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The document is a guide for Chapters 38 and 39 of the History Alive! textbook, focusing on the origins and expansion of the Cold War. It outlines key events, decisions, and policies such as the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Korean War. Additionally, it highlights the ideological divide between capitalism and communism, as well as the global implications of the arms race.

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00 Chapter 38 & 39 Notes Guide

The document is a guide for Chapters 38 and 39 of the History Alive! textbook, focusing on the origins and expansion of the Cold War. It outlines key events, decisions, and policies such as the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Korean War. Additionally, it highlights the ideological divide between capitalism and communism, as well as the global implications of the arms race.

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History Alive!

Textbook Guide

Chapter 38: Origins of the Cold War


All blue & bold terms (vocab) should be in your notes (with definitions)

38.2 Forming an Uneasy Peace


 What was decided at the Yalta Conference?
 What was decided at the Potsdam Conference?
 Why was Truman suspicious of Stalin & the Soviet Union?
 Why did Stalin want the countries in Eastern Europe to be communist?
 Why did Truman decide to end the lend-lease shipments to the Soviet Union? What was Stalin’s
reaction?
 What are the differences between capitalism and communism?

38.3 Adjusting to a Postwar World


 Why was the world dividing into two power blocks?
 What were Stalin’s main points in his February, 1946 speech?
 What were the main ideas of Kennan’s “Long Telegram”?
 What is the strategy of “containment”?
 What did Truman want the United Nations to do about atomic energy?
 Summarize the Baruch Plan
 How did the Soviet Union react to the Baruch Plan?

38.4 Confronting the Communist Threat


 What was the Iron Curtain?
 Describe Soviet actions in Romania, Hungary, & Czechoslovakia.
 Why did Great Britain and the United States identify Greece & Turkey as nations that needed
help?
 How did the US view the actions of the Soviet Union?
 How did the Soviet Union view the actions of the US?
 What was the National Security Act & what did it do?

38.5 Rebuilding European Economies


 Describe the conditions European countries were facing after WW2
 Why were US leaders afraid of political & social unrest in Europe?
 What was the Marshall Plan?
 What was the Molotov Plan?
 Why is this era known as the Cold War?
History Alive! Textbook Guide

Chapter 39: The Cold War Expands


All blue & bold terms (vocab) should be in your notes (with definitions)

38.1 Introduction
 What had Francis Gary Powers been doing when he was taken capture by the Soviets? What
happened to him?
 What was the broader effect of the U-2 plane being shot down?

38.2 Europe Feels the Heat of the Cold War


 What was one of the main issues causing Cold War tensions?
 What caused the Berlin Blockade of 1948? What was the Soviet Union hoping to accomplish
with the blockade?
 What did United States do in response to the blockade?
 What did the Soviet Union do in Czechoslovakia? Why?
 What is NATO? Why was it formed?
 What was the Warsaw Pact? Why was it formed?
 Take notes on the events in Hungary. What happened and why? What was the response of the
Soviet Union? What was the result?

38.3 Choosing Sides: The Cold War Turns Hot in Asia


 How did China become a communist country?
 How did the US react to events in China?
 When did the US finally resume formal relations with China?
 What was the situation in Korea at the end of WW2?
 What happened in June 1950? How did the US react?
 General MacArthur led what army to help South Korea?
 What did MacArthur want to do in Korea? What did Truman decide to do?
 What was the result of the Korean War?

38.4 Fighting the Cold War in Other Parts of the World


 What were the “three worlds” that nations were divided into?
 How did the US use propaganda to influence other countries?
 How was foreign aid used as a Cold War weapon?
 How could aid be used as a punishment?
 How did the CIA use covert action to fight the Cold War?
 What happened in Guatemala and why?

38.5 An Arms Race Threatens Global Destruction


 What was the main argument against developing the hydrogen bomb?
 Why did Truman go ahead and green light the H-bomb project?
 What other weapons were created during the arms race?
 Explain the foreign policy of brinkmanship
 Why did China back off of capturing Taiwan in 1959?
 Explain the policy of deterrence
 What does Mutual Assured Destruction mean?

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