennedy, Cuba and the missile crisis
1. What was the Bay of Pigs campaign and what did it seek to achieve? How did the outcomes of the Bay of Pigs shape the presidency of John F. Kennedy?
2. Why did Moscow agree to install ballistic missiles on the island of Cuba? Why was this move unacceptable to the United States?
3. What is brinkmanship? Why is the handling of the Cuban missile crisis referred to as an example of brinkmanship?
1. What was the Truman Doctrine? Referring to specific policies or statements, provide examples of how the Truman Doctrine was implemented between 1947 and 1952.
2. What conditions did the US place on aid provided by the European Recovery Program, or Marshall Plan? What did American policymakers hope to achieve?
Post-war Germany and Berlin
1. Why did Germany evolve into two separate states between 1945 and 1949? What people, policies and events contributed to this separate development?
Kennedy, Cuba and the missile crisis
1. What was the Bay of Pigs campaign and what did it seek to achieve? How did the outcomes of the Bay of Pigs shape the presidency of John F. Kennedy?
2. Why did Moscow agree to install ballistic missiles on the island of Cuba? Why was this move unacceptable to the United States?
3. What is brinkmanship? Why is the handling of the Cuban missile crisis referred to as an example of brinkmanship?